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

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Aggregation‐Induced Emission: The Whole Is More Brilliant than the Parts

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Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate Level

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Second near-infrared photothermal materials for combinational nanotheranostics

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Molecular Motion in Aggregates: Manipulating TICT for Boosting Photothermal Theranostics

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Donor Engineering for NIR-II Molecular Fluorophores with Enhanced Fluorescent Performance

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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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Anti‐Quenching NIR‐II J‐Aggregates of Benzo[c]thiophene Fluorophore for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Phototheranostics

Lee, K., Gao, Y., Wei, W., Tan, J., Wan, Y., Feng, Z., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Zheng, X., Cao, C., et al. (2023) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202211632 · Cited by 182

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

Qin, Y., Chen, X., Gui, Y., Wang, H., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2022) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.2c03895 · Cited by 162

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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A new era of cancer phototherapy: mechanisms and applications

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Recent advances in fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy for cancer: From near-infrared-I to near-infrared-II

Luo, H., & Gao, S. (2023) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.08.056 · Cited by 139

Rational Design of Polymethine Dyes with NIR‐II Emission and High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Multimodal‐Imaging‐Guided Photo‐Immunotherapy

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

Yan, D., Huang, Y., Zhang, J., Wu, Q., Song, G., Ji, J., Jin, Q., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.3c09058 · Cited by 131

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

Jiang, S., Lin, J., & Huang, P. (2022) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202202208 · Cited by 114

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

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

Yan, D., Li, T., Yang, Y., Niu, N., Wang, D., Ge, J., Wang, L., Zhang, R., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202206643 · Cited by 103

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

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

Ning, S., Shangguan, P., Zhu, X., Ou, X., Wang, K., Suo, M., Shen, H., Lu, X., Wei, X., Zhang, T., et al. (2025) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c15534 · Cited by 101

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 95

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. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202306476 · Cited by 93

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

Liang, M., Liu, L., Sun, Y., Li, J., Zhang, L., Jiang, X., & Wu, W. (2024) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.458 · Cited by 90

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 91

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

Gao, Y., Liu, Y., Li, X., Wang, H., Yang, Y., Luo, Y., Wan, Y., Lee, C., Li, S., & Zhang, X. (2023) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-023-01219-x · Cited by 79

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

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 74

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

Wang, J., Li, J., Shen, Z., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c05821 · Cited by 74

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

Ge, Y., Mu, X., Pan, X., Tang, Y., Yao, Q., Wang, Y., Jiang, F., Du, F., Xie, J., Zhou, X., et al. (2023) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d2sc05729h · Cited by 74

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

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

Li, J., Feng, Z., Yu, X., Wu, D., Wu, T., & Qian, J. (2022) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214792 · Cited by 73

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

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 72

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

Liu, Y., Ran, X., Zhou, D., Zhang, H., Chen, Y., Xu, J., Chen, S., Kong, Q., Yu, X., & Li, K. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202311365 · Cited by 69

Combination of Efficient Red Fluorescence and High Photothermal Conversion in the Second Near‐Infrared Window from Carbon Dots through Photoinduced Sodium‐Doping Approach

Wang, Q., Zhang, T., Cheng, Q., Wang, B., Liu, Y., Xing, G., Tang, Z., & Qu, S. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202402976 · Cited by 65

A NIR‐Light‐Activated and Lysosomal‐Targeted Pt(II) Metallacycle for Highly Potent Evoking of Immunogenic Cell Death that Potentiates Cancer Immunotherapy of Deep‐Seated Tumors

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Aggregation induced emission luminogen bacteria hybrid bionic robot for multimodal phototheranostics and immunotherapy

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A NIR‐II Organic Dendrimer with Superb Photothermal Performance Based on Electron‐Donor Iteration for Photothermal Immunotherapy

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2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole derivative AIEgens for smart phototheranostics

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Recent Advances in Reprogramming Strategy of Tumor Microenvironment for Rejuvenating Photosensitizers‐Mediated Photodynamic Therapy

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Development of small-molecule NIR-II photothermal agents for image-guided tumor therapy

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2, 1, 3‐Benzothiadiazole Derivative Small Molecule Fluorophores for NIR‐II Bioimaging

Hu, Z. D., Feng, L., & Yang, P. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202310818 · Cited by 56

Two Key Descriptors for Designing Second Near-Infrared Dyes and Experimental Validation

