Self-quenched ferrocenyl diketopyrrolopyrrole organic nanoparticles with amplifying photothermal effect for cancer therapy† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental methods and additional figures. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03351f Click here for additional data file.

A NIR D–A–D structure of a ferrocene flanked diketopyrrolopyrrole derivative with a tetracyanobutadiene unit is synthesized for photoacoustic imaging-guided amplifying photothermal therapy.

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