Fluorescent Polymers for Imaging and Detection Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomedical engineering; biomedical polymers; bioimaging; targeted polymeric carrier materials; functional polymer synthesis
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Dear Colleagues,
The key to molecular imaging and detection lies in the integrated design of signal reporting units, recognition units, responsive elements, and signal processing modules. In organic small molecules, it is often difficult to achieve the integration and optimization of the above-mentioned functions through structural design alone, and such attempts are usually accompanied by highly challenging synthetic processes. Therefore, the development of material platforms that allow for the rapid incorporation of multiple functional units has become a primary strategy to accomplish these goals. Polymer materials exhibit unparalleled advantages in the synergistic design of molecular functions and have therefore been widely applied in the fields of molecular imaging and detection. In this Issue, we aim to feature research works focusing on polymer-based strategies for molecular imaging and detection, providing a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge advancements in this field.
Dr. Sidan Tian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional polymer
- fluorescence
- Raman scattering
- bioluminescence
- X-ray absorbance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- single-photon emission computed tomography
- molecular recognition
- targeting
- biomarker detection
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