@article{e8c853b477394c18bcfe73f23361bd73,
title = "Recent advances in iridium(III) complex-assisted nanomaterials for biological applications",
abstract = "Phosphorescent iridium(iii) complexes have gained increasing attention in biological applications owing to their excellent photophysical properties and efficient transportation into live cells. Their advantageous properties make them useful tools for enabling the intracellular detection of many different species for biological and medical applications. In this review, we summarize recent studies on the combination of iridium(iii) complexes and nanomaterials for intracellular sensing, drug delivery and photodynamic therapy. Various mechanisms and application modes are described and compared, and the outlook and future directions of this field are discussed as well.",
author = "Ma, {Edmond Dik Lung} and Chun Wu and Wei Tang and Gupta, {Ashwin Rajesh} and LEE, {Fu Wa} and Guodong Li and Leung, {Chung Hang}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/16-17/007), the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF/14130522, 14150561), the Research Grants Council (HKBU/12301115), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21575121 and 21628502), the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation (2015A030313816), the Hong Kong Baptist University Century Club Sponsorship Scheme 2017, the Interdisciplinary Research Matching Scheme (RC-IRMS/15-16/03), the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITS/260/16FX), the Collaborative Research Fund (C5026-16G), the Matching Proof of Concept Fund (MPCF-001-2017/18), the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao SAR (098/2014/A2), and the University of Macau (MYRG2015-00137-ICMS-QRCM, MYRG2016-00151-ICMS-QRCM and MRG044/LCH/2015/ICMS).",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1039/c7tb02859h",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "537--544",
journal = "Journal of Materials Chemistry B",
issn = "2050-750X",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "4",
}