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

Photodynamic Therapy

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PEGylation as a strategy for improving nanoparticle-based drug and gene delivery

Suk, J. S., Xu, Q., Kim, N., Hanes, J., & Ensign, L. M. (2016) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2015.09.012 · Cited by 4,523 · see citing works

Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements and Biological Imaging

Berezin, M. Y., & Achilefu, S. A. (2010) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr900343z · Cited by 2,401 · see citing works

Fluorescent indicators based on BODIPY

Boens, N., Leen, V., & Dehaen, W. (2011) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c1cs15132k · Cited by 2,271 · see citing works

Nanotechnology for Multimodal Synergistic Cancer Therapy

Fan, W., Yung, B. C., Huang, P., & Chen, X. S. (2017) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00258 · Cited by 1,804 · see citing works

A small-molecule dye for NIR-II imaging

Antaris, A. L., Chen, H., Cheng, K., Sun, Y., Hong, G., Qu, C., Diao, S., Deng, Z., Hu, X., Zhang, B., et al. (2016) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat4476 · Cited by 1,778 · see citing works

Fluorescence microscopy

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Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate Level

Zhao, Z., Zhang, H., Lam, J. W. Y., & Tang, B. Z. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201916729 · Cited by 1,441 · see citing works

Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapies: Synergy Opportunities for Nanomedicine

Overchuk, M., Weersink, R., Wilson, B. C., & Zheng, G. (2023) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c00891 · Cited by 1,357 · see citing works

Photosensitizers in clinical PDT

Allison, R. R., Downie, G., Cuenca, R. E., Hu, X., Childs, C. J. H., & Sibata, C. H. (2004) · Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy · doi:10.1016/s1572-1000(04)00007-9 · Cited by 1,061 · see citing works

Crucial breakthrough of second near-infrared biological window fluorophores: design and synthesis toward multimodal imaging and theranostics

He, S., Song, J., Qu, J., & Cheng, Z. (2018) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c8cs00234g · Cited by 1,021 · see citing works

Current Approaches of Photothermal Therapy in Treating Cancer Metastasis with Nanotherapeutics

Zou, L., Wang, H., He, B., Zeng, L., Tan, T., Cao, H., He, X., Zhang, Z., Guo, S., & Li, Y. (2016) · Theranostics · doi:10.7150/thno.14988 · Cited by 917 · see citing works

Photodynamic Therapy in Oncology

Triesscheijn, M., Baas, P., Schellens, J. H. M., & Stewart, F. A. (2006) · The Oncologist · doi:10.1634/theoncologist.11-9-1034 · Cited by 738 · see citing works

Shortwave infrared fluorescence imaging with the clinically approved near-infrared dye indocyanine green

Carr, J. A., Franke, D., Caram, J. R., Perkinson, C. F., Saif, M., Askoxylakis, V., Datta, M., Fukumura, D., Jain, R. K., Bawendi, M. G., et al. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1718917115 · Cited by 721 · see citing works

Molecular Engineering of NIR‐II Fluorophores for Improved Biomedical Detection

Lei, Z., & Zhang, F. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202007040 · Cited by 689 · see citing works

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Dots: Emerging Theranostic Nanolights

Feng, G., & Liu, B. (2018) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00060 · Cited by 649 · see citing works

Photothermal therapy

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A high quantum yield molecule-protein complex fluorophore for near-infrared II imaging

Antaris, A. L., Chen, H., Diao, S., Ma, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhu, S., Wang, J., Lozano, A. X., Fan, Q., Chew, L., et al. (2017) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms15269 · Cited by 623 · see citing works

Biomedical Photonics Handbook

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Ultralong Phosphorescence of Water‐Soluble Organic Nanoparticles for In Vivo Afterglow Imaging

Zhen, X., Tao, Y., An, Z., Chen, P., Xu, C., Chen, R., Huang, W., & Pu, K. (2017) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201606665 · Cited by 602 · see citing works

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Investigations Using Quantum‐Dot Fluorophores

Clapp, A. R., Medintz, I. L., & Mattoussi, H. M. (2005) · ChemPhysChem · doi:10.1002/cphc.200500217 · Cited by 582 · see citing works

