Time‐Dependent Photodynamic Therapy for Multiple Targets: A Highly Efficient AIE‐Active Photosensitizer for Selective Bacterial Elimination and Cancer Cell Ablation

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Multifunctional Flavonoid‐Silica Nanohydrogel Enables Simultaneous Inhibition of Tumor Recurrence and Bacterial Infection in Post‐Surgical Treatment

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A NIR molecular rotor photosensitizer for efficient PDT and synchronous mitochondrial viscosity imaging

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Constructing Hypoxia‐Tolerant and Host Tumor‐Enriched Aggregation‐Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Suppressing Malignant Tumors Relapse and Metastasis

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Photosensitizers with aggregation-induced far-red/near-infrared emission for versatile visualization and broad-spectrum photodynamic killing of pathogenic microbes

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Sulfur oxidation states manipulate excited state electronic configurations for constructing highly efficient organic type I photosensitizers

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Interplay of Anion‐π + and π + ‐π + Interactions in Novel Pyrido[2,1‐ a ]isoquinolinium‐Based AIEgens ‐ Substituent‐ and Counterion‐Dependent Fluorescence Modulation and Applications in Live Cell Mitochondrial Imaging**

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Fast and Stable Antibacterial Coating of Photosensitive Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens for Disinfection on Medical Devices

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Maltose: A natural disaccharide with aggregation-induced emission and room temperature phosphorescence and its multiple applications

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Synchronously Sensitive Immunoassay and Efficient Inactivation of Living Zika Virus via DNAzyme Catalytic Amplification and In Situ Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer Generation

Xiong, L., Wang, J., Yang, F., Tang, B. Z., & He, X. (2024) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01500 · Cited by 18

AIE-Active Antibiotic Photosensitizer with Enhanced Fluorescence in Bacteria Infected Cells and Better Therapy Effect toward Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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A Review on the Synthesis of Fluorescent Five- and Six-Membered Ring Azaheterocycles

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Recent Progress in Identifying Bacteria with Fluorescent Probes

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An AIE photosensitizer with unquenched fluorescence based on nitrobenzoic acid for tumor-targeting and image-guided photodynamic therapy

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Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer with Ag(I)−π Interaction-Enhanced Reactive Oxygen Species for Eliminating Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

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Self-Assembly of Small Organic Molecules into Luminophores for Cancer Theranostic Applications

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Structure and functions of Aggregation-Induced Emission-Photosensitizers in anticancer and antimicrobial theranostics

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Anion‐π+ AIEgens for Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

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Solid‐State Emission and Aggregate Emission of Aroyl‐ S , N ‐Ketene Acetals Are Controlled and Tuned by Their Substitution Pattern

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A Highly Water‐Soluble Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen with Anion‐π + Interactions for Targeted NIR Imaging of Cancer Cells and Type I Photodynamic Therapy

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A nano-oxygen generator for enhanced light-controlled elimination of anaerobic bacteria in periodontal infections

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Rh( iii )-catalyzed building up of used heterocyclic cations: facile access to white-light-emitting materials

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Rhodium III -catalyzed remote difunctionalization of arenes assisted by a relay directing group

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Review of novel materials as photosensitizers towards the bottleneck of photodynamic therapy

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Simultaneous one-step regulation of planarization and donor rotation to enhance multi-modal imaging guided therapy

Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Wang, S., Zhu, X., Yu, Z., Wu, Z., Yu, J., & Zhou, H. (2022) · Materials Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d2qm00568a · Cited by 14

Utilizing machine learning to expedite the fabrication and biological application of carbon dots

Tang, Y., Xu, Q., Zhu, P., Zhu, R., & Wang, J. (2023) · Materials Advances · doi:10.1039/d3ma00443k · Cited by 14

Engineering goat milk-derived extracellular vesicles for multiple bioimaging-guided and photothermal-enhanced therapy of colon cancer

Jing, B., Gao, Y., Guo, F., Jiang, D., Guo, R., Wang, J., Li, Y., Xie, Y., Chen, Y., He, L., et al. (2023) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/d2bm01558g · Cited by 14

Cucurbit[8]uril-based supramolecular theranostics

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Anion–π Type Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens

Jiang, G., Wang, J., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · ChemMedChem · doi:10.1002/cmdc.202200697 · Cited by 12

Sulphur-atom positional engineering in perylenimide: structure–property relationships and H-aggregation directed type-I photodynamic therapy

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Biomass-based indole derived fluorescence sensor composited with cellulose paper: Detection of picric acid in food and environment samples

