National Institute of Metrology

A roadmap for standardization of serum albumin measurements

Abstract Albumin measurements in serum have important diagnostic and prognostic roles. However, non-standardized measurement procedures are still used in medical laboratories. An agreed approach for the implementation of metrological traceability to the International System of Un...

FacilitatingJ-Aggregate Formation by LoweringActivation Energy to Achieve Ultrahigh Brightness for NIR-II FluorescenceImaging and Photoacoustic Imaging

Abstract Organic fluorophores operating in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 900–1700 nm) are plagued by low quantum yields (QYs) and diminished brightness in aqueous media. To address this challenge, we proposed a strategy of regulating the activation energy for aggregate...