Bright and Stable NIR‐II J‐Aggregated AIE Dibodipy‐Based Fluorescent Probe for Dynamic In Vivo Bioimaging

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NIR-II phototherapy agents with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for tumor imaging and therapy

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D–A Type NIR‐II Organic Molecules: Strategies for the Enhancement Fluorescence Brightness and Applications in NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging‐Navigated Photothermal Therapy

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Ultrabright and Highly Polarity‐Sensitive NIR‐I/NIR‐II Fluorophores for the Tracking of Lipid Droplets and Staging of Fatty Liver Disease

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Anionic Cyanine J‐Type Aggregate Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photosensitization for Mitochondria‐Targeting Tumor Phototherapy

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Keep glowing and going: recent progress in diketopyrrolopyrrole synthesis towards organic optoelectronic materials

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Crucial Breakthrough of BODIPY‐Based NIR‐II Fluorescent Emitters for Advanced Biomedical Theranostics

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Seeing the unseen: AIE luminogens for super-resolution imaging

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Electron‐Withdrawing Substituents Allow Boosted NIR‐II Fluorescence in J‐Type Aggregates for Bioimaging and Information Encryption

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In Situ Self‐Assembled J‐Aggregate Nanofibers of Glycosylated Aza‐BODIPY for Synergetic Cell Membrane Disruption and Type I Photodynamic Therapy

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A NIR-II emissive polymer AIEgen for imaging-guided photothermal elimination of bacterial infection

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Designing Squaraine Dyes with Bright Deep‐Red Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Specific and Ratiometric Fluorescent Detection of Hypochlorite

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Mitochondria-targeted fluorophore: State of the art and future trends

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An Activatable Probe with Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Detecting and Imaging Herbal Medicine Induced Liver Injury with Optoacoustic Imaging and NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging

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In vivo, clinical and translational aspects of aggregation-induced emission

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Facilely Achieving Near-Infrared-II J-Aggregates through Molecular Bending on a Donor–Acceptor Fluorophore for High-Performance Tumor Phototheranostics

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In Situ Secondary Self‐Assembly of Near‐Infrared II J‐Aggregates: A Novel Phototheranostic Strategy for Inducing Tumor Pyroptosis

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Combination of changeable π-conjugation and hydrophilic groups for developing water-soluble small-molecule NIR-II fluorogenic probes

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Rational Design of Novel Lipophilic Aggregation-Induced Emission Probes for Revealing the Dynamics of Lipid Droplets during Lipophagy and Ferroptosis

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Chemiluminescent Afterglow Material for Enhanced Tumor Diagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

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Incorporation of Robust NIR‐II Fluorescence Brightness and Photothermal Performance in a Single Large π‐Conjugated Molecule for Phototheranostics

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Blood Circulation Assessment by Steadily Fluorescent Near-Infrared-II Aggregation-Induced Emission Nano Contrast Agents

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NIR-II emissive AIEgen photosensitizers enable ultrasensitive imaging-guided surgery and phototherapy to fully inhibit orthotopic hepatic tumors

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Rigidity Bridging Flexibility to Harmonize Three Excited‐State Deactivation Pathways for NIR‐II‐Fluorescent‐Imaging‐Guided Phototherapy

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Organic Host‐Guest Materials with Bright Red Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence for Persistent Bioimaging †

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An activatable fluorescent probe enables in vivo evaluation of peroxynitrite levels in rheumatoid arthritis

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The Pursuit of Shortwave Infrared-Emitting Nanoparticles with Bright Fluorescence through Molecular Design and Excited-State Engineering of Molecular Aggregates

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The Chemistry of Organic Contrast Agents in the NIR‐II Window

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Molecular Design of Ultrabright Semiconducting Polymer Dots with High NIR‐II Fluorescence for 3D Tumor Mapping

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In Vivo High-Contrast Biomedical Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Window Using Ultrabright Rare-Earth Nanoparticles

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Hypoxia-activated probe for NIR fluorescence and photoacoustic dual-mode tumor imaging

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J- and H-aggregates of heavy-atom-free Aza-BODIPY dyes with high 1O2 generation efficiency and photodynamic therapy potential

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Encapsulation of NIR-II AIEgens in Virus-like Particles for Bioimaging

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Activatable NIR‐II Lanthanides‐Polymetallic Oxomolybdate Hybrid Nanosensors for Monitoring Chemotherapy Induced Enteritis

