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 …

The design of small-molecule prodrugs and activatable phototherapeutics for cancer therapy

HH Han, HM Wang, P Jangili, M Li, L Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters as low-loss, highly polarized emitters for optical waveguides

X Wang, B Yin, L Jiang, C Yang, Y Liu, G Zou, S Chen… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Photoluminescent molecules and nanomaterials have potential applications as active
waveguides, but such a use has often been limited by high optical losses and complex …

BODIPY as a Multifunctional Theranostic Reagent in Biomedicine: Self‐Assembly, Properties, and Applications

HB Cheng, X Cao, S Zhang, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in biomedicine is reviewed. To open, its
synthesis and regulatory strategies are summarized, and inspiring cutting‐edge work in post …

Designing A–D–A Type Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors with a Bulky 3D Substituent at the Central Donor Core to Minimize Non‐Radiative Losses and Enhance …

H Lu, D Li, W Liu, G Ran, H Wu, N Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Designing and synthesizing narrow band gap acceptors that exhibit high
photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and strong crystallinity is a highly effective, yet …

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 …

Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications

ZL Gong, X Zhu, Z Zhou, SW Zhang, D Yang… - Science China …, 2021 - Springer
The research in circularly polarized luminescence has attracted wide interest in recent
years. Efforts on one side are directed toward the development of chiral materials with both …

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 …

Solid‐state fluorescence from carbon dots widely tunable from blue to deep red through surface ligand modulation

L Ai, Z Song, M Nie, J Yu, F Liu, H Song… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) find widespread attention due to their remarkable fluorescent and
electronic properties. However, aggregation‐caused quenching currently limits the …

Stimuli‐Responsive AIEgens

J Zhang, B He, Y Hu, P Alam, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The unique advantages and the exciting application prospects of AIEgens have triggered
booming developments in this area in recent years. Among them, stimuli‐responsive …