Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Photothermal Immunotherapy Based on a Versatile NIR‐II Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen

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Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate Level

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Molecular Motion in Aggregates: Manipulating TICT for Boosting Photothermal Theranostics

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NIR‐II AIEgens: A Win–Win Integration towards Bioapplications

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Real‐Time and High‐Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation‐Induced Emission Dots in Short‐Wave Infrared Region

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Rational Design of Conjugated Small Molecules for Superior Photothermal Theranostics in the NIR‐II Biowindow

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Near-Infrared II Phototherapy Induces Deep Tissue Immunogenic Cell Death and Potentiates Cancer Immunotherapy

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Organic Semiconducting Pro‐nanostimulants for Near‐Infrared Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy

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A Borondifluoride‐Complex‐Based Photothermal Agent with an 80 % Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy in the NIR‐II Window

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Gathering brings strength: How organic aggregates boost disease phototheranostics

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Near-Infrared Fluorescent Macromolecular Reporters for Real-Time Imaging and Urinalysis of Cancer Immunotherapy

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Planar and Twisted Molecular Structure Leads to the High Brightness of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for NIR-IIa Fluorescence Imaging

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Structural and process controls of AIEgens for NIR-II theranostics

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Recent strategies for nano-based PTT combined with immunotherapy: from a biomaterial point of view

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Highly Stable Organic Small Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic Agent of Tumor in Living Mice

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Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles: Signal Amplification and Second Near‐Infrared Construction

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A Polymer Multicellular Nanoengager for Synergistic NIR‐II Photothermal Immunotherapy

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Boosting Non‐Radiative Decay to Do Useful Work: Development of a Multi‐Modality Theranostic System from an AIEgen

Wang, D., Lee, M. M. S., Xu, W., Shan, G., Zheng, X., Kwok, R. T. K., Lam, J. W. Y., Hu, X., & Tang, B. Z. (2019) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201900366 · Cited by 209 · see citing works

Recent Advances in Engineered Materials for Immunotherapy‐Involved Combination Cancer Therapy

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GSH depletion liposome adjuvant for augmenting the photothermal immunotherapy of breast cancer

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Supramolecular Nanofibrils Formed by Coassembly of Clinically Approved Drugs for Tumor Photothermal Immunotherapy

Li, S., Zhang, W., Xing, R., Yuan, C., Xue, H., & Yan, X. (2021) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202100595 · Cited by 199 · see citing works

Donor/π‐Bridge Manipulation for Constructing a Stable NIR‐II Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen with Balanced Phototheranostic Performance**

Yan, D., Xie, W., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202111767 · Cited by 177 · see citing works

Melanin-dot–mediated delivery of metallacycle for NIR-II/photoacoustic dual-modal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy

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Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery

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Innovative Synthetic Procedures for Luminogens Showing Aggregation‐Induced Emission

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Aggregationsinduzierte Emission: Einblicke auf Aggregatebene

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From Design to Clinic: Engineered Nanobiomaterials for Immune Normalization Therapy of Cancer

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Harnessing Innate Immunity Using Biomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapy

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NIR‐II AIEgens: A Win–Win Integration towards Bioapplications

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Boosting Non‐Radiative Decay to Do Useful Work: Development of a Multi‐Modality Theranostic System from an AIEgen

Wang, D., Lee, M. M. S., Xu, W., Shan, G., Zheng, X., Kwok, R. T. K., Lam, J. W. Y., Hu, X., & Tang, B. Z. (2019) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.201900366 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Organic Semiconducting Pro‐nanostimulants for Near‐Infrared Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy

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Targeting the tumor microenvironment with amphiphilic near-infrared cyanine nanoparticles for potentiated photothermal immunotherapy

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Photochemical Synthesis of Nonplanar Small Molecules with Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay for Highly Efficient Phototheranostics

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A Borondifluoride‐Complex‐Based Photothermal Agent with an 80 % Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy in the NIR‐II Window

Jiang, Z., Zhang, C., Wang, X., Yan, M., Ling, Z., Chen, Y., & Liu, Z. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202107836 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Donor/π‐Bridge Manipulation for Constructing a Stable NIR‐II Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen with Balanced Phototheranostic Performance**

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Innovative Verfahren zur Synthese von Luminogenen mit aggregationsinduzierter Emission

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NIR-II light in clinical oncology: opportunities and challenges

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Pyroptosis‐Mediated Synergistic Photodynamic and Photothermal Immunotherapy Enabled by a Tumor‐Membrane‐Targeted Photosensitive Dimer

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J‐Aggregation Strategy toward Potentiated NIR‐II Fluorescence Bioimaging of Molecular Fluorophores

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Self-Assembled Metallacage with Second Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission for Enhanced Multimodal Theranostics

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Light-Triggered Nanozymes Remodel the Tumor Hypoxic and Immunosuppressive Microenvironment for Ferroptosis-Enhanced Antitumor Immunity

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A Noble AuPtAg‐GOx Nanozyme for Synergistic Tumor Immunotherapy Induced by Starvation Therapy‐Augmented Mild Photothermal Therapy

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Adding Flying Wings: Butterfly-Shaped NIR-II AIEgens with Multiple Molecular Rotors for Photothermal Combating of Bacterial Biofilms

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Dual-Responsive Triple-Synergistic Fe-MOF for Tumor Theranostics.