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NIR‐II AIEgens for High‐Contrast Intravital Fluorescence Angiography: Recent Advances and Prospects

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NIR‐II J‐Aggregates Labelled Mesoporous Implant for Imaging‐Guided Osteosynthesis with Minimal Invasion

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A planar electronic acceptor motif contributing to NIR-II AIEgen with combined imaging and therapeutic applications

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Molecular Engineering of Bright NIR-I/NIR-II Nanofluorophores for High-Resolution Bioimaging and Tumor Detection in Vivo

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Atomically precise Ag clusters for intelligent NIR-II imaging

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An NIR‐II Absorbing Injectable Hydrogel for Boosted Photo‐Immunotherapy Toward Human Papillomavirus Associated Cancer

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Azide-Dye Unexpected Bone Targeting for Near-Infrared Window II Osteoporosis Imaging

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Thrombus-targeted nano-agents for NIR-II diagnostic fluorescence imaging-guided flap thromboembolism multi-model therapy

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Pyrrolopyrrole aza-BODIPY-based NIR-II fluorophores for in vivo dynamic vascular dysfunction visualization of vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy

Bian, S., Zheng, X., Liu, W., Li, J., Gao, Z., Ren, H., Zhang, W., Lee, C.-S., & Wang, P. (2023) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122130 · Cited by 29

Rational design of stable heptamethine cyanines and development of a biomarker-activatable probe for detecting acute lung/kidney injuries via NIR-II fluorescence imaging

Ouyang, J., Sun, L., Zeng, F., & Wu, S. (2021) · The Analyst · doi:10.1039/d1an02183d · Cited by 29

Near-infrared emissive AIE nanoparticles for biomedical applications: From the perspective of different nanocarriers

Yan, D., Qin, Y., Yan, S., Sun, P., Wang, Y., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Particuology · doi:10.1016/j.partic.2022.06.001 · Cited by 30

A stable and biocompatible shortwave infrared nanoribbon for dual-channel in vivo imaging

Yao, C., Wei, R., Luo, X. L., Zhou, J., Zhang, X., Lu, X., Dong, Y., Chu, R., Sun, Y., Wang, Y., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-55445-x · Cited by 29

PPV-type π-conjugated polymers based on hypervalent tin(IV)-fused azobenzene complexes showing near-infrared absorption and emission

Gon, M., Tanimura, K., Yaegashi, M., Tanaka, K., & Chujo, Y. (2021) · Polymer Journal · doi:10.1038/s41428-021-00506-x · Cited by 28

Interfacing DNA nanotechnology and biomimetic photonic complexes: advances and prospects in energy and biomedicine

Zhou, X., Lin, S., & Yan, H. (2022) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-022-01449-y · Cited by 29

Small-Molecule Photoacoustic Imaging Probe with Aggregation-Enhanced Amplitude for Real-Time Visualization of Acute Kidney Injury

Zhang, W., Cai, F., Xu, H., Wu, Y. L., Yu, X., Sun, L., Zhang, T., Yu, B., Zheng, X., & Tian, J. (2022) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01106 · Cited by 28

TADF-based NIR-II semiconducting polymer dots for in vivo 3D bone imaging

Hsu, K.-F., Su, S., Lu, H., Liu, M.-H., Chang, Y. J., Lee, Y., Chiang, H. K., Hsu, C., Lu, C., & Chan, Y. (2022) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d2sc03271f · Cited by 28

Brightness Strategies toward NIR-II Emissive Conjugated Materials: Molecular Design, Application, and Future Prospects

Li, X., Chen, H., Su, Z., Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Li, N., & Li, S. (2024) · ACS Applied Bio Materials · doi:10.1021/acsabm.4c00137 · Cited by 29

pH-Responsive Theranostic Colloidosome Drug Carriers Enable Real-Time Imaging of Targeted Thrombolytic Process with Near-Infrared-II for Deep Venous Thrombosis

Ye, Y., Chen, Z., Zhang, S., Slezak, P., Lu, F., Xie, R., Lee, D., Lan, G., & Hu, E. (2024) · Research · doi:10.34133/research.0388 · Cited by 27

A mitochondria-targeted AIE photosensitizer for enhancing specificity and efficacy of ferroptosis inducer

Wang, S., Chen, C., Wu, J., Zhang, J., Lam, J. W. Y., Wang, H., Chen, L., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Science China Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s11426-021-1207-0 · Cited by 27