Zhang, Y., Cui, X., Wang, X., Feng, X., Cheng, W., Xiong, R., & Huang, C. (2023) · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126963 · Cited by 12

Backbone-Regulated Cationic Conjugated Polymers for Combating and Monitoring Pathogenic Bacteria

Li, Z., Lü, W., Jia, S., & Yuan, H. (2021) · ACS Applied Polymer Materials · doi:10.1021/acsapm.1c01672 · Cited by 12

Dipole‐Dipole and Anion‐π + Interaction Manipulation Synergistically Enhance Intrinsic Antibacterial Activities of AIEgens

Jiang, G., Hu, R., Li, C., Gong, J., Wang, J., Lam, J. W. Y., Qin, A., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.202202388 · Cited by 13

In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging‐Guided Development of Near‐Infrared AIEgens

Yu, J. Y., Jiang, G., & Wang, J. (2023) · Chemistry - An Asian Journal · doi:10.1002/asia.202201251 · Cited by 12

Doping Bulky Fluorinated Organic Anion to Construct Highly Efficient Anion‐π + Type Photosensitizers for Cancer Phototheranostics

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Emission Properties of Individual AIE‐Luminogens in Solution at Room Temperature†

Zhao, Y., Chen, H., Geng, S., Liu, S., & Wang, D. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1002/cjoc.202300267 · Cited by 11

Anion‐π + Type AIE‐Active Photosensitizers for Ferroptosis‐Driven Photodynamic Immunotherapy Against Hypoxic Solid Tumors

Liu, L., Gong, J., Wang, X., Ye, Z., Jiang, G., Wang, J., & Tang, B. Z. (2026) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.70267 · Cited by 10

Backbone flexibility/amphiphilicity modulation of AIE active polyelectrolytes for mitochondria- and nucleus-targeted synergistic photodynamic therapy of cancer cells

He, Z., Han, X., Yan, Z., Guo, B., Cai, Q., & Yao, Y. (2022) · Materials Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d2qm00761d · Cited by 10

From cell membrane to mitochondria: Time-dependent AIE photosensitizer for fluorescence imaging and photodynamic anticancer therapy

Zhao, Y., Xue, K., Deng, J., & Qi, Z. (2023) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2023.134255 · Cited by 10

Microalgae‐Derived Health Supplements to Therapeutic Shifts: Redox‐Based Study Opportunities with AIE‐Based Technologies

Reza, A. H. M. M., Zhu, X., Qin, J., & Tang, Y. (2021) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202101223 · Cited by 10

Sequential induction of ferroptosis and pyroptosis in cancer cells by lipid droplet-targeting AIE theranostics

Pham, L. B. H., Chung, K. L., Yoo, S., Kim, S., Lim, B., Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2024) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2024.155439 · Cited by 9

Annulated oxazolium anion–π + AIEgens

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Advances and perspectives of phototherapy-based antimicrobial strategies

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Innovative Verfahren zur Synthese von Luminogenen mit aggregationsinduzierter Emission

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Efficient antibacterial AIEgens induced ROS for selective photodynamic treatment of bacterial keratitis

Cai, W., Shen, T., Wang, D., Li, T., Yu, J., Peng, C., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.1088935 · Cited by 9

Injectable hydrogels for anti‐tumour treatment: a review

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Dual‐Phase Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens: A Material for Time‐Resolved Imaging Independent of Probe Pretreatment and Probe Concentration

Li, X., Baryshnikov, G., Ding, L., Bao, X., Li, X., Lu, J., Liu, M., Shen, S., Luo, M., Zhang, M., et al. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202000185 · Cited by 9

Reactive Species-Activatable AIEgens for Biomedical Applications

Kang, X., Li, Y., Yin, S., Li, W., & Qi, J. (2022) · Biosensors · doi:10.3390/bios12080646 · Cited by 9

Imaging, Identification and Inhibition of Microorganisms Using AIEgens

Perera, H. A., & Yan, M. (2021) · Topics in Current Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s41061-021-00333-x · Cited by 9

Pressure Regulated π – π Slip Enabling Blue‐Light Emission Enhancement of Terephthalic Acid

Yang, Q., Wang, Y., Niu, G., Sui, L., Yang, X., & Zou, B. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202418909 · Cited by 9

Fabrication and cell imaging of konjac glucomannan-copper nanocluster conjugates with aggregation-induced emission

Guan, L., Liu, W., Kang, H., & Tian, D. (2021) · Polymer · doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123796 · Cited by 8

Molecular engineering enabling reversible transformation between helical and planar conformations by cyclization of alkynes