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Emerging designs of aggregation-induced emission luminogens for lipid droplets imaging

Zhang, F., Wu, X., Liu, B., Han, T., Yan, D., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215337 · Cited by 53

Activated aggregation‐induced emission therapeutics agents for triggering regulated cell death

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Pd@Au Nanoframe Hydrogels for Closed-Loop Wound Therapy

Wang, F., Deng, S.-P., Song, C., Fu, X., Zhang, N., Li, Q., Li, Y., Zhan, J., Jiang, Y., Liu, M., et al. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c01864 · Cited by 52

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

Tang, Y., Xiang, D., & Li, Q. (2025) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202501184 · Cited by 48

“One Stone, Four Birds” Ion Engineering to Fabricate Versatile Core–Shell Organosilica Nanoparticles for Intelligent Nanotheranostics

Yan, S., Sun, P., Niu, N., Zhang, Z., Xu, W., Zhao, S., Wang, L., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c03550 · Cited by 48

A Nanographene‐Porphyrin Hybrid for Near‐Infrared‐Ii Phototheranostics

Zhao, H., Wang, Y., Chen, Q., Liu, Y., Gao, Y., Müllen, K., Li, S., & Narita, A. (2024) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202309131 · Cited by 44

Interstitial Optical Fiber‐Mediated Multimodal Phototheranostics Based on an Aggregation‐Induced NIR‐II Emission Luminogen for Orthotopic Breast Cancer Treatment

Zhang, W., Kang, M., Li, X., Yang, H., Zhang, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Fan, M., Liao, C., Liu, C., et al. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202406474 · Cited by 46

PLGA nanoparticles loaded with curcumin produced luminescence for cell bioimaging

Wang, R., Zou, L., Yi, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhao, M., & Shi, S. (2023) · International Journal of Pharmaceutics · doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122944 · Cited by 44

Reengineering of Donor–Acceptor–Donor Structured Near-Infrared II Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Starving-Photothermal Antitumor and Inhibition of Lung Metastasis

Yang, M., Wang, S., Ou, X., Ni, J., Segawa, S., Sun, J., Xu, F., Kwok, R. T. K., Zhao, J., Lam, J. W. Y., et al. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c11527 · Cited by 43

Fused Azulenyl Squaraine Derivatives Improve Phototheranostics in the Second Near‐Infrared Window by Concentrating Excited State Energy on Non‐Radiative Decay Pathways

Gao, H., Yao, Y., Li, C., Zhang, J., Yu, H., Yang, X., Shen, J. Q., Liu, Q., Xu, R., Gao, X., et al. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202400372 · Cited by 42

Sterically Twisted Mitochondria‐Targeting Photosensitizers for Augmented Near‐Infrared II Fluorescence‐Guided Photodynamic Immunotherapy

Yu, J., Wen, Y., & Li, M. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202402663 · Cited by 42

Multifunctional nanoplatforms for tumor microenvironment remodeling: Toward precision and intelligent cancer therapy

Deng, X., Liu, X., & Zhao, L. (2025) · Materials Today Bio · doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102385 · Cited by 47

A lysosomes and mitochondria dual-targeting AIE-active NIR photosensitizer: Constructing amphiphilic structure for enhanced antitumor activity and two-photon imaging

Wang, S., Liao, Y., Wu, Z., Peng, Y., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., 邵龙泉, Zeng, Z., & Liu, Y. (2023) · Materials Today Bio · doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100721 · Cited by 38

Recent Progress of Copper-Based Nanomaterials in Tumor-Targeted Photothermal Therapy/Photodynamic Therapy

Zhuo, X., Liu, Z., Aishajiang, R., Wang, T., & Yu, D. N. (2023) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15092293 · Cited by 38

AIEgen-functionalized nanoprobes and nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Wang, C., Li, S., Qian, B., Sun, J., He, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, S., & Luo, C. (2024) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216148 · Cited by 37

Albumin‐Chaperoned Deep‐NIR Triarylmethane Dyes for High‐Contrast In Vivo Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

Zhang, X., Liu, M., Hu, Y., Wang, X., Wei, R., Yao, C., Shi, C., Qiu, Y., Yang, T. Y., Luo, X. L., et al. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202411515 · Cited by 37

Fluorescence Imaging in Second Near‐infrared Window: Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities

