Increasing Molecular Planarity through Donor/Side‐Chain Engineering for Improved NIR‐IIa Fluorescence Imaging and NIR‐II Photothermal Therapy under 1064 nm

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Precise Molecular Design for High‐Performance Luminogens with Aggregation‐Induced Emission

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Rational Design of Molecular Fluorophores for Biological Imaging in the NIR‐II Window

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

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An All‐Round Athlete on the Track of Phototheranostics: Subtly Regulating the Balance between Radiative and Nonradiative Decays for Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Therapy

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Evaluation of Structure–Function Relationships of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Simultaneous Dual Applications of Specific Discrimination and Efficient Photodynamic Killing of Gram-Positive Bacteria

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The fast-growing field of photo-driven theranostics based on aggregation-induced emission

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

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Structural and process controls of AIEgens for NIR-II theranostics

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Renal‐clearable Molecular Semiconductor for Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Kidney Dysfunction

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Rational Design of Near-Infrared-II Organic Molecular Dyes for Bioimaging and Biosensing

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Tailored Engineering of Novel Xanthonium Polymethine Dyes for Synergetic PDT and PTT Triggered by 1064 nm Laser toward Deep‐Seated Tumors

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Three‐Pronged Attack by Homologous Far‐red/NIR AIEgens to Achieve 1+1+1>3 Synergistic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

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

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Fluorination Enhances NIR‐II Fluorescence of Polymer Dots for Quantitative Brain Tumor Imaging

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Water‐Soluble Organic Nanoparticles with Programable Intermolecular Charge Transfer for NIR‐II Photothermal Anti‐Bacterial Therapy

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Brain‐Targeted Aggregation‐Induced‐Emission Nanoparticles with Near‐Infrared Imaging at 1550 nm Boosts Orthotopic Glioblastoma Theranostics

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Bioorthogonal-targeted 1064 nm excitation theranostic nanoplatform for precise NIR-IIa fluorescence imaging guided efficient NIR-II photothermal therapy

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Manipulating Nonradiative Decay Channel by Intermolecular Charge Transfer for Exceptionally Improved Photothermal Conversion

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Manipulating the Dynamics of Dark Excited States in Organic Materials for Phototheranostics

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An Efficient 1064 nm NIR‐II Excitation Fluorescent Molecular Dye for Deep‐Tissue High‐Resolution Dynamic Bioimaging

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Effective Phototheranostics of Brain Tumor Assisted by Near-Infrared-II Light-Responsive Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles

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Molecular engineering of D–A–D conjugated small molecule nanoparticles for high performance NIR-II photothermal therapy

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Incorporation of Planar Blocks into Twisted Skeletons: Boosting Brightness of Fluorophores for Bioimaging beyond 1500 Nanometer

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The Design and Bioimaging Applications of NIR Fluorescent Organic Dyes with High Brightness

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Activatable Molecular Probes for Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, and Photoacoustic Imaging

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Enlarging the Reservoir: High Absorption Coefficient Dyes Enable Synergetic Near Infrared‐II Fluorescence Imaging and Near Infrared‐I Photothermal Therapy

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A Versatile 980 nm Absorbing Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen for NIR‐II Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Photo‐Immunotherapy Against Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

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Side‐Chain‐Tuned Molecular Packing Allows Concurrently Boosted Photoacoustic Imaging and NIR‐II Fluorescence

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NIR-II Dye-Based Multifunctional Telechelic Glycopolymers for NIR-IIa Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Stimuli-Responsive Chemo-Photothermal Combination Therapy

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

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Molecular Engineering of NIR‐II Fluorophores for Improved Biomedical Detection

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Identifying structure–absorption relationships and predicting absorption strength of non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

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Novel ultrasmall multifunctional nanodots for dual-modal MR/NIR-II imaging-guided photothermal therapy

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Antiquenching Macromolecular NIR‐II Probes with High‐Contrast Brightness for Imaging‐Guided Photothermal Therapy under 1064 nm Irradiation

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Starlike polymer brush-based ultrasmall nanoparticles with simultaneously improved NIR-II fluorescence and blood circulation for efficient orthotopic glioblastoma imaging

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NIR‐II J‐Aggregated Pt(II)‐Porphyrin‐Based Phosphorescent Probe for Tumor‐Hypoxia Imaging

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Planar D–D−π-A Organic Sensitizers for Thin-Film Photoanodes

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Renal‐clearable Molecular Semiconductor for Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Kidney Dysfunction

