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NIR-II organic fluorophores integrated with blood–brain barrier-penetrating strategies for brain disease theranostics

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NIR-II fluorescence imaging for diagnostics and therapy of non-cancer diseases

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Design strategies and recent advances in activatable small molecule therapeutics

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Functional Metal Complexes for Solar–Light‐Driven Energy Conversion

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A protein structure-dependent fluorescent probe for hemoglobin monitoring and controllable imaging in living cells

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Next-generation Nanomaterial-based phototherapeutic strategies for tumor: from NIR responsiveness to smart activation

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

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Embedding oxygen heterocycles into BODIPY to enhance intersystem crossing for photodynamic therapy

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Tetris-like acceptor engineering: evolution of NIR-II aggregation-induced emission luminogens for one-for-all phototheranostics of orthotopic breast cancer

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Triple-Targeted Peptide–Photosensitizer–Drug Conjugate Enables NIR-II Imaging-Guided Multimodal Therapy Against Osteosarcoma

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Harnessing the energy gap law for high NIR-II quantum yield at the molecular and aggregate levels

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Synergism of rotary motor and twisted framework in NIR absorbing aza-BODIPY for photothermal-photodynamic therapy

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A versatile 980 nm excitable small molecule for short-wave infrared fluorescence imaging guided type-I photodynamic/photothermal therapy

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Upconversion boosts visible-light-absorbing photothermal agent for 1064-nm-driven photothermal/NO therapy

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Multichromophoric Macrocycle Nanoparticles for Mitigating Cyanine Limit and Efficient Aqueous Photocatalysis via Sequential Energy Transfer

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Photoactivatable in-cell synthesis of near infrared trimethine cyanines using benzo[cd]indolium derivatives for imaging mitochondria

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Multifunctional boron-dipyrromethene platforms for disease diagnosis and therapy: Advances in bioimaging, and phototherapeutics

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Rational design of AIEgens through π-bridge engineering for dual-modal photodynamic and photothermal therapy

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Bright and stable dye-doped fluorescent polystyrene microspheres: quantitative lateral flow immunoassay for detecting serum amyloid A

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Water-Soluble NIR-II Photothermal Agent for Sprayable Skin Cancer Therapy

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Modern Cyanine Dye‐Based Photosensitizers for Medical Applications

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Switching between type I/II photosensitization processes for of an unconventional dye as modulated by the tumor microenvironment for inducing immunogenic death

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Dynamic Regulation of Radical Photochromism and Photoluminescence via Polymer Polarity

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

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Heavy-atom-free aza-BODIPY dye with twisted molecular conformation as type I photosensitizer for phototheranostics

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GSH‐Responsive Semiconducting Polymer as a Nanotheranostic Platform for NIR‐II Imaging‐Guided Chemo‐Photothermal Therapy

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Engineering small-molecule phototheranostics for infectious disease imaging and therapy in NIR-II

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Employing N-phenyl-tribenzo[b,d,f]azepine as a new electron-donating group to construct high-emissive AIE molecules for NIR-II fluorescence imaging

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Terminal branch twisting induced molecular distortion: A strategy for advanced NIR-II photothermal/photodynamic therapy

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From molecular design to immune remodeling: Advances in perylene diimide-based multimodal cancer therapies

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A Novel NIR‐II Organic Fluorescent Small Molecule for the Early Diagnosis of Fat Embolism Syndrome

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Dual thermo- and redox-responsive PNIPAM-BACy-PPY nanogels for on-demand drug release and combined chemo-photothermal therapy

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Near-Infrared-Absorbing Donor–Acceptor Ru(II) Complexes as High-Performance Photothermal Agents for Cancer Therapy

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Breaking the 1700 nm Barrier: Design Principles for Efficient NIR-III Solid-State Phosphors

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An Ultrasound‐Activated Supramolecular Modulator Enhancing Autophagy to Prevent Ventricular Arrhythmias Post‐Myocardial Infarction

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Computational chemistry facilitates the development of second near-infrared xanthene-based dyes

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Lysosome-targeted self-calibrating ratio-type fluorescent probe for the detection and imaging of UO22+ in cells and zebrafish

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Buckybowl-based functional materials: from molecular architecture to optoelectronic functions

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π‐Extended COUPY Fluorophores for Targeted Near‐Infrared Fluorescence and Lifetime Imaging in Live Cells

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Engineering aza-BODIPY dyes for NIR-II phototheranostics: From molecular engineering and aggregation control to metal coordination platforms

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Strength in Numbers: A Giant NIR‐II AIEgen with One‐for‐All Phototheranostic Features for Exceptional Orthotopic Bladder Cancer Treatment

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Advances on fluorescence bioimaging and photo-mediated therapy of NIR-II small molecule dyes

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Organic small-molecule NIR-II fluorophores for tumor phototheranostics

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Rational Design of Organic NIR-II fluorophores for advanced Photothermal and photodynamic therapy

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NIR-II AIEgens with Photodynamic Effect for Advanced Theranostics

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