Second near-infrared photothermal materials for combinational nanotheranostics

Combination cancer immunotherapies tailored to the tumour microenvironment

Smyth, M. J., Ngiow, S. F., Ribas, A., & Teng, M. W. L. (2016) · Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2015.209 · Cited by 944 · see citing works

Redox-Activatable and Acid-Enhanced Nanotheranostics for Second Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Tomography and Combined Photothermal Tumor Therapy

Wang, Z., Zhen, X., Upputuri, P. K., Jiang, Y., Lau, J., Pramanik, M., Pu, K., & Xing, B. (2019) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.9b01411 · Cited by 203 · see citing works

Defect modified zinc oxide with augmenting sonodynamic reactive oxygen species generation

Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Zhen, W., Wang, Y., Zhang, S., Zhao, Y., Song, S., Wu, Z., & Zhang, H. (2020) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120075 · Cited by 189 · see citing works

The blood–brain barrier: Structure, regulation and drug delivery

Wu, D., Chen, Q., Chen, X., Han, F., Chen, Z., & Wang, Y. (2023) · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · doi:10.1038/s41392-023-01481-w · Cited by 1,906 · see citing works

Phototherapy in cancer treatment: strategies and challenges

Cai, Y., Chai, T., Nguyen, W., Liu, J., Xiao, E., Ran, X., Ran, Y., Du, D., Chen, W., & Chen, X. (2025) · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · doi:10.1038/s41392-025-02140-y · Cited by 453 · see citing works

Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Photothermal Immunotherapy Based on a Versatile NIR‐II Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen

Yan, D., Wang, M., Wu, Q., Niu, N., Li, M., Song, R., Rao, J., Kang, M., Zhang, Z., Zhou, F., et al. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202202614 · Cited by 187 · see citing works

Rational Design of Biomaterials to Potentiate Cancer Thermal Therapy

Zhu, Y., Li, Q., Wang, C., Hao, Y., Yang, N., Chen, M., Ji, J., Feng, L., & Liu, Z. (2023) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00822 · Cited by 163 · see citing works

Long wavelength–emissive Ru(II) metallacycle–based photosensitizer assisting in vivo bacterial diagnosis and antibacterial treatment

Xu, Y., Li, C., Ma, X., Tuo, W., Tu, L., Li, X., Sun, Y., Stang, P. J., & Sun, Y. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2209904119 · Cited by 156 · see citing works

Increasing Molecular Planarity through Donor/Side‐Chain Engineering for Improved NIR‐IIa Fluorescence Imaging and NIR‐II Photothermal Therapy under 1064 nm

Chen, S., Pan, Y., Chen, K., Chen, P., Shen, Q., Sun, P., Hu, W., & Fan, Q. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202215372 · Cited by 122 · see citing works

Co-delivery of Dihydroartemisinin and Pyropheophorbide-Iron Elicits Ferroptosis to Potentiate Cancer Immunotherapy

Han, W., Duan, X., Ni, K., Li, Y., Chan, C., & Lin, W. (2022) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121315 · Cited by 103 · see citing works

The Midas Touch by Iridium: A Second Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Metallo-Agent for Exceptional Phototheranostics of Breast Cancer

You, C., Tian, L., Zhu, J., Wang, L., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, D. (2025) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c15150 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

Chemiluminescence in Combination with Organic Photosensitizers: Beyond the Light Penetration Depth Limit of Photodynamic Therapy

Gao, J., Chen, Z., Li, X., Yang, M., Lv, J., Li, H., & Yuan, Z. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms232012556 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

NIR‐II Emissive Ru(II) Metallacycle Assisting Fluorescence Imaging and Cancer Therapy

Fan, Y., Li, C., Bai, S., Ma, X., Yang, J., Guan, X., & Sun, Y. (2022) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202201625 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal/thermodynamic combination therapy

Wang, W., Zhang, X., Ni, X., Zhou, W., Xie, C., Huang, W., & Fan, Q. (2022) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/d1bm01646f · Cited by 49 · see citing works

Maximum Emission Peak Over 1500 nm of Organic Assembly for Blood–Brain Barrier‐Crossing NIR‐IIb Phototheranostics of Orthotopic Glioblastoma

Zhao, F., Zhang, X., Bai, F., Lei, S., He, G., Huang, P., & Lin, J. (2023) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202208097 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Rigidity Bridging Flexibility to Harmonize Three Excited‐State Deactivation Pathways for NIR‐II‐Fluorescent‐Imaging‐Guided Phototherapy

Huang, W., Yang, H., Hu, Z., Fan, Y., Guan, X., Feng, W., Liu, Z., & Sun, Y. (2021) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202101003 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

When near-infrared fluorescence meets supramolecular coordination complexes: Challenges and opportunities of metallacycles/metallacages in precision biomedicine

Xu, Y., Dou, Y., Li, Q., Ye, H., Li, Y., Qiu, S., Xiong, X., Li, J., & Sun, Y. (2023) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215320 · Cited by 39 · 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

A Smart Visualized Phototherapy Switch: From NIR‐I Imaging‐Guided Photodynamic Therapy to NIR‐II‐Guided Photothermal Therapy for Enhanced Cascade Tumor Photoablation

Sun, L., Wu, H., Zhang, Z., Wu, K., Sun, J., Dong, X., Dong, C., Zhao, C., Gu, X., & Qu, D. (2025) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.70007 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Smart On-Site Immobilizable Near-Infrared II Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Ultra-Long-Term Imaging-Guided Tumor Surgery and Photothermal Therapy

Zhang, Y., Zhao, M., Fang, J., Ye, S., Wang, A., Zhao, Y., Cui, C., He, L., & Shi, H. (2021) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.0c22555 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Thienothiadiazole-Based NIR-II Dyes with D–A–D Structure for NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging Systems

Sun, P., Chen, Y., Sun, B., Zhang, H., Chen, K., Miao, H., Fan, Q., & Huang, W. (2021) · ACS Applied Bio Materials · doi:10.1021/acsabm.1c00274 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Side Chain Phenyl Isomerization‐Induced Spatial Conjugation for Achieving Efficient Near‐Infrared II Phototheranostic Agents

Li, C., Yao, M., Jiang, G., Feng, L., Wu, Y., Sha, R., Li, Y., Tang, B. Z., & Wang, J. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202419785 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Hierarchical Targeting Nanoplatform for NIR‐II Photoacoustic Imaging and Photo‐Activated Synergistic Immunotherapy of Glioblastoma

Zhang, Y., Kang, X., Ma, J., Li, J., Chen, W., Yang, S., Li, W., Shi, Y., & Qi, J. (2025) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202419395 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Recent advances on the construction of long-wavelength emissive supramolecular coordination complexes for photo-diagnosis and therapy

Zhang, Z., Ye, H., Cai, F., & Sun, Y. (2023) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/d3dt01893h · Cited by 17 · see citing works

High‐Efficiency Organic Semiconducting Small Molecule for Deep‐Tissue Phototheranostics: Single 1064 nm Laser Triggered NIR‐IIb Fluorescence Imaging Guided Type‐I Photodynamic/Photothermal Combination Therapy

Wang, Q., Liu, J., Yang, L., Tao, Z., Feng, J., Li, S., Wang, X., Gao, L., Tang, W., & Fan, Q. (2025) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202423165 · Cited by 15 · see citing works