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A generic self-assembly approach towards phototheranostics for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and phototherapy

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Water‐Soluble Organic Nanoparticles with Programable Intermolecular Charge Transfer for NIR‐II Photothermal Anti‐Bacterial Therapy

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Three‐Pronged Attack by Homologous Far‐red/NIR AIEgens to Achieve 1+1+1>3 Synergistic Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

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

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Fluorination Enhances NIR‐II Fluorescence of Polymer Dots for Quantitative Brain Tumor Imaging

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High Exciton Utilization of 1D Molecular Column with High Packing Energy Formed by Folded π-Molecules

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Elucidating the excited-state dynamics behavior in near-infrared Bodipy dye and aggregates toward biophotonics

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NIR-II probe modified by poly(L-lysine) with efficient ovalbumin delivery for dendritic cell tracking

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Bright NIR-II Fluorescent Small-Molecule Nanoparticles with Reduced Intermolecular Interaction for Targeted In Vivo Inflammation Imaging

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Side‐Chain‐Tuned Molecular Packing Allows Concurrently Boosted Photoacoustic Imaging and NIR‐II Fluorescence

Zhu, Y., Lai, H., Guo, H., Peng, D., Han, L., Gu, Y., Wei, Z., Zhao, D., Zheng, N., Hu, D., et al. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202117433 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter

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Advancing Efficiency in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Strategies and Applications

Hou, L., Li, S., Qi, Y., Liu, J., Cui, Z., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, N., & Zhao, Y. S. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c16998 · Cited by 260 · see citing works

An NIR‐II Excitable AIE Small Molecule with Multimodal Phototheranostic Features for Orthotopic Breast Cancer Treatment

Song, S., Zhao, Y., Kang, M., Zhang, F., Wu, Q., Niu, N., Yang, H., Wen, H., Fu, S., Li, X., et al. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202309748 · Cited by 147 · see citing works

Organic photosensitizers: from molecular design to phototheranostics

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Benzobisthiadiazole-Based Small Molecular Near-Infrared-II Fluorophores: From Molecular Engineering to Nanophototheranostics

Wang, L., Li, N., Wang, W., Mei, A., Shao, J., Wang, W., & Dong, X. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c12316 · Cited by 127 · see citing works

Neutral Cyanine: Ultra‐Stable NIR‐II Merocyanines for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Tumor‐Targeted Phototheranostics

Wan, Y., Chen, W., Liu, Y., Lee, K., Gao, Y., Zhang, D., Li, Y., Huang, Z., Luo, J., Lee, C., et al. (2024) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202405966 · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Recent Advances in Strategies to Enhance Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy Performance of Single‐Component Organic Phototherapeutic Agents

Fang, L., Chen, Z., Dai, J., Pan, Y., Tu, Y., Meng, Q., Diao, Y., Yang, S., Guo, W., Li, L., et al. (2025) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202409157 · Cited by 88 · 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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Highly Stable Near-Infrared II Luminescent Diradicaloids for Cancer Phototheranostics

Feng, L., Tuo, Y., Wu, Z., Zhang, W., Li, C., Yang, B., Liu, L., Gong, J., Jiang, G., Hu, W., et al. (2024) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c11549 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Near‐infrared aggregation‐induced emission materials: Bibliometric analysis and their application in biomedical field

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

Wan, Y., Gao, Y., Wei, W., Lee, K., Tan, J., Chen, C., Chen, H., Li, S., Wong, K., & Lee, C. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c05546 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

BF 2 ‐Bridged Azafulvene Dimer‐Based 1064 nm Laser‐Driven Superior Photothermal Agent for Deep‐Seated Tumor Therapy

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

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Excimer‐Mediated Ultrafast Intermolecular Nonradiative Decay Enables Giant Photothermal Performance for Optimized Phototheranostic

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Boosting Nonradiative Decay of Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dendrimers for NIR‐II Photothermal Theranostics

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White-light activatable organic NIR-II luminescence nanomaterials for imaging-guided surgery

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NIR-II Fluorophores: From Synthesis to Biological Applications

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Metal‐Coordinated NIR‐II Nanoadjuvants with Nanobody Conjugation for Potentiating Immunotherapy by Tumor Metabolism Reprogramming

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A Cyanine with 83.2% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency and Absorption Wavelengths over 1200 nm for Photothermal Therapy

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Charge Transfer-Mediated J-Aggregates of Azaindole Cyanine with 160 nm Absorption Redshift for Efficient NIR-II Photothermal Tumor Therapy

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