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Chemical Approaches to Optimize the Properties of Organic Fluorophores for Imaging and Sensing

Jiang, G., Liu, H., Liu, H., Ke, G., Ren, T., Xiong, B., Zhang, X., & Yuan, L. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202315217 · Cited by 132

The Near-Infrared-II Fluorophores and Advanced Microscopy Technologies Development and Application in Bioimaging

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The Design and Bioimaging Applications of NIR Fluorescent Organic Dyes with High Brightness

Wu, J., Shi, Z., Zhu, L., Li, J., Xu, H., Xu, M., Hao, S., Fan, Y., Shao, T., Bai, H., et al. (2022) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202102514 · Cited by 130

Molecular Engineering of an Organic NIR‐II Fluorophore with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics for In Vivo Imaging

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NIR-II fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green nanoparticles

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Organic semiconducting polymer amphiphile for near-infrared-II light-triggered phototheranostics

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Developing a Bright NIR‐II Fluorophore with Fast Renal Excretion and Its Application in Molecular Imaging of Immune Checkpoint PD‐L1

Wan, H., Ma, H., Zhu, S., Wang, F., Tian, Y., Ma, R., Yang, Q., Hu, Z., Zhu, T., Wang, W., et al. (2018) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201804956 · Cited by 120

Phosphorylcholine-conjugated gold-molecular clusters improve signal for Lymph Node NIR-II fluorescence imaging in preclinical cancer models

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Efficient Plasmonic Au/CdSe Nanodumbbell for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation beyond Visible Region

Wang, H., Gao, Y., Liu, J., Li, X., Ji, M., Zhang, E., Cheng, X., Xu, M. K., Liu, J., Rong, H., et al. (2019) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.201803889 · Cited by 118

An Activatable NIR‐II Fluorescent Reporter for In Vivo Imaging of Amyloid‐β Plaques

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Conjugated polymer nanomaterials for theranostics

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A short review on NIR-II organic small molecule dyes

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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens Realizing High-Contrast Bioimaging

Wang, W., Xin, Z., Su, X., Liang, H., Qiu, Z., Li, K., Luo, Y., Cai, X., Zhang, J., Alam, P., et al. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c14887 · Cited by 116

A Bright, Renal‐Clearable NIR‐II Brush Macromolecular Probe with Long Blood Circulation Time for Kidney Disease Bioimaging

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Propylenedioxy Thiophene Donor to Achieve NIR-II Molecular Fluorophores with Enhanced Brightness

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NIR‐II Organic Nanotheranostics for Precision Oncotherapy

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Quaternary Ammonium Salt Based NIR‐II Probes for In Vivo Imaging

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A Single‐Wavelength Ratiometric NIR‐II Nanoprobe for Real‐Time Imaging of Neuroinflammation and BBB Disruption in Traumatic Brain Injury

Zheng, B., Liu, Z., Hou, R., Cao, Y., Song, S., Yin, N., Li, Y., Wang, Y., & Zhang, H. (2026) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.71769

Cover Picture: NIR‐II Fluorescence imaging for cerebrovascular diseases (View 6/2021)

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An Activatable NIR‐II Nanoprobe for In Vivo Early Real‐Time Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury

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In Vivo Vascular Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Second Near-Infrared Window

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Second near-infrared (NIR-II) imaging: a novel diagnostic technique for brain diseases

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