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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Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission Materials in Immunology: From Diagnostics to Immunotherapy

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Icing on the Cake: Integrating Optical Fiber with Second Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen for Exceptional Phototheranostics of Bladder Cancer

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Light-driven sextuple theranostics: nanomedicine involving second near-infrared AIE-active Ir(III) complex for prominent cancer treatment

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Visualizing intracellular dynamics with AIE probes

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The Midas Touch by Internal Stimuli: Activatable Luminogens with Near‐Infrared Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Potent Bioimaging and Theranostics

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Organic small-molecule NIR-II fluorophores for tumor phototheranostics

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Preclinical Studies on the Photothermal Therapy of NIR‐II AIEgens: Across Tumor Types

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Electron-donor planar extension based on donor–acceptor–donor molecules generates charge transfer-mediated J-aggregates for NIR-II photothermal immunotherapy and bacterial elimination

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Supramolecular prodrug-like nanotheranostics with dynamic and activatable nature for synergistic photothermal immunotherapy of metastatic cancer

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A thermoresponsive nanocomposite integrates NIR-II-absorbing small molecule with lonidamine for pyroptosis-promoted synergistic immunotherapy

Chen, P., Zhang, C., He, L., Li, M., Rong, J., Sun, P., Chen, Y., & Li, D. (2024) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-024-02424-5 · Cited by 15

Regulating Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen for Multimodal Imaging‐Navigated Synergistic Therapy Involving Anti‐Angiogenesis

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The Fast‐Growing Field of Cancer Immunotherapy Based on Aggregation‐Induced Emission

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Stabilizing Radicals in Aggregation-Induced Emission Rotor-Polyoxometalate Crystals for Efficient Photothermal Conversion

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A novel polymer enabled by polymerized small molecule strategy for tumor photothermal and photodynamic therapy

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Dual-modal imaging-guided agent based on NIR-II aggregation-induced emission luminogens with balanced phototheranostic performance

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NIR-II-activated whole-cell vaccine with ultra-efficient semiconducting diradical oligomers for breast carcinoma growth and metastasis inhibition

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Current status and future prospects of molecular imaging in targeting the tumor immune microenvironment

Wang, X., Shen, W., Yao, L., Li, C., You, H., & Guo, D. (2025) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2025.1518555 · Cited by 14

Recent advances in near-infrared-II (NIR-II) small molecule fluorophores for cancer theranostics

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Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dye With Donor Planarization Engineering for 1060 nm Laser Activated Photothermal Theranostics

Xu, K., Luo, M., Wang, W., Zhang, T. Y., Yang, C. M., Shao, J., Chen, P., Dong, X., & Cai, Y. (2025) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202506226 · Cited by 13

Immunotherapy augmentation through photothermal nanomaterial-mediated tumor microenvironment modulation

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Theranostic Nanoprobes with Aggregation‐Induced NIR‐II Emission: from Molecular Design to Biomedical Application

Jiang, Y., Zhu, L., & Wu, W. (2023) · ChemBioChem · doi:10.1002/cbic.202200777 · Cited by 13

Photodynamic Therapy Derived Personalized Whole Cell Tumor Vaccine Prevents Postsurgery Tumor Recurrence and Metastasis

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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

Li, C., Tu, L., Xu, Y., Li, M., Du, J., Stang, P. J., Sun, Y., & Sun, Y. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202406392 · Cited by 13

Near‐Infrared Conjugated Macrocyclic BODIPYs for Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., Li, M., Li, R., Wang, Z., & James, T. D. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202511125 · Cited by 12

AIEgen-Peptide Bioprobes for the Imaging of Organelles

Chen, B., Yuan, H., Zhang, W. Y., Hu, J., Lou, X., & Xia, F. (2022) · Biosensors · doi:10.3390/bios12080667 · Cited by 12

有机近红外二区荧光探针研究进展

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Near-infrared-II responsive ovalbumin functionalized gold-genipin nanosystem cascading photo-immunotherapy of cancer

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Rational design of a small organic photosensitizer for NIR-I imaging-guided synergistic photodynamic and photothermal therapy

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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

Rational Design of AIE Photosensitizers with Full‐Visible Color Emission and Efficient ROS Generation

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Configuration-mediated excited-state energy dissipation in metal-bridged dimeric D-A fluorophores for enhanced photothermal therapy

Lv, S., Wang, B., Wu, Y., Zhang, R., Feng, E., Liu, T., Xie, X., Jiang, J., Hou, X., Liu, D., et al. (2023) · Acta Biomaterialia · doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2023.11.031 · Cited by 11

Enhancing NIR-II Imaging and Photothermal Therapy for Improved Oral Cancer Theranostics by Combining TICT and Aggregation-Induced Emission

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Structural modulation of aggregation-induced emission luminogens for NIR-II fluorescence imaging/photoacoustic imaging of tumors

