Romero-Aburto, RebecaNarayanan, Tharangattu N.Nagaoka, YutakaHasumura, TakashiMitcham, Trevor M.Fukuda, TakahiroCox, Paris J.Bouchard, Richard R.Maekawa, ToruKumar, SakthiTorti, Suzy V.Mani, Sendurai A.Ajayan, Pulickel M.2014-12-152014-12-152013Romero-Aburto, Rebeca, Narayanan, Tharangattu N., Nagaoka, Yutaka, et al.. "Fluorinated Graphene Oxide: a New Multimodal Material for Biological Applications." <i>Advanced Materials,</i> 25, no. 39 (2013) Wiley: 5632-5637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma201301804.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/78739Fluorinated graphene oxide (FGO) is reported for the first time as a magnetically responsive drug carrier that can serve as a MRI and photoacoustic contrast agent, under pre-clinical settings, as well as a photothermal therapy Its hydrophilic nature facilitates biocompatibility. FGO as a broad wavelength absorber, with high charge transfer and strong nonlinear scattering is optimal for NIR laser-induced hyperthermia.engThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Wiley.Journal articlemultifunctional grapheneMRIphotoacousticphotothermal therapydrug deliveryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma201301804