Liang, W., He, S., & Wu, S. (2022) · Advanced NanoBiomed Research · doi:10.1002/anbr.202200087 · Cited by 34

NIR-II aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles camouflaged with preactivated macrophage membranes for phototheranostics of pulmonary tuberculosis

Yan, D., Li, X., Wang, H., Li, B., Wang, W., Liao, Y., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2025) · Nature Protocols · doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01146-8 · Cited by 37

Strategies for Improving the Brightness of Aggregation‐Induced Emission Materials at Aggregate Level †

Gui, Y., Chen, K., Sun, Y., Tan, Y., Luo, W., Zhu, D., Xiong, Y., Yan, D., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2022) · Chinese Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1002/cjoc.202200660 · Cited by 33

Sonodynamic Therapy‐Driven Immunotherapy: Constructing AIE Organic Sonosensitizers Using an Advanced Receptor‐Regulated Strategy

Tian, M., Li, Y., Li, Y., Yang, T., Chen, H., Guo, J. M., Liu, Y., & Liu, P. (2024) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202400654 · Cited by 33

Phototherapeutic nanoagents for cancer immunotherapy

He, M., Xiao, M., Wang, R., Fan, J., Peng, X., & Sun, W. C. (2024) · Progress in Materials Science · doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101347 · Cited by 32

Biomimetic Metallacage Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission for NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Synergistic Immuno-Phototherapy of Tumors

Zhang, J., Ma, W., Yang, B., Shi, T., Liao, S., Li, Y., & Yin, S. (2024) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.4c17413 · Cited by 33

Visual Multifunctional Aggregation‐Induced Emission‐Based Bacterial Cellulose for Killing of Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria

Shen, Z., Zhu, W., Huang, Y., Zhang, J., Wu, Y., Pan, Y., Yang, G., Wang, D., Li, Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202300045 · Cited by 32

Intriguing Optical Properties due to the Intermolecular Interaction between AIE and ACQ Materials

Gong, Z., Rong, X., Sui, G., Jiang, X., Xu, M., Wang, C., & Meng, S. (2023) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202203075 · Cited by 34

Modular Construction of AIE-Active Supramolecular Cages with Tunable Fluorescence for NIR-II Blood Vessel Imaging

Qin, Y., Li, X., Lu, S., Kang, M., Zhang, Z., Gui, Y., Li, X., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · ACS Materials Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c00542 · Cited by 33

Progress of NIR-II fluorescence imaging technology applied to disease diagnosis and treatment

Li, N., Wang, M., Zhou, J., Wang, Z., Cao, L., Ye, J., & Sun, G. (2024) · European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116173 · Cited by 32

A copper nanocluster-based multifunctional nanoplatform for augmented chemo/chemodynamic/photodynamic combination therapy of breast cancer

Zhang, J., Li, P., Wang, T., Li, J., Yun, K., Zhang, X., & Yang, X. (2022) · Pharmacological Research · doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106632 · Cited by 30

Towards promoting wound healing: A near-infrared light-triggered persistently antibacterial, synergistically hemostatic nanoarchitecture-integrated chitosan hydrogel

Zhou, Z., Li, J., Hu, J., & Fu, H. (2024) · Carbohydrate Polymers · doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121783 · Cited by 29

Acceptor-engineering tailored type-I photosensitizer with aggregation-induced NIR-II emission for cancer multimodal phototheranostics

Li, J., Niu, N., Wang, D., Liu, X., Qin, Y., Wang, L., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2024) · Science China Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s11426-024-1980-x · Cited by 29

NIR‐Triggered Cu 2 O/Cu 2‐x S Heterostructure as an “All‐In‐One” Functional Nanoplatform for Efficient Synergistic Tumor Therapy

Gao, W., Zhang, J., Chang, Y., Gao, F., Ma, G., Gao, Z., Wang, X., Liu, X., Ma, X., & Guo, Y. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202408125 · 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

Diradical‐Featured Organic Small‐Molecule Photothermal Material Based on 4,6‐di(2‐thienyl)thieno[3,4‐c][1,2,5]thiadiazole for Photothermal Immunotherapy

Yang, C., Guo, L., Zhang, K., Wang, G., Yu, Q., Gan, Z., & Gu, X. (2023) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202306360 · Cited by 29

Recent process of NIR-type AIE-active fluorescent materials for biomedical applications of fluorescent imaging and phototherapeutics

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