Liu, X., Tan, Y., Zhang, J., Huang, W., Yan, D., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2024) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d4sc01721h · Cited by 12

Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Organic Nanoagent with High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Near-Infrared Imaging-Guided Tumor Photothermal Therapy

Zhang, Q., Li, E., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, D., & Wang, S. (2024) · ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00959 · Cited by 11

Dendritic donor engineering to optimize second near-infrared photothermal agents for in situ photothermal therapy

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Effective design of organic luminogens for near-infrared-II fluorescence imaging and photo-mediated therapy

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Synthesis of Diarylamines via Nitrosonium-Initiated C–N Bond Formation

Chen, P., Hsu, S., Chen, C., Fu, J., & Hou, D. (2024) · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.joc.4c01220 · Cited by 10

Conjugated Polymer for NIR-II Phototheranostics toward Tumor

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Flexible Regulation of Optical Properties Based on Structure Size‐Driven Intermolecular Interactions for Phototherapy

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AIEgen-Based Nanomaterials for Bacterial Imaging and Antimicrobial Applications: Recent Advances and Perspectives

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A relay-type innate immunity activation strategy involving water-soluble NIR-II AIEgen for boosted tumor photo-immunotherapy

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Monomer Emission Mechanism Research of Tetraphenylethene Derivative with Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Polymer Microspheres

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

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Thiophene π‐bridge‐based second near‐infrared luminogens with aggregation‐induced emission for biomedical applications

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Phototheranostic Zinc Porphyrin Nanoparticles Triggered by an 808 nm Laser: NIR-II Fluorescence/Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Combined Photothermal/Photodynamic/NO Therapy

Chen, H., Zhao, X., Halimov, A., Fu, M., Tu, J., Liu, H., Xu, H., & Liu, J. (2025) · Bioconjugate Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00086 · Cited by 7

Piperazine: a promising building block for aggregation-induced emission materials

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The Chemo-Immunotherapeutic Roles of Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-Based Paclitaxel Delivery System in Hepatocarcinoma

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Charged aggregation‐induced emission luminogens for bioimaging and phototherapy

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A novel hypocrellin B derivative for photodynamic therapy-driven cancer immunotherapy via triggering immunogenic cell death

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A MOF-based nanoplatform integrating cardioprotection with chemo-photothermal therapy for safer cancer treatment

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Donor–Acceptor Engineering for Tailoring Highly Efficient Photosensitizers for Image-Guided Antitumor Photodynamic Therapy

Kamya, E., Yi, S., Hussain, Z., Lu, Z., Li, W., Yan, J., Ma, F., Ullah, I., Cao, Y., & Pei, R. (2023) · ACS Macro Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00500 · Cited by 6

Construction and Properties of Strong Near‐IR Absorption Photosensitizers

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., & James, T. D. (2024) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202401012 · Cited by 6

Densely Fluorinated Polymer Dots with Peak Absorption beyond 1000 nm for High-Contrast NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging

Liu, Y., Li, W., Xu, M., Li, Y., Fang, X., & Wu, C. (2026) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05422 · Cited by 5

Photo‐responsive carbon dots for pyroptosis‐mediated anti‐tumor application

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Recent advances of AIE ‐active materials for orthotopic tumor phototheranostics

Sun, Y., Tan, Y., Yan, D., Gui, Y., Luo, W., Zhu, D., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2023) · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1002/wnan.1906 · Cited by 5

Aggregation‐Induced NIR‐II Emission Luminogens Integrated into Cu 2+ ‐Phenolic Nanoparticles for Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Eradication of Bacterial Biofilms

Chen, H., YANG, X., Chen, Y., Liu, F., Yan, D., Li, Y., Shan, G., Luo, Q., Song, H., Wang, D., et al. (2026) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202521729 · Cited by 4

Advances in organelle-targeted photosensitizer-mediated pyroptosis for photodynamic tumor therapy: overcoming immunological limitations

Xie, J., Xiao, Y.-Y., Peng, B., Chen, X., Zhang, X., Chen, D., Song, L., Xu, M., Liao, W., & Zhang, X. (2026) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d5cc06431g · Cited by 4

Synthesis, and optical and electrochemical properties of 1,1′,3,3′-tetraaryl-4,4′-bibenzo[ c ]thiophene derivatives with the same or different aryl substituents on the thiophene rings

Hara, Y., Kozuka, K., Imato, K., Akiyama, S., Ishida, M., & Ooyama, Y. (2024) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/d4nj01350f · Cited by 4

Dual/Multi-Modal Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy Based on Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission

Zhu, L., & Wu, W. (2024) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules29020371 · Cited by 3

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

Gui, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, D., Qin, Y., Song, G., Yan, D., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202318609 · Cited by 3

