Optical imaging, especially fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging, is a non‐invasive
imaging approach with high spatial and temporal resolution and high sensitivity, compared …

The development of fluorophores for the second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II, 1000–1700
nm) represents an emerging, significant, and vibrant field in analytic chemistry, chemical …

It is highly important and challenging to develop donor-acceptor-donor structured small-
molecule second near-infrared window (NIR-II) dyes with excellent properties such as water …

In recent years, people have been actively exploring new imaging methods with high
biological imaging performance because the clinical image definition and depth in vivo …

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging has gained a lot of attention in biomedicine by virtue of
its high sensitivity, high specificity, and many other advantages. Moreover, near-infrared II …

In vivo imaging technologies have emerged as a powerful tool for both fundamental
research and clinical practice. In particular, luminescence imaging in the tissue-transparent …

Phototheranostics integrates deep-tissue imaging with phototherapy (containing
photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy), holding great promise in early diagnosis …

Polymethine cyanine dyes, as the most important class of organic near-infrared-II (NIR-II)
fluorophores, recently received increasing attention due to their high molar extinction …

Early detection of kidney disease is of vital importance due to its current prevalence
worldwide. Fluorescence imaging, especially in the second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II) …

The renal-clearable aspect of imaging agent with minimum toxicity issues and side effects is
essential for clinical translation, yet clinical near-infrared-I/II (NIR-I/II) fluorophores with timely …