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 …

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 …

Activity‐based smart AIEgens for detection, bioimaging, and therapeutics: Recent progress and outlook

H Li, H Kim, J Han, VN Nguyen, X Peng, J Yoon - Aggregate, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Activity‐based approaches for designing AIEgens possess prominent advantages including
high selectivity, sensitivity, and signal‐to‐noise ratio, and they have received more attention …

Recent progress in functional materials for selective detection and removal of mercury (II) ions

D Dai, J Yang, Y Wang, YW Yang - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Severe disease and environmental pollution derived from heavy metal ions has become one
of the major problems in global public health. In particular, mercury (II) as one type of highly …

Molecular engineering of NIR‐II AIE luminogen excited at 1700 nm for ultradeep intravital brain two‐photon fluorescence imaging

D Li, X Deng, Z Xu, D Wang, G Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The limited tissue penetration depth and spatial resolution are the major bottlenecks for
deep‐brain imaging. In this study, molecular engineering by tailoring electron donors is …

The design and bioimaging applications of NIR fluorescent organic dyes with high brightness

J Wu, Z Shi, L Zhu, J Li, X Han, M Xu… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the merits of decreased photon attenuation, autofluorescence, and scattering, the
near‐infrared (NIR, 700–1700 nm) region is an important window in the field of biomedicine …

Aggregation-induced emission luminogens for assisted cancer surgery

J Dai, H Xue, D Chen, X Lou, F Xia, S Wang - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surgery is still one of the most important means of treating tumors. Fluorescence imaging-
mediated surgical navigation and intraoperative phototherapy are considered to be effective …

Recent progress in functional dye‐doped liquid crystal devices

W Shen, H Zhang, Z Miao, Z Ye - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a typical representative of dopants, organic functional dyes have demonstrated their
significant roles in novel smart liquid crystal (LC) devices, and dye‐doped LCs have also …

Design and property modulation of metal–organic frameworks with aggregation-induced emission

L Zhu, B Zhu, J Luo, B Liu - ACS Materials Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fluorogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIEgens) are a unique type of luminescent
materials for sensing and imaging applications. The integration of AIE characteristics into …