Assembly and applications of macrocyclic-confinement-derived supramolecular organic luminescent emissions from cucurbiturils

H Nie, Z Wei, XL Ni, Y Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] urils (Q [n] s or CB [n] s), as a classical of artificial organic macrocyclic hosts,
were found to have excellent advantages in the fabricating of tunable and smart organic …

Aggregation‐enhanced theranostics: AIE sparkles in biomedical field

M Kang, Z Zhang, N Song, M Li, P Sun, X Chen… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Theranostics referring to the ingenious integration of diagnostics and therapeutics has
garnered tremendous attention in these years as it provides a promising opportunity for …

Cucurbituril‐based supramolecular polymers for biomedical applications

Z Wang, C Sun, K Yang, X Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular polymers (SPs) have attracted broad interest because of their intriguing
features and functions. Host–guest interactions often impart tunable physicochemical …

Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens

Y Duo, G Luo, W Zhang, R Wang, GG Xiao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Noncancerous diseases include a wide plethora of medical conditions beyond cancer and
are a major cause of mortality around the world. Despite progresses in clinical research …

Gathering brings strength: How organic aggregates boost disease phototheranostics

J Qi, H Ou, Q Liu, D Ding - Aggregate, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phototheranostics that concurrently and complementarily integrate real‐time diagnosis and
in situ therapeutic capabilities in one platform has become the advancing edge of precision …

Nanomaterials with supramolecular assembly based on AIE luminogens for theranostic applications

N Song, Z Zhang, P Liu, YW Yang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major pursuits of biomedical science is to develop advanced strategies for
theranostics, which is expected to be an effective approach for achieving the transition from …

Artificial light-harvesting metallacycle system with sequential energy transfer for photochemical catalysis

D Zhang, W Yu, S Li, Y Xia, X Li, Y Li… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Highly efficient light-harvesting systems with the sequential energy transfer process are
significant for utilizing solar energy in photosynthesis. Herein, we report a quadrilateral …

AIEgens for microbial detection and antimicrobial therapy

H Bai, W He, JHC Chau, Z Zheng, RTK Kwok… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Pathogenic microbes can cause infections or diseases in hosts and they pose ongoing
threats to human health. Antibiotics have been taken an active role in treating a wide variety …

Cucurbiturils‐mediated noble metal nanoparticles for applications in sensing, sers, theranostics, and catalysis

LL Tan, M Wei, L Shang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs), which spring up like mushrooms, are gaining
momentum owing to their unique physicochemical characteristics. Cucurbiturils, a class of …

Molecular Evolution of Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor‐type Conjugated Oligomer Nanoparticles for Efficient Photothermal Antimicrobial Therapy

H Yuan, Z Li, Q Zhao, S Jia, T Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases (such as wound infections) caused by pathogenic microorganisms can
lead to serious consequences and even threaten life. The emergence of drug‐resistant …