Yan, L., Ma, W., Lan, J., Hu, C., Bin, Z., Wu, D., & You, J. (2020) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d0sc05844k · Cited by 8

Novel Quinolizine AIE System: Visualization of Molecular Motion and Elaborate Tailoring for Biological Application**

He, B., Huang, J., Zhang, J., Sung, H. H. Y., Lam, J. W. Y., Zhang, Z., Yan, S., Wang, D., Zhang, J., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202117709 · Cited by 8

Four-armed biobased glycyrrhizic acid-tailored AIE fluorescent gelator

Zhang, B., Yu, X., Li, J., Wei, K., Gao, L., & Hu, J. (2022) · Journal of Molecular Structure · doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132684 · Cited by 8

Mechanochromic Luminescence Behavior in Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on Linker Effects

Zhou, J.-B., Zhu, Z., Chen, M., Zhao, N., & Min, H. (2025) · Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05564 · Cited by 7

Constructing anion–π interactions in cationic iridium( iii ) complexes to achieve aggregation-induced emission properties

Song, W., Gao, J., Gao, Y., Shan, G., Geng, Y., Shao, K., & Su, Z. (2024) · Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d3qi02559d · Cited by 7

Mussel-like polydopamine-assisted aggregation-induced emission nanodot for enhanced broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity: In vitro and in vivo validation

Dou, L., Wang, X., Bai, Y., Li, Q. X., Luo, L., Yu, W., Wang, Z., Wen, K., & Shen, J. (2024) · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.136762 · Cited by 7

Charged aggregation‐induced emission luminogens for bioimaging and phototherapy

Feng, J., Jian, X., Jiang, G., & Wang, J. (2024) · Luminescence · doi:10.1002/bio.4669 · Cited by 6

Ir( iii )-catalyzed quadruple C–H activation of N -arylimidazolium and diaryliodonium salts: facile access to polysubstituted imidazo[1,2- f ]phenanthridiniums

Liu, Z., Li, Q., Yang, C., Zheng, X., Wu, D., Gao, G., & Lan, J. (2022) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d2cc01646j · Cited by 6

AIEgens Based on Anion‐π+ Interactions: Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Their Applications in Material Science and Biology

Koner, A. L., Chopra, D., & Patil, N. T. (2022) · ChemBioChem · doi:10.1002/cbic.202200320 · Cited by 6

Surfactant-induced excimer emission: A versatile platform for the design of fluorogenic probes

Park, J., Kim, T., Cho, S., Pandith, A., & Kim, Y. (2022) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121749 · Cited by 6

Nanospheres of Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Probes to Target Mitochondria to Ablate Tumors with Reactive Oxygen Species Generation under Hypoxia

Xue, K., Wang, X., Zhang, D., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Yang, L., Deng, J., & Qi, Z. (2023) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.2c05262 · Cited by 6

Template‐Assisted Regioselective Identification of Metal Ions on Coumarin‐Furan Conjugated Chemosensors: AIEE Effect and Photo‐Switching pH Indicator by ICT

Kumar, A., Hira, S. K., & Dey, S. (2020) · European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1002/ejic.202000583 · Cited by 6

Aggregation-induced emission switch showing high contrast mehanofluorochromism and solvatofluorochromism: Specifically detects HSO3− in bioimaging studies

Das, S., Das, P. P., Walton, J. W., Quah, C. K., Ghoshal, K., & Bhattacharyya, M. (2023) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111413 · Cited by 6

D-Alanine functionalized Iridium(III) complexes as two-photon photo-antibiotics for bacteria-specific ablation in infected macrophages

Shu, J., Jiang, H., Lin, M., Liang, J., Zhao, Y., Luo, D., Wang, J., & Chao, H. (2025) · European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117758 · Cited by 5

Combining Multiple Photosensitizer Modules into One Supramolecular System for Synergetic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

Li, Z., Zhang, Z., Ma, L., Wen, H., Kang, M., Li, D., Zhang, W., Luo, S., Wang, W., Zhang, M., et al. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202400049 · Cited by 5

Nitrogen Source-Tailored Multicomponent C–H Di/Triannulation of α-Oxocarboxylic Acids and Alkynes to Diverse Cationic N-Doped PAHs

Zeng, Y., Li, H., Liang, F., & Li, S. (2025) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.5c02949 · Cited by 5

Peptide-Conjugated Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorogenic Probe for Glypican-3 Protein Detection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Imaging

