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NaGdF4:Nd@NaGdF4 Core-Shell Down-Conversion Nanoparticles as NIR-II Fluorescent Probes for Targeted Imaging of Bacteria

Sun, L., Shi, S., Geng, H., Huang, Y. D., Qiao, Y., Song, J., Yang, L., Grimes, C. A., Feng, X., & Cai, Q. (2021) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.1c02769 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

A pH-Responsive Nanoplatform Based on Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer Dots for Imaging-Guided Multitherapeutics Delivery and Combination Cancer Therapy

Wang, Y., Xiong, X., Zhu, Y., Song, X., Li, Q., & Zhang, S. (2021) · ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01244 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Rational Design of NIR‐II Emitting Conjugated Polymer Derived Nanoparticles for Image‐Guided Cancer Interventions

Gill, N. K., Srivastava, I., & Tropp, J. (2024) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202401297 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Polymeric agents for activatable fluorescence, self-luminescence and photoacoustic imaging

Zhu, J., Zhu, R., & Miao, Q. (2022) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2022.114330 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Infrared emitting and absorbing conjugated polymer nanoparticles as biological imaging probes

Honeybone, D., Peace, H., & Green, M. (2022) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/d2tc02042d · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Hyperbranched Polymer Dots with Strong Absorption and High Fluorescence Quantum Yield for In Vivo NIR-II Imaging

Fang, L., Ai, R., Wang, W., Tan, L., Li, C., Wang, D., Jiang, R., Qiu, F.-S., Qi, L., Yang, J., et al. (2023) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02751 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Three-Dimensional Visualization of Breast Cancer Pathology Evolution in Clinical Patient Tissues with NIR-II Imaging

Li, S., Qi, X., Li, Y., Ma, H., Yan, H., Ao, S., Li, H., Wang, Q., Wang, Z., Liu, P., et al. (2024) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02945 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

High-stability NIR-II fluorescence polymer synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization for application in high-resolution NIR-II imaging

He, K., Chen, S., Xu, W., Tai, X., Chen, Y., Sun, P., Fan, Q., & Huang, W. (2021) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/d1bm01074c · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Noninvasive In Vivo Imaging of T-Cells during Cancer Immunotherapy Using Rare-Earth Nanoparticles

Kataria, S., Qi, J., Lin, C., Li, Z., Dane, E. L., Iyer, A. M., Sacane, J., Irvine, D. J., & Belcher, A. M. (2023) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c03882 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Carboxyl-Modified Quantum Dots for NIR-IIb Bone Marrow Imaging

Zhang, P., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Yuan, L., Liu, J., Guo, R., & Tian, Y. (2024) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.3c18282 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Advances in techniques to characterize cell-nanomaterial interactions (CNI)

Huang, X., Li, X., & Tay, A. K. P. (2024) · Nano Today · doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102149 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Advanced second near-infrared fluorophores for bioapplications

Bai, Q., Yang, Q., Liu, Y., Li, A., Yin, X.-B., & Wu, S. (2025) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2025.217146 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

NIR-II semiconducting polymers for in vivo high-resolution imaging and theranostics

Kang, X., Yin, S., Song, J., Zhang, Y., & Qi, J. (2023) · Sensors & Diagnostics · doi:10.1039/d2sd00234e · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Polyurethane Nanoparticles as Versatile Tools in Nanomedicine: A Review

Saha, S., Trivedi, D., Rengan, A. K., & Yu, A. (2024) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.3c06071 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Tissue-Engineered Nanomaterials Play Diverse Roles in Bone Injury Repair

Wan, T., Zhang, M., Jiang, H.-R., Zhang, Y.-C., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., & Zhang, P. (2023) · Nanomaterials · doi:10.3390/nano13091449 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for fluorescence biosensors and phototherapy: A review

Long, Z., Gan, J., Wang, X., Jiang, X., Zou, Y., Huang, S., Zhang, X., & Wei, Y. (2024) · European Polymer Journal · doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2024.113608 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Molecular engineering of a commercially available NIR-II fluorescent cyanine dye for improved tumor targeting and imaging

Liu, Y., Lü, X., Zhou, W. J., & Fan, Q. (2023) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/d3nj03868h · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Two-plex in vivo molecular imaging in the second near-infrared window for immunotherapeutic response

Sun, Y., Li, R., Cai, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, P., Wu, M., Zhang, X., Liao, N., Zhang, C., Zheng, A., et al. (2025) · Theranostics · doi:10.7150/thno.108880 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Sn-Ag2S quantum dots with enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield in the NIR-II window for bone imaging

Li, Q., Liu, N., Wang, D., Ma, L., Wu, M., Ha, E., Hu, J., Zhang, Z., & He, S. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.163981 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Semiconducting Polymers for Cancer Immunotherapy

Li, W., Liang, M., Qi, J., & Ding, D. (2023) · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · doi:10.1002/marc.202300496 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

An ultra-small organic dye nanocluster for enhancing NIR-II imaging-guided surgery outcomes

Wang, Y., Zhou, D., Ma, H., Liu, D., Liang, Y., & Zhu, S. (2024) · European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · doi:10.1007/s00259-024-06702-0 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

