Aggregation‐induced emission: recent advances in materials and biomedical applications

X Cai, B Liu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) has opened new opportunities in many
research fields. Motivated by the unique feature of AIE fluorogens (AIEgens), during the past …

AIE-based luminescence probes for metal ion detection

P Alam, NLC Leung, J Zhang, RTK Kwok… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The past two decades have witnessed significant advances in the field of aggregation-
induced emission (AIE). Luminescent materials with AIE characteristics (AIEgens) are of …

Aggregation-induced emission: together we shine, united we soar!

J Mei, NLC Leung, RTK Kwok, JWY Lam… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Light is of essential importance to the universe and humankind. Light has been, and
continues to be, one of the most fundamental and indispensable elements to life and society …

AIE luminogens for bioimaging and theranostics: from organelles to animals

J Qian, BZ Tang - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
High-quality fluorescence bioimaging requires organic exogenous contrast agents with
biocompatibility, brightness, and photostability. The recently discovered and rapidly …

An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

OS Wolfbeis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article gives an overview of the various kinds of nanoparticles (NPs) that are widely
used for purposes of fluorescent imaging, mainly of cells and tissues. Following an …

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

M Liu, G Zeng, K Wang, Q Wan, L Tao, X Zhang, Y Wei - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on recent progress in aluminum–air batteries

Y Liu, Q Sun, W Li, KR Adair, J Li, X Sun - Green Energy & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The aluminum–air battery is considered to be an attractive candidate as a power source for
electric vehicles (EVs) because of its high theoretical energy density (8100 Wh kg− 1), which …

Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

X Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, L Tao, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Tuning the singlet-triplet energy gap: a unique approach to efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics

S Xu, Y Yuan, X Cai, CJ Zhang, F Hu, J Liang… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficiency of the intersystem crossing process can be improved by reducing the energy
gap between the singlet and triplet excited states (ΔEST), which offers the opportunity to …

[HTML][HTML] AIE-featured tetraphenylethylene nanoarchitectures in biomedical application: Bioimaging, drug delivery and disease treatment

KSS Kumar, YR Girish, M Ashrafizadeh… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) has received extreme
considerations from basic and clinical researches. To date, various luminogens with AIE …