Novel aza-BODIPY based small molecular NIR-II fluorophores for in vivo imaging

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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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Targeted zwitterionic near-infrared fluorophores for improved optical imaging

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Boosting the down-shifting luminescence of rare-earth nanocrystals for biological imaging beyond 1500 nm

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Flavylium Polymethine Fluorophores for Near‐ and Shortwave Infrared Imaging

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Epitaxial Seeded Growth of Rare‐Earth Nanocrystals with Efficient 800 nm Near‐Infrared to 1525 nm Short‐Wavelength Infrared Downconversion Photoluminescence for In Vivo Bioimaging

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Ultra-Low Doses of Chirality Sorted (6,5) Carbon Nanotubes for Simultaneous Tumor Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

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

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In vivo gastrointestinal drug-release monitoring through second near-infrared window fluorescent bioimaging with orally delivered microcarriers

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“Dual Lock‐and‐Key”‐Controlled Nanoprobes for Ultrahigh Specific Fluorescence Imaging in the Second Near‐Infrared Window

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Layer-by-layer assembled fluorescent probes in the second near-infrared window for systemic delivery and detection of ovarian cancer

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Long-term Persistence and Spectral Blue Shifting of Quantum Dots in Vivo

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InAs/InP/ZnSe core/shell/shell quantum dots as near-infrared emitters: Bright, narrow-band, non-cadmium containing, and biocompatible

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Accessing Near-Infrared-Absorbing BF2-Azadipyrromethenes via a Push–Pull Effect

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Femtosecond dynamics of IR molecules in hybrid materials

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Molecular Engineering of NIR‐II Fluorophores for Improved Biomedical Detection

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

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Bioapplications of small molecule Aza-BODIPY: from rational structural design to in vivo investigations

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

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J-aggregates of meso-[2.2]paracyclophanyl-BODIPY dye for NIR-II imaging

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NIR-II bioimaging of small organic molecule

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Bright and Stable NIR‐II J‐Aggregated AIE Dibodipy‐Based Fluorescent Probe for Dynamic In Vivo Bioimaging

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Multifunctional nanotheranostics for near infrared optical imaging-guided treatment of brain tumors

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

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Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

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Stable, Bright, and Long-Fluorescence-Lifetime Dyes for Deep-Near-Infrared Bioimaging

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Singlet Oxygen “Afterglow” Therapy with NIR‐II Fluorescent Molecules

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

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Small Molecular NIR-II Fluorophores for Cancer Phototheranostics

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Establishing design principles for emissive organic SWIR chromophores from energy gap laws

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

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Photostable Small-Molecule NIR-II Fluorescent Scaffolds that Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier for Noninvasive Brain Imaging

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Recent advances in fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy for cancer: From near-infrared-I to near-infrared-II

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Management of fluorescent organic/inorganic nanohybrids for biomedical applications in the NIR-II region

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The Near-Infrared-II Fluorophores and Advanced Microscopy Technologies Development and Application in Bioimaging

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

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Polymethine Molecular Platform for Ratiometric Fluorescent Probes in the Second near-Infrared Window

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

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A short review on NIR-II organic small molecule dyes

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NIR‐II Organic Nanotheranostics for Precision Oncotherapy

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Advances in engineering near-infrared luminescent materials

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

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Evolution of Aza-BODIPY dyes-A hot topic

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

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A Gas/phototheranostic Nanocomposite Integrates NIR‐II‐Peak Absorbing Aza‐BODIPY with Thermal‐Sensitive Nitric Oxide Donor for Atraumatic Osteosarcoma Therapy

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Water-Soluble Aza-BODIPYs: Biocompatible Organic Dyes for High Contrast <i>In Vivo</i> NIR-II Imaging

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

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Acceptor Engineering Produces Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in NIR-II Aza-BODIPY Nanoparticles for Efficient Osteosarcoma Photothermal Therapy via Concurrent Apoptosis and Pyroptosis

Shi, Z., Bai, H., Wu, J., Miao, X., Gao, J., Xu, X., Liu, Y., Jiang, J., Yang, J., Zhang, J., et al. (2023) · Research · doi:10.34133/research.0169 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Rationally designed Ru( ii )-metallacycle chemo-phototheranostic that emits beyond 1000 nm

Li, C., Xu, Y., Tu, L., Choi, M., Fan, Y., Chen, X., Sessler, J. L., Kim, J. S., & Sun, Y. (2022) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d2sc01518h · Cited by 79 · 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

Supramolecular J-aggregates of aza-BODIPY by steric and π–π nteractions for NIR-II phototheranostics

Tian, Y., Yin, D., Cheng, Q., Dang, H., Teng, C., & Yan, L. (2022) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/d1tb02820k · Cited by 76 · 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

Donor modulation brings all-in-one phototheranostics for NIR-II imaging-guided type-I photodynamic/photothermal synergistic cancer therapy