4T1 Cell Membrane-Coated Pdots with NIR-II Absorption and Fluorescence Properties for Targeted Phototheranostics of Breast Tumors

Guo, J., Liu, Y., Liang, X. Q., Chen, Z., Liu, B., & Yuan, Z. (2024) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.4c12845 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Image restoration for blurry optical images caused by photon diffusion with deep learning

Zhang, X., Cui, J., Jia, Y., Zhang, P., Song, F., Cao, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, L., & Zhang, G. (2022) · Journal of the Optical Society of America A · doi:10.1364/josaa.475890 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

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 · see citing works

Multifunctional Imaging of Vessels, Brown Adipose Tissue, and Bones in the Visible and Second Near-infrared Region Using Dual-Emitting Polymer Dots

Li, Y., Lu, S., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, C., & Xiong, L. (2022) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.2c10420 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Precise Diagnosis and Therapy of Bone Cancer Using Near-Infrared Lights

Cai, Q., Li, Z., Li, B., Jiang, J., Li, X., Meng, W., & Zhu, S. (2021) · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.771153 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Diagnostic Assays Enabled by Engineered Nanoparticles

Lu, B., Cai, Y., Wang, D., & Jiang, X. (2025) · Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1146/annurev-anchem-052124-085604 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Advances in phototheranostic agents: From imaging to targeted therapy

Samadzadeh, M., Khosravi, A., Zarepour, A., Noei, H., Sivakumar, P. M., Iravani, S., & Zarrabi, A. (2025) · Materials Today Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102516 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Theranostic Radiolabeled Nanomaterials for Molecular Imaging and potential Immunomodulation Effects

Chen, C., Chan, Y., Lin, S.-L., Chiang, H. K., Lee, Y., & Chuang, H. (2022) · Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering · doi:10.1007/s40846-022-00715-6 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Integrating Ultrabright Polymer Dots and Stereo NIR‐II Imager for Assessing Anti‐Angiogenic Drugs in Oral Cancer Model

Huang, B., Li, F., Su, S., Chen, C., Chang, K., Yang, M., Chen, M., Chiang, H. K., Chan, Y., & Lee, Y. (2025) · Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine · doi:10.1111/jcmm.70324 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Application of Nanomaterials in the Repair and Regeneration of Lymphatic Organs and Corresponding Biophysical Simulation Strategies

Liu, B., & Wang, D. (2024) · Advanced NanoBiomed Research · doi:10.1002/anbr.202400081 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Sorted by Semiconducting Polymer Nanodots for Bone Repair

Wang, Z., Mi, F., Li, J., Chen, D., Lin, M., Wang, X., Wu, S., Wu, C., & Liu, C. (2023) · ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00575 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Recent advances in cells, nanoparticles, and cell membrane coated nanoparticles for acute myeloid leukemia treatment

Wang, T., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., & Zhu, L. (2024) · Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/j.jddst.2024.106507 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Bone-seeking nanomaterials for rebalancing bone remodeling in osteoporosis

Wang, F., Liang, F., Zhou, X., Ding, Y., Wu, M., Li, N., Wang, F., & Yan, W. (2026) · International Journal of Pharmaceutics X · doi:10.1016/j.ijpx.2026.100578 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Osteoimmunological impacts of micro/nanoplastics: systemic translocation, inflammatory responses, and bone remodeling disruption

Fan, J., Li, J., Hao, C., & Hui, Y. (2026) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2026.1862512 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor-decorated semiconducting oligomer nanoparticles for active-targeting NIR-II fluorescence tumor imaging

Du, M., Liang, T., Gu, X., Liu, Y., Wang, N., Zhou, W. J., Xie, C., & Fan, Q. (2023) · Nanotechnology · doi:10.1088/1361-6528/acf321 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Functionalized polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications

Mehta, S., Koralkar, N. V., & Patel, G. (2024) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-18860-2.00011-6 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

NIR‐II Cyazulene Fluorophores with Adjustable Cycloalkenes and Spectroscopic Properties for Imaging Applications

Gao, W., Liu, D., Li, H., He, Z., Liu, Y., Li, X., Ma, H., & Shi, W. (2025) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202404996 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

In vivo imaging tools for functional assessment of biomaterials implanted bone regeneration

Roy, S., Mukherjee, P., & Nandi, S. K. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports · doi:10.52768/2766-7820/1504

NIR-II Emissive Nanomaterials Based on Asymmetric Organic Fluorophores for In Vivo Deep-Tissue Imaging

Zhuang, B.-H., Chen, Y., Tan, K., & Chan, Y. (2026) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.6c02004

Combinatorial Construction of a NIR-II Polymethine Dye Library

Li, T., Chen, Q., Yang, X., Wang, X., Xu, L., Yao, T., Chen, G., Li, C., Jiang, J., & Wang, Q. (2026) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.6c13760

Biodistribution of rare-earth nanocrystals revealed by NIR-II Imaging

Sun, L. (2024) · Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications · doi:10.1117/12.3003814

High Affinity to Skeleton Rare Earth Doped Nanoparticles for Near-Infrared II Imaging

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Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of near-infrared fluorescence polymeric nanoparticles

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Counterion-insulated near-infrared dyes in biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for in vivo imaging

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In vivo study of biodistribution and urinary excretion of silica nanoparticles with different size

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