Zhang, S., Jing, J., Meng, L., Xu, B., Ma, X., & Tian, W. (2022) · Chemosensors · doi:10.3390/chemosensors10050195 · Cited by 5

Discovery of novel phenaleno isoquinolinium-based fluorescence imaging agents for sentinel lymph node mapping

Han, Y. R., Lee, D.-S., Lee, S., Jeon, H.-J., Lee, S., Sung, S., Lee, C., Cho, S. J., Kim, K., Kim, D., et al. (2021) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/d1tb02146j · Cited by 5

‘A-π-A’ type pyridine-cationic anionic fluorescent probes: Modulation of π-bridges for discriminative sensing of SCN− and ClO4− anions via anion-π+ interactions

Zhang, Q., Xu, Z., Chen, L., Shen, L., Wang, Z., Yang, X., Redshaw, C., & Xu, H. L. (2025) · Journal of Molecular Structure · doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.141529 · Cited by 4

Exploring the Photophysical Properties of Self-Assembled Phenylalanine: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Fluorescent Hydrogel Formation and Selective Interaction with Hemin

Verma, A., Aarya, Kavya, P., Sebastian, A., & Mojumdar, S. S. (2025) · ACS Applied Optical Materials · doi:10.1021/acsaom.4c00496 · Cited by 4

Illuminating oral health: AIEgens for phototheranostics

Chen, J., Yan, W., Wang, X., Gao, C., Hong, Z., Li, Z., Wang, L., Ding, Q., Chen, S., Cheng, Z., et al. (2025) · Cell Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.celbio.2025.100012 · Cited by 4

C–H Activation-Based Multicomponent Polyannulations toward Fluorescent Heteroaromatic Polyelectrolytes for Sunlight-Driven Antibacterial Coatings

Zhang, J., Huang, H., Yu, E. Y., Li, J., Song, J., Lee, M. M. S., Yan, X., Li, Y., Wang, D., Hu, R., et al. (2026) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.5c20679 · Cited by 4

A Near-Infrared Cationic Photosensitizer for Lysosomal Activated Tumor Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

Li, S., Jiang, C., Huang, Y., Liu, C., Liu, R., & Qu, J. (2023) · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01703 · Cited by 4

Bis-butoxyphenyl dipyridine cation with high affinity for PF6−: Enhancement of solid fluorescence and inhibits Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus activity through anion-π+ interactions

Chen, L., Xu, Z., Shen, L., Peng, S., Yuan, J., Xu, H. L., Wang, Z., Redshaw, C., & Zhang, Q. (2024) · Journal of Molecular Structure · doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.138783 · Cited by 4

Engineering a Ru(ii) Nanostructure for Oxygen-Free Photocatalytic Degradation of Environmental Pollutants

Huo, Z., Xie, X., Liu, J., Chen, F., Cao, J., Sun, W. C., Wang, Y., Lu, Z.-D., & Shao, D. (2025) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.5c01822 · Cited by 4

Cationic AIEgens with large rigid π-planes: Specific bacterial imaging and treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections

Peng, S., Xu, Z., Wang, Q., Shen, L., Wang, Z., Xu, H. L., Yang, X., Redshaw, C., & Zhang, Q. (2025) · Bioorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2025.108412 · Cited by 4

Liberating Exciton Transfer as a Pioneering Strategy to Construct Type I Photosensitizers for Hypoxia Deep-Seated Metastases Suppression

Zhang, L., Wei, Y., Ran, X., Shi, L., Wang, Z.-Y., Chen, S., Cheng, Y., Yu, X., & Li, K. (2025) · JACS Au · doi:10.1021/jacsau.5c00624 · Cited by 3

Low-side-effect phototherapy using aggregation-induced emission agents with “turn-on” and “turn-off” strategies

Wang, Q., Yang, Y., Lin, Y., Zhong, H., & Hu, F. (2025) · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2025.100723 · Cited by 4

Lipid-Mimicking Fluorescent Probe for Selective Bacterial Imaging and Rapid Antibiotic Screening

Wang, C., Bu, R., Guo, X., Ge, B., & Huang, F. L. (2026) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5c06354 · Cited by 3

Aggregation-induced emission of TTCPy-3: A novel approach for eradicating Nocardia seriolae infections in aquatic fishes

Liu, Z., Zhang, J., Ma, X., Wang, M., Jiang, L., Zhang, M., Lu, M., Chang, O., Cao, J., Ke, X., et al. (2024) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2024.116208 · Cited by 3

Regioisomeric manipulation of AIE-active photosensitizers towards multidrug-resistant bacterial eradication

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