A near-infrared II fluorescent dye based on oxanthracene: Real-time imaging of drug-induced acute liver injury and photothermal therapy for tumor

A Two-Dimensional Biodegradable Niobium Carbide (MXene) for Photothermal Tumor Eradication in NIR-I and NIR-II Biowindows

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Molecular Engineering of NIR‐II Fluorophores for Improved Biomedical Detection

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Theranostic Fluorescent Probes

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Stable, Wavelength‐Tunable Fluorescent Dyes in the NIR‐II Region for In Vivo High‐Contrast Bioimaging and Multiplexed Biosensing

Lei, Z., Sun, C., Pei, P., Wang, S., Li, D., Zhang, X., & Zhang, F. (2019) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201904182 · Cited by 362 · see citing works

Xanthene-Based NIR-II Dyes for <i>In Vivo</i> Dynamic Imaging of Blood Circulation

Liu, D., He, Z., Zhao, Y., Yang, Y., Shi, W., Li, X., & Ma, H. (2021) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.1c07711 · Cited by 217 · see citing works

In Vivo Imaging-Guided Photothermal/Photoacoustic Synergistic Therapy with Bioorthogonal Metabolic Glycoengineering-Activated Tumor Targeting Nanoparticles

Du, L., Qin, H., Ma, T., Zhang, T., & Xing, D. (2017) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b03226 · Cited by 181 · see citing works

Systematic Tuning of Rhodamine Spirocyclization for Super-resolution Microscopy

Lardon, N., Wang, L., Tschanz, A., Hoess, P., Tran, M., D’Este, E., Ries, J., & Johnsson, K. (2021) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.1c05004 · Cited by 178 · see citing works

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

Ma, D., Bian, H., Gu, M., Wang, L., Chen, X., & Peng, X. (2024) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215677 · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Tuning molecular aggregation to achieve highly bright AIE dots for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and NIR-I photoacoustic imaging

Xu, Y., Li, C., Xu, R., Zhang, N., Wang, Z., Jing, X., Yang, Z., Dang, D., Zhang, P., & Meng, L. (2020) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d0sc03160g · Cited by 93 · see citing works

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 72 · see citing works

How do molecular interactions affect fluorescence behavior of AIEgens in solution and aggregate states?

Yu, Y., Xing, H., Zhou, Z., Liu, J., Sung, H. H. Y., Williams, I. D., Halpert, J. E., Zhao, Z., & Tang, B. Z. (2021) · Science China Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s11426-021-1083-4 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Ultra-homogeneous NIR-II fluorescent self-assembled nanoprobe with AIE properties for photothermal therapy of prostate cancer

Cui, S., Fan, S., Tan, H., Lu, Y. C., Zha, Y., Xu, B., Liu, Y., & Cui, D. (2021) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/d1nr04227k · Cited by 30 · see citing works

New insight into π–π interactions: realization of full color emission from blue to red under hydrostatic pressure without exogenous intramolecular charge transfer

Li, A., Wang, J., Bi, C., Chen, Z., Xu, S., Wang, K., Wang, J., & Li, Z. (2024) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/d4tc03810j · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Enhancing therapeutic effects and in vivo tracking of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells for liver injury using bioorthogonal click chemistry

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Organic small-molecule NIR-II fluorophores for tumor phototheranostics

Xiang, D., Wang, Z., Zheng, H., Tang, Y., & Li, Q. (2026) · Light: Science &amp; Applications · doi:10.1038/s41377-026-02212-w · Cited by 22 · see citing works

A large π-conjugated organic photothermal agent for photoacoustic-guided photothermal therapy

Chen, L., Liang, H., Wang, P. J., Si, H., Zhang, Y., Lai, X., Zou, H., Zhou, K., Xu, G., Song, Y., et al. (2025) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113166 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Reactive-oxygen-species-unlocking fusogenic liposome for spatially-selectively cytoplasmic antioxidant delivery and synergistic acute liver injury treatment

Du, Y., Kong, H., Zheng, H., Lin, X., LÜ, T., Zhao, Y., Wang, K. J., Zhou, J., Huang, R., Zhang, S., et al. (2026) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2026.176132 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Water-Soluble Viscosity-Activated Molecular Rotor for In Situ Imaging of Liver Damage in the NIR-II Window

Qin, Y., Guo, J., Zhang, H., Zhang, J. Y., Zeng, Y., Gao, Y., Fu, H., Guo, Z., Cui, M., & Zhou, K. (2026) · ACS Sensors · doi:10.1021/acssensors.6c00771 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Application of Organic Fluorophores in the Development of Drug Delivery Systems Based on Synthetic and Natural Polymers

Yuriev, D., Tkachenko, S., Polivanova, A. G., Kryschenko, Y. K., & Oshchepkov, M. (2025) · Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1134/s106816202560028x

Investigation on the fluorescence detection mechanism of NIR fluorescent probes based on intramolecular spiro cyclization

Zhang, Z.-W., Deng, Y., Peng, Y., & Liu, Y.-L. (2026) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2025.1756681

Early Diagnosis of Liver Injury and Real‐Time Evaluation of Photothermal Therapy Efficacy with a Viscosity‐Responsive NIR‐II Smart Molecule

Zan, Q., Fan, L., Lu, W., Zhang, Y., Huang, Y., Yu, X. Q., Han, Y., Zhang, R., Dong, C., & Shuang, S. (2024) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202402614 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

New Xanthene Dyes with NIR‐II Emission Beyond 1200 nm for Efficient Tumor Angiography and Photothermal Therapy

Zhang, C., Wu, J., Liu, W., Zhang, W., Lee, C., & Wang, P. (2022) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202202078 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Rational design of ultrabright NIR-II nanofluorophores with enhanced photothermal conversion efficiency for targeted chemodynamic-hypothermal photothermal therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

Wu, G., Tan, S., Wu, F., Xiao, H., Zhao, B., Li, C., Zhen, J., Tang, X., Yang, Q., & Chen, G. (2025) · Materials Today Bio · doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102362 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Tailoring NIR‐II Fluorescence and Photothermal Properties via Side‐Chain Engineering for Vascular Imaging and Image‐Guided Tumor Therapy

Quan, Y., Zhang, Q., Feng, N., Zhang, J., Gong, H., Huang, X., Qiu, Y., Ye, X., Zhang, J., Li, Q., et al. (2026) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.71500 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

A cyanine fluorophore for imaging-guided tumor photodynamic and photothermal therapy under NIR-II light activation

Liu, W., Lv, C., Hou, Y., Lou, X., Ma, Z., He, M., Zeng, X., Sun, W. C., Fan, J., & Peng, X. (2025) · Science China Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s11426-025-2573-1 · Cited by 20 · see citing works