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Recent advances in the design and applications of near-infrared II responsive small molecule phototherapeutic agents

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Advances and applications of nanoparticles in cancer therapy

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Recent advances in NIR-II fluorescence/photoacoustic dual-modality imaging probes

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Thiophene π‐Bridge Manipulation of NIR‐II AIEgens for Multimodal Tumor Phototheranostics

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Nanomaterials for NIR‐II Photoacoustic Imaging

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Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens

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A NIR‐II AIEgen‐Based Supramolecular Nanodot for Peroxynitrite‐Potentiated Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hu, H., Li, D., Dai, W., Jin, Q., Wang, D., Ji, J., Tang, B. Z., & Tang, Z. (2023) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202213134 · Cited by 107 · see citing works

A Water‐Soluble AIEgen for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Kidney Fibrosis via SWIR Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging

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Ion−π interactions for constructing organic luminescent materials

Jiang, G., Jia, Y., Wang, J., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.285 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Pyridinium Rotor Strategy toward a Robust Photothermal Agent for STING Activation and Multimodal Image-Guided Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Viscosity-responsive NIR-II fluorescent probe with aggregation-induced emission features for early diagnosis of liver injury

Ge, J., Cai, W., Niu, N., Wen, Y., Wu, Q., Wang, L., Wang, D., Tang, B. Z., & Zhang, R. (2023) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122190 · Cited by 96 · see citing works

Photo‐Triggered Cascade Therapy: A NIR‐II AIE Luminogen Collaborating with Nitric Oxide Facilitates Efficient Collagen Depletion for Boosting Pancreatic Cancer Phototheranostics

Li, D., Chen, X., Dai, W., Jin, Q., Wang, D., Ji, J., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202306476 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

Furan‐modified thiadiazolo quinoxaline as an electron acceptor for constructing second near‐infrared aggregation‐induced emission fluorophores for beyond 1300 nm fluorescence/photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

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Nanoparticles destabilizing the cell membranes triggered by NIR light for cancer imaging and photo-immunotherapy

Tang, D., Cui, M., Wang, B., Liang, G., Zhang, H., & Xiao, H. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50020-w · Cited by 83 · see citing works

A Stable Open-Shell Conjugated Diradical Polymer with Ultra-High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for NIR-II Photo-Immunotherapy of Metastatic Tumor

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The Midas Touch by Iridium: A Second Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Metallo-Agent for Exceptional Phototheranostics of Breast Cancer

You, C., Tian, L., Zhu, J., Wang, L., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2025) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c15150 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

Tumor-Homing and Immune-Reprogramming Cellular Nanovesicles for Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Phototriggered Precise Chemoimmunotherapy

Fan, Z., Wang, Y., Li, L., Zeng, F., Shang, Q., Liao, Y., Liang, C., & Nie, L. (2022) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c04983 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Phospholipid-Mimetic Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Specific Elimination of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

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Ligand engineering of Au 44 nanoclusters for NIR-II luminescent and photoacoustic imaging-guided cancer photothermal therapy

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Molecular engineering of AIE-active boron clustoluminogens for enhanced boron neutron capture therapy

Ma, W., Wang, Y., Xue, Y., Wang, M., Lu, C., Wanhua, G., Liu, Y., Shu, D., Shao, G., Xu, Q., et al. (2024) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d3sc06222h · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Aggregation-induced emission fluorophores towards the second near-infrared optical windows with suppressed imaging background

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Microenvironment‐Activatable Probe for Precise NIR‐II Monitoring and Synergistic Immunotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Zhang, Y., Liu, D., Chen, W., Tao, Y., Li, W., & Qi, J. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202409661 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

NIR‐II Excitable Semiconducting Polymers with AIE Characteristics for Fluorescence‐Photoacoustic Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Phototherapy

Li, J., Zhang, Z., Jiang, S., Kang, M., Wang, D., Li, X., Huang, P., Gao, X., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202401627 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Novel Dibenzofulvene‐Based NIR‐II Emission Phototheranostic Agent with an 82.6% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy

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