Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Aggregation-induced emission (AIE), life and health

H Wang, Q Li, P Alam, H Bai, V Bhalla, MR Bryce… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light has profoundly impacted modern medicine and healthcare, with numerous
luminescent agents and imaging techniques currently being used to assess health and treat …

Recent advances in super-resolution optical imaging based on aggregation-induced emission

FY Zhu, LJ Mei, R Tian, C Li, YL Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Super-resolution imaging has rapidly emerged as an optical microscopy technique, offering
advantages of high optical resolution over the past two decades; achieving improved …

Suppressing electron-phonon coupling in organic photovoltaics for high-efficiency power conversion

Y Jiang, Y Li, F Liu, W Wang, W Su, W Liu, S Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nonradiative energy loss (∆ E nr) is a critical factor to limit the efficiency of organic solar
cells. Generally, strong electron-phonon coupling induced by molecular motion generates …

The fast-growing field of photo-driven theranostics based on aggregation-induced emission

Z Zhang, M Kang, H Tan, N Song, M Li, P **ao… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-driven theranostics, also known as phototheranostics, relying on the diverse excited-
state energy conversions of theranostic agents upon photoexcitation represents a significant …

Anti‐quenching NIR‐II J‐aggregates of benzo [c] thiophene fluorophore for highly efficient bioimaging and phototheranostics

KW Lee, Y Gao, WC Wei, JH Tan, Y Wan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular fluorophores with the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) emission hold great potential
for deep‐tissue bioimaging owing to their excellent biocompatibility and high resolution …

Near infrared photothermal conversion materials: mechanism, preparation, and photothermal cancer therapy applications

J Li, W Zhang, W Ji, J Wang, N Wang, W Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been widely applied in cancer therapy as a result of its non-
invasive, localized treatment and good therapeutic effect. In general, the final therapeutic …

Acceptor Planarization and Donor Rotation: A Facile Strategy for Realizing Synergistic Cancer Phototherapy via Type I PDT and PTT

L Feng, C Li, L Liu, Z Wang, Z Chen, J Yu, W Ji… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tumor hypoxia seriously impairs the therapeutic outcomes of type II photodynamic therapy
(PDT), which is highly dependent upon tissue oxygen concentration. Herein, a facile strategy …

Atomically precise photothermal nanomachines

J Chen, P Gu, G Ran, Y Zhang, M Li, B Chen, H Lu… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Interfacing molecular machines to inorganic nanoparticles can, in principle, lead to hybrid
nanomachines with extended functions. Here we demonstrate a ligand engineering …

More is better: dual-acceptor engineering for constructing second near-infrared aggregation-induced emission luminogens to boost multimodal phototheranostics

S Yang, J Zhang, Z Zhang, R Zhang, X Ou… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The manipulation of electron donor/acceptor (D/A) shows an endless impetus for innovating
optical materials. Currently, there is booming development in electron donor design, while …