Near-infrared luminescence high-contrast in vivo biomedical imaging

Chen, Y., Wang, S., & Zhang, F. (2023) · Nature Reviews Bioengineering · doi:10.1038/s44222-022-00002-8 · Cited by 582 · see citing works

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

Yang, Q., Hu, Z., Zhu, S., Ma, R., Ma, H., Ma, Z., Wan, H., Zhu, T., Jiang, Z., Liu, W., et al. (2018) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.7b10334 · Cited by 554 · see citing works

Small molecule based fluorescent chemosensors for imaging the microenvironment within specific cellular regions

Yin, J., Huang, L., Wu, L., Li, J., James, T. D., & Lin, W. (2021) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d1cs00645b · Cited by 548 · see citing works

Fluorescent small organic probes for biosensing

Tian, X., Murfin, L. C., Wu, L., Lewis, S. E., & James, T. D. (2021) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d0sc06928k · Cited by 528 · see citing works

Self-Assembly of Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Compounds into Functional Molecular Systems

Li, Y., Liu, T., Liu, H., Tian, M., & Li, Y. (2014) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar400264e · Cited by 520 · see citing works

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

Yang, Q., Ma, Z., Wang, H., Zhou, B., Zhu, S., Zhong, Y., Wang, J., Wan, H., Antaris, A., Ma, R., et al. (2017) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201605497 · Cited by 467 · see citing works

Flavylium Polymethine Fluorophores for Near‐ and Shortwave Infrared Imaging

Cosco, E. D., Caram, J. R., Bruns, O. T., Franke, D., Day, R. A., Farr, E. P., Bawendi, M. G., & Sletten, E. M. (2017) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201706974 · Cited by 415 · see citing works

Organic NIR-II molecule with long blood half-life for in vivo dynamic vascular imaging

Li, B., Zhao, M., Feng, L., Dou, C., Ding, S., Zhou, G., Lu, L., Zhang, H., Chen, F., Li, X., et al. (2020) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16924-z · Cited by 374 · see citing works

Activity-Based Sensing and Theranostic Probes Based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer

Sun, W. C., Li, M., Fan, J., & Peng, X. (2019) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00340 · Cited by 365 · see citing works

NIR-I-to-NIR-II fluorescent nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and cancer therapy

Zhao, J., Zhong, D., & Zhou, S. (2017) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/c7tb02573d · Cited by 354 · see citing works

Biological Imaging Using Nanoparticles of Small Organic Molecules with Fluorescence Emission at Wavelengths Longer than 1000 nm

Tao, Z., Hong, G., Shinji, C., Chen, C., Diao, S., Antaris, A. L., Zhang, B., Zou, Y., & Dai, H. (2013) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201307346 · Cited by 330 · see citing works

The Chemistry of Organic Contrast Agents in the NIR‐II Window

Mu, J., Xiao, M. W., Shi, Y., Geng, X., Li, H., Yin, Y., & Chen, X. S. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202114722 · Cited by 318 · see citing works

Recent Progress in NIR-II Contrast Agent for Biological Imaging

Cao, J., Zhu, B., Zheng, K., He, S., Liang, M., Song, J., & Yang, H. (2020) · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · doi:10.3389/fbioe.2019.00487 · Cited by 314 · see citing works

Taking Up the Cyanine Challenge with Quantum Tools

Guennic, B. L., & Jacquemin, D. (2015) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar500447q · Cited by 305 · see citing works

Achieving Efficient NIR‐II Type‐I Photosensitizers for Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy upon Regulating Chalcogen Elements

Wen, K., Tan, H. F., Peng, Q., Chen, H., Ma, H., Wang, L., Peng, A., Shi, Q., Cai, X., & Huang, H. (2021) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202108146 · Cited by 299 · see citing works

Novel benzo-bis(1,2,5-thiadiazole) fluorophores for in vivo NIR-II imaging of cancer

Sun, Y., Qu, C., Chen, H., He, M., Tang, C. C., Shou, K., Hong, S., Yang, M., Jiang, Y., Ding, B., et al. (2016) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/c6sc01561a · Cited by 294 · see citing works

Nanomaterials for Photo-Based Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