In Vivo Monitoring of Hydrogen Polysulfide via a NIR-Excitable Reversible Fluorescent Probe Based on Upconversion Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Duan, Q., He, Y., Bi, W., Liang, T., Liu, Z., & Li, Z. (2022) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01650 · Cited by 27

Light-Facilitated Reassembly to Generate J-Aggregates of Glucosyl aza-BODIPY with Second Near-Infrared Emission for Bioimaging

Dong, L., Shi, X., Li, H., Liu, Z., Teng, K., Niu, L., Hu, Z., & Yang, Q. (2024) · ACS Materials Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c00870 · Cited by 27

Alleviating NIR-II emission quenching in ring-fused fluorophore via manipulating dimer populations for superior fluorescence imaging

Miao, X., Jia, M., Weng, X., Zhang, J., Pan, Y., Zhao, H., Yu, Z., Fan, Q., & Hu, W. (2025) · Light: Science & Applications · doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01787-0 · Cited by 25

Unlocking the power of optical imaging in the second biological window: Structuring near‐infrared II materials from organic molecules to nanoparticles

Dahal, D., Ray, P., & Pan, D. (2021) · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1002/wnan.1734 · Cited by 28

ROS/RNS and Base Dual Activatable Merocyanine‐Based NIR‐II Fluorescent Molecular Probe for in vivo Biosensing

Zhang, X., Chen, Y., He, H., Wang, S., Lei, Z., & Zhang, F. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202109728 · Cited by 25

Mapping physiological and pathological functions of cortical vasculature through aggregation-induced emission nanoprobes assisted quantitative, in vivo NIR-II imaging

Meng, J., Feng, Z., Qian, S., Wang, C., Li, X., Gao, L., Ding, Z., Qian, J., & Liu, Z. (2022) · Biomaterials Advances · doi:10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.212760 · Cited by 25

Boron–Oxygen Chelation‐Enabled Aza‐BODIPY J ‐Aggregates: NIR‐II Imaging and Photothermal Therapy for Single‐Dose Tumor Ablation

Yu, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, B., Yu, Q., Ye, J., Chen, Y., Qian, J., Li, Y., & Yin, S. (2025) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202504607 · Cited by 26

Recent Advances in Nanomaterials for Diagnosis, Treatments, and Neurorestoration in Ischemic Stroke

Lin, X., Li, N., & Tang, H. (2022) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2022.885190 · Cited by 24

Highly stable metal halides Cs2ZnX4 (X = Cl, Br) with Sn2+ as dopants for efficient deep-red photoluminescence

Zhang, Y., Zhou, L., Zhang, L., Luo, W. H., Shen, W., Li, M., & He, R. (2022) · Chinese Chemical Letters · doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2022.05.070 · Cited by 23

The Longer, the Stronger: Alkyl Chain Engineering for High-Brightness NIR-II AIE Nanoprobes towards High-Resolution In Vivo BioimagingPreprint

Ren, K., Li, X., Zhu, J. Z., Yang, H., Yang, Z., Zhang, F., You, C., xiang, S., Tong, Y., Chen, J., et al. (2025) · ChemRxiv · doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-bctb9-v2

Alkyl Chain Engineering for High-Brightness Near-Infrared-II Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoprobes toward High-Resolution In Vivo Bioimaging

Ren, K., Li, X., Zhu, J., Yang, H., Yang, Z., Zhang, F., You, C., Xiang, S., Tong, Y., Chen, J., et al. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c16882 · Cited by 21

Increase in Alkyl Lengths: A Novel Molecular Design Paradigm to Boost NIR-II AIE Aggregates Brightness for High-Resolution In Vivo BioimagingPreprint

Ren, K., Li, X., Zhu, J. Z., Yang, H., Yang, Z., Zhang, F., You, C., xiang, S., Tong, Y., Chen, J., et al. (2025) · ChemRxiv · doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-bctb9

As AIE Meets J‐Aggregation: Subtle Molecular Regulation to Modulate Intermolecular Packing of Aggregates for NIR‐IIa In Vivo Bioimaging

Yang, Z., Li, X., Zhang, W., Xu, Z., Yang, H., Kang, M., Zhang, Z., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2025) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202523859 · Cited by 5

Molecular engineering of a high quantum yield NIR-II molecular fluorophore with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics for in vivo imaging

Xu, P., Kang, F., Yang, W., Zhang, M., Dang, R., Jiang, P., & Wang, J. (2020) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c9nr09999a · Cited by 70