Ren, Y., Zhang, X., Li, L., Yuan, Q., Bao, B., Li, M., & Tang, Y. (2025) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d4sc08685f · Cited by 67 · see citing works

Boron difluoride formazanate dye for high‐efficiency NIR‐II fluorescence imaging‐guided cancer photothermal therapy

Dai, H., Cheng, Z., Zhang, T., Wang, W., Shao, J., Wang, W., Zhao, Y., Dong, X., & Zhong, L. (2021) · Chinese Chemical Letters · doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2021.11.079 · Cited by 63 · see citing works

Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Long‐Term Tumor Tracking with Incremental NIR‐II Emission

Zhou, C. Y., Li, Z., Zhu, Z., Chia, G. W. N., Mikhailovsky, A. A., Vázquez, R. J., Chan, S. J. W., Li, K., Liu, B., & Bazan, G. C. (2022) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202201989 · Cited by 63 · see citing works

A near-infrared-emission aza-BODIPY-based fluorescent probe for fast, selective, and “turn-on” detection of HClO/ClO−

Shi, W., Feng, L.-X., Wang, X., Huang, Y. L., Wei, Y., Huang, Y., Ma, H.-J., Wang, W., Xiang, M., & Gao, L. (2021) · Talanta · doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122581 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Molecular Engineering of NIR‐II Fluorophores for Improved Biomedical Detection

Lei, Z., & Zhang, F. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202007040 · Cited by 63 · see citing works

Recent development of small-molecule organic fluorophores for multifunctional bioimaging in the second near-infrared window

Shen, Q., Wang, S., Yang, N., Zhang, C., Wu, Q., & Yu, C. (2020) · Journal of Luminescence · doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117338 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

BOIMPY-Based NIR-II Fluorophore with High Brightness and Long Absorption beyond 1000 nm for In Vivo Bioimaging: Synergistic Steric Regulation Strategy

Liu, S., Xu, W., Li, X., Pang, D., & Xiong, H. (2022) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c08619 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Two Key Descriptors for Designing Second Near-Infrared Dyes and Experimental Validation

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Construction and optimization of organic fluorophores in NIR-II fluorescence imaging

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Aza-BODIPY: A New Vector for Enhanced Theranostic Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Applications

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NIR-II Fluorescent Probes for Fluorescence-Imaging-Guided Tumor Surgery

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NIR-II bioimaging of small molecule fluorophores: From basic research to clinical applications

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Stable twisted conformation aza-BODIPY NIR-II fluorescent nanoparticles with ultra-large Stokes shift for imaging-guided phototherapy

Tian, Y., Zhou, H., Cheng, Q., Dang, H., Qian, H., Teng, C., Xie, K., & Yan, L. (2021) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/d1tb02066h · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Development of Polymethine Dyes for NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging and Therapy

Chen, X., Li, J., Roy, S., Ullah, Z., Gu, J., Huang, H., Yu, C., Wang, X., Wang, H., Zhang, Y., et al. (2024) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202304506 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Galactose conjugated boron dipyrromethene and hydrogen bonding promoted J-aggregates for efficiently targeted NIR-II fluorescence assistant photothermal therapy

Dang, H., Tian, Y., Cheng, Q., Teng, C., Xie, K., & Yan, L. (2021) · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.177 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Aggregation-Enhanced Photophysical Performance of D-π-A Structured Hemicyanine for NIR-II Fluorescent and Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Photothermal Therapy

Li, B., Pang, E.-N., Zhao, S., Deng, G., Wang, S., Wang, B., Wu, J., Niu, G., Song, X., & Lan, M. (2023) · Chemical & Biomedical Imaging · doi:10.1021/cbmi.2c00004 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

BODIPY derivatives as fluorescent reporters of molecular activities in living cells

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Near-infrared Aza-BODIPY Dyes Through Molecular Surgery for Enhanced Photothermal and Photodynamic Antibacterial Therapy

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A novel heavy-atom-free lysosome-targeted BODIPY as triplet photosensitizer based on SOCT-ISC mechanism for photodynamic therapy

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NIR-II Nanoprobes: A Review of Components-Based Approaches to Next-Generation Bioimaging Probes

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Direct sulfonylation of BODIPY dyes with sodium sulfinates through oxidative radical hydrogen substitution at the α-position

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NIR-II Photosensitizer-Based Nanoparticles Defunctionalizing Mitochondria to Overcome Tumor Self-Defense by Promoting Heat Shock Protein 40

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Rational Modulation Strategies to Improve Bioimaging Applications for Organic NIR‐II Fluorophores

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Rational Design of Near‐Infrared Aza‐Platinum‐Dipyrromethene‐Based Nanophototherapy Agent with Multistage Enhancement for Synergistic Antitumor Therapeutics

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Structure Tailoring of Hemicyanine Dyes for In Vivo Shortwave Infrared Imaging

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Carbazole‐ and Fluorene‐Fused Aza‐BODIPYs: NIR Fluorophores with High Brightness and Photostability

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