Menon, J. U., Jadeja, P., Tambe, P., Vu, K., Yuan, B., & Nguyen, K. T. (2013) · Theranostics · doi:10.7150/thno.5327 · Cited by 284 · see citing works

Multifunctional phototheranostic nanomedicine for cancer imaging and treatment

Gao, D., Guo, X., Zhang, X., Chen, S., Wang, Y., Chen, T., Huang, G. J., Gao, Y. F., Tian, Z., & Yang, Z. (2019) · Materials Today Bio · doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2019.100035 · Cited by 274 · see citing works

Photothermal therapy of tuberculosis using targeting pre-activated macrophage membrane-coated nanoparticles

Li, B., Wang, W., Zhao, L., Wu, Y., Li, X., Yan, D., Gao, Q., Yan, Y. Y., Zhang, J., Feng, Y., et al. (2024) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01618-0 · Cited by 269 · see citing works

Teaching Old Dyes New Tricks: Biological Probes Built from Fluoresceins and Rhodamines

Lavis, L. D. (2017) · Annual Review of Biochemistry · doi:10.1146/annurev-biochem-061516-044839 · Cited by 265 · see citing works

NIR-II bioimaging of small organic molecule

Su, Y., Yu, B., Wang, S., Cong, H., & Shen, Y. (2021) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120717 · Cited by 251 · see citing works

Dyes and Pigments: Their Structure and Properties

Gürses, A., Açıkyıldız, M., Güneş, K., & Gürses, M. S. (2016) · Springer briefs in molecular science · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33892-7_2 · Cited by 245 · see citing works

Single-Molecular Near-Infrared-II Theranostic Systems: Ultrastable Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Long-Term Tracing and Efficient Photothermal Therapy

Alifu, N., Zebibula, A., Qi, J., Zhang, H., Sun, C., Yu, X., Xue, D., Lam, J. W. Y., Li, G., Qian, J., et al. (2018) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b05937 · Cited by 237 · see citing works

History of Photodynamic Therapy

Abdel‐Kader, M. H. (2014) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39629-8_1 · Cited by 231 · see citing works

Design, Synthesis, and Application of a Small Molecular NIR-II Fluorophore with Maximal Emission beyond 1200 nm

Fang, Y., Shang, J., Liu, D., Shi, W., Li, X., & Ma, H. (2020) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.0c08187 · Cited by 223 · see citing works

Indocyanine green fluorescence in second near-infrared (NIR-II) window

Starosolski, Z. A., Bhavane, R. C., Ghaghada, K. B., Vasudevan, S. A., Kaay, A., & Annapragada, A. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187563 · Cited by 220 · see citing works

Polymethine Thiopyrylium Fluorophores with Absorption beyond 1000 nm for Biological Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Subwindow

Ding, B., Xiao, Y., Zhou, H., Zhang, X., Qu, C., Xu, F., Deng, Z., Cheng, Z., & Hong, X. (2019) · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01682 · Cited by 215 · see citing works

Advanced Nanotechnology Leading the Way to Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Precision Surgical Therapy

Wang, C., Fan, W., Zhang, Z., Wen, Y., Xiong, L., & Chen, X. S. (2019) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201904329 · Cited by 215 · see citing works

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 · doi:10.1002/ange.201904182 · Cited by 209 · see citing works

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

Bian, H., Ma, D., Zhang, X., Xin, K., Yang, Y., Peng, X., & Xiao, Y. (2021) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202100398 · Cited by 202 · see citing works

Rational Design of High Brightness NIR-II Organic Dyes with S-D-A-D-S Structure

Yang, Q., Ma, H., Liang, Y., & Dai, H. (2021) · Accounts of Materials Research · doi:10.1021/accountsmr.0c00114 · Cited by 191 · see citing works

Recent advances in the development of NIR-II organic emitters for biomedicine

Li, J., Liu, Y., Xu, Y., Li, L., Sun, Y., & Huang, W. (2020) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213318 · Cited by 174 · see citing works

Molecular Design of Conjugated Small Molecule Nanoparticles for Synergistically Enhanced PTT/PDT

Shao, W., Yang, C., Li, F., Wu, J., Wang, N., Ding, Q., Gao, J., & Ling, D. (2020) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-020-00474-6 · Cited by 166 · see citing works

Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

Mao, Z., Kim, J. H., Lee, J., Xiong, H., Zhang, F., & Kim, J. S. (2022) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214908 · Cited by 159 · see citing works

Design of NIR-II high performance organic small molecule fluorescent probes and summary of their biomedical applications

Liu, X., Yu, B., Shen, Y., & Cong, H. (2022) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214609 · Cited by 151 · 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

Engineered NIR-II fluorophores with ultralong-distance molecular packing for high-contrast deep lesion identification

Feng, Z., Li, Y., Chen, S., Li, J., Wu, T., Ying, Y., Zheng, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Fan, X., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40728-6 · Cited by 146 · see citing works

Precise Molecular Engineering of Small Organic Phototheranostic Agents toward Multimodal Imaging-Guided Synergistic Therapy

Yang, Z., Zhang, Z., Lei, Z., Wang, D., Ma, H., & Tang, B. Z. (2021) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c00585 · Cited by 144 · see citing works

The pursuit of polymethine fluorophores with NIR-II emission and high brightness for in vivo applications

Zhao, X., Zhang, F., & Lei, Z. (2022) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d2sc03136a · Cited by 140 · see citing works

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

Li, B., Lu, L., Zhao, M., Lei, Z., & Zhang, F. (2018) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.201801226 · Cited by 137 · see citing works

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 137 · see citing works

Recent advances in near-infrared II imaging technology for biological detection

Zhang, N., Lu, C., Chen, M.-J., Xu, X., Shu, G., Du, Y., & Ji, J. (2021) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-021-00870-z · Cited by 133 · see citing works

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

Ran, X., Chen, P., Liu, Y., Shi, L., Chen, X., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Zhang, L., Li, K., & Yu, X. (2023) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202210179 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

Small Molecular NIR-II Fluorophores for Cancer Phototheranostics

Dai, H., Shen, Q., Shao, J.-J., Wang, W.-J., Gao, F., & Dong, X.-C. (2021) · The Innovation · doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100082 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

“Congo” Red

Steensma, D. P. (2001) · Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · doi:10.5858/2001-125-0250-cr · Cited by 115 · see citing works

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 International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202318609 · Cited by 114 · see citing works

A short review on NIR-II organic small molecule dyes

Li, L., Dong, X., Li, J., & Wei, J. (2020) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108756 · Cited by 113 · see citing works

Rational Design and Application of an Indolium-Derived Heptamethine Cyanine with Record-Long Second Near-Infrared Emission

Ma, X., Huang, Y., Abedi, S. A. A., Kim, H., Davin, T. T. B., Liu, X., Yang, W.-C., Sun, Y., Liu, S. H., Yin, J., et al. (2022) · CCS Chemistry · doi:10.31635/ccschem.021.202101630 · Cited by 110 · see citing works

NIR‐II Organic Nanotheranostics for Precision Oncotherapy

Dai, H., Wang, X., Shao, J., Wang, W., Mou, X., & Dong, X. (2021) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202102646 · Cited by 110 · see citing works

A Study in Mauve: Unveiling Perkin's Dye in Historic Samples

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An NIR‐II Fluorescence/Dual Bioluminescence Multiplexed Imaging for In Vivo Visualizing the Location, Survival, and Differentiation of Transplanted Stem Cells

Huang, D., Lin, S., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Li, C., Ji, R., Wang, M., Chen, G., & Wang, Q. (2018) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201806546 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

Molecular mechanisms of photodynamic therapy

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Small organic molecule-based nanoparticles with red/near-infrared aggregation-induced emission for bioimaging and PDT/PTT synergistic therapy

Yang, M., Deng, J., Su, H., Gu, S., Zhang, J., Zhong, A., & Wu, F. (2020) · Materials Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d0qm00536c · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Phototheranostics for multifunctional treatment of cancer with fluorescence imaging

Yin, X., Cheng, Y., Feng, Y., Stiles, W. R., Park, S. H., Kang, H., & Choi, H. S. (2022) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114483 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Fluorescent and Luminescent Probes for Biological Activity: A Practical Guide to Technology for Quantitative Real-Time Analysis