Fe 3+ Oxidation Strategy Enhances the Nonradiative Transition Ability of a Near‐Infrared BODIPY Photosensitizer for Photothermal Therapy

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., Li, M., Wang, B., Liu, K., & Li, K. (2025) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.202501427 · Cited by 3

The Avengers of Disease Diagnosis: Dual/Multimodal Imaging Based on Aggregation‐Induced Emission Materials

Hu, D., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2025) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202521480 · Cited by 4

Preparation and application of NIR-II porphyrin molecular graphene photothermal material

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., Li, M., Wang, B., Liu, K., & Li, K. (2025) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.112993 · Cited by 3

Dual-targeted and viscosity-sensitive infrared AIE photosensitizer based on tumor microenvironmental response for photodynamic cancer therapy

Wen, X., Shi, Z., Huang, Y., & Fan, Z. (2024) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/d4nj03321c · Cited by 3

Alkyl chain engineering of ionic AIE molecules for developing superior self-adjuvanted nanovaccines in cancer immunotherapy

Chen, Y., Bao, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Zheng, W., Chen, P., Wei, W., Ji, M., Zhang, R., Hou, P., et al. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.159979 · Cited by 3

Near‐Infrared Conjugated Macrocyclic BODIPYs for Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., Li, M., Li, R., Wang, Z., & James, T. D. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202511125 · Cited by 2

Organic Fluorescent Probes in Cancer Theranostics: From Molecular Engineering to Multifunctional Integration

Huang, T., Wan, J., Feng, L., Cui, J., Tang, Z., Zhang, Y., Fu, S., Guan, B., & Ju, M. (2025) · Advanced Therapeutics · doi:10.1002/adtp.202500305 · Cited by 2

Multifunctional Self-Assembled Nanoplatform with AIEgen and Rapamycin-Mediated Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling via mTOR Axis to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy

Yu, Q., Tian, L., Su, W., Li, X., Wang, J., Guo, L., Huang, L., & Gao, W. (2023) · ACS Materials Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c01027 · Cited by 1

Photo‐Amplified Plasma Membrane Rupture by Membrane‐Anchoring NIR‐II Small Molecule Design for Improved Cancer Photoimmunotherapy

Chen, P., Rong, J., Chen, K., Huang, T., Shen, Q., Sun, P., Tang, W., & Fan, Q. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202418081 · Cited by 1

Smart photo-enabled micelles for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, challenges, and innovations

Wang, Z., Wang, S., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., & Wu, F. (2025) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2025.114474 · Cited by 1

Unlocking the Full Potential of Immunotherapy: Visualizing and Remodeling the Tumor Immune Microenvironment With Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogens

Tan, X., Fan, M., Li, Y., Wang, G., Li, H., Okoli, E. M., Shao, Y., Xu, G., & Xu, Z. (2026) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.70410 · Cited by 1

Construction of cyclic π-conjugated BODIPY derivatives using the molecular double-lock strategy for photothermal therapy

Cheng, F., Qiang, T., Li, M., Wang, B., Liu, K., & Li, K. (2025) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113081

Multimodal photothermal therapy for gynecologic neoplasms: Clinical development and potential

Xu, Y., Zhang, Y. F., Wang, Y., He, C., Jin, W., Pan, J., Shi, J., Ding, B. Y., & Shen, Y. (2025) · Materials & Design · doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2025.115140

Additional file 1 of A novel polymer enabled by polymerized small molecule strategy for tumor photothermal and photodynamic therapy

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Additional file 1 of A thermoresponsive nanocomposite integrates NIR-II-absorbing small molecule with lonidamine for pyroptosis-promoted synergistic immunotherapy

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Optimal Mn doping for enhanced photothermal conversion performance in Prussian blue@layered double hydroxides

Mo, W., Yang, L., Gu, X., Li, H., & Feng, Y. (2026) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/d5dt02778k

Biomimetic MXene nanoplatform for tumor-specific synergistic phototherapy and immune reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

Yin, T., Zhu, X., Wu, Y., Liu, J., Xing, Y., Wu, X., Liu, X., Xu, H., Feng, D., Li, J., et al. (2026) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/d6bm00210b

Multipronged Protein Engagement by a Ruthenium(II) Sunitinib Hydrazide Complex Elicits ROS‐Independent Immunogenic Cell Death

Ghosh, S., SenGupta, S., Halder, R., Ghosh, S., Biswas, S., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M., Roy, B., Debnath, L. R., Das, R., et al. (2026) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.1497931

Iron homeostasis–driven Fe2+-responsive multimodal probe for NIR-II imaging-guided photothermal therapy of pancreatic cancer

Jin, C., Sun, Z., Yang, L. S., Wang, B., Tang, B. Z., & Li, Z. (2026) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2026.180001

Rigid‐and‐Flexible Molecular Bows With High NIR Photothermal Performance

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