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The Yin and Yang of PDT and PTT

Wilson, B. C., & Weersink, R. (2019) · Photochemistry and Photobiology · doi:10.1111/php.13184 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

Recent Advances in Second Near-Infrared Region (NIR-II) Fluorophores and Biomedical Applications

Chen, Y., Xue, L., Zhu, Q., Feng, Y., & Wu, M. (2021) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.750404 · Cited by 94 · see citing works

D–A Type NIR‐II Organic Molecules: Strategies for the Enhancement Fluorescence Brightness and Applications in NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging‐Navigated Photothermal Therapy

Chen, Y., Chen, S., Yu, H., Wang, Y., Cui, M., Wang, P., Sun, P., & Ji, M. (2022) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202201158 · Cited by 94 · 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

Molecular Design of NIR-II Polymethine Fluorophores for Bioimaging and Biosensing

Ou, Y., Ren, T., Yuan, L., & Zhang, X. (2023) · Chemical & Biomedical Imaging · doi:10.1021/cbmi.3c00040 · Cited by 88 · see citing works

Biomedical applications of NIR-II organic small molecule fluorescent probes in different organs

Xu, L., Zhang, Q., Wang, X., & Lin, W. (2024) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216122 · Cited by 85 · see citing works

Self-assembled AIEgen nanoparticles for multiscale NIR-II vascular imaging

Li, Y., Hu, D., Sheng, Z., Min, T., Zha, M., Ni, J., Zheng, H., & Li, K. (2020) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120365 · Cited by 83 · see citing works

Advances in Single-component inorganic nanostructures for photoacoustic imaging guided photothermal therapy

Zhu, H., Li, B., Chan, C. Y., Low, B. Q. L., Tor, J. Q., Oh, X. Y., Jiang, W., Ye, E., Li, Z., & Loh, X. J. (2022) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114644 · Cited by 82 · see citing works

Near‐Infrared‐II Nanomaterials for Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

Lin, H., Lin, Z., Konghua, Z., Wang, C., Lin, L., Chen, J., & Song, J. (2021) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202002177 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

Crucial Breakthrough of BODIPY‐Based NIR‐II Fluorescent Emitters for Advanced Biomedical Theranostics

Hu, X., Fang, Z.-T., Zhu, C., Yang, Y., Yáng, Z., & Huang, W. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202401325 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers

Lima, E., & Reis, L. V. D. (2023) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules28135092 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Bandgap Modulation and Lipid Intercalation Generates Ultrabright D–A–D‐Based Zwitterionic Small‐Molecule Nanoagent for Precise NIR‐II Excitation Phototheranostic Applications

Chen, P., Qu, F., Chen, S., Li, J., Shen, Q., Sun, P., & Fan, Q. (2022) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202208463 · Cited by 74 · see citing works

Phosphorescence-based ratiometric probes: Design, preparation and applications in sensing, imaging and biomedicine therapy

Jin, H. Z., Jiang, X., Sun, Z., & Gui, R. (2020) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213694 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Electron‐Withdrawing Substituents Allow Boosted NIR‐II Fluorescence in J‐Type Aggregates for Bioimaging and Information Encryption

Zhu, Y., Wu, P., Liu, S., Yang, J., Wu, F., Cao, W., Yang, Y., Zheng, B., & Xiong, H. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202313166 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Photodynamic therapy/oncology

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Recent advances in enzyme-activated NIR fluorescent probes for biological applications

Jeong, H., Wu, X., Lee, J., & Yoon, J. (2023) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2023.117335 · Cited by 67 · see citing works

[32] Mechanism of photodynamic therapy-induced cell death

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Self-Assembly of a Pure Photosensitizer as a Versatile Theragnostic Nanoplatform for Imaging-Guided Antitumor Photothermal Therapy

Zhang, X., Sun, B., Zuo, S., Chen, Q., Gao, Y. L., Zhao, H., Sun, M., Chen, P., Han, Y., Zhang, W., et al. (2018) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.8b10421 · Cited by 63 · see citing works

Molecular Engineering of Activatable NIR-II Hemicyanine Reporters for Early Diagnosis and Prognostic Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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