AIE luminogens as fluorescent bioprobes

G Niu, R Zhang, X Shi, H Park, S **e, RTK Kwok… - TrAC Trends in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic fluorescent bioprobes provide robust and powerful analytical techniques for direct
detection and monitoring of important biological species and their related biological …

AIE-based cancer theranostics

M Gao, BZ Tang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Theranostics with simultaneous diagnosis and therapy functions are potential to greatly
improve the therapeutic efficacy and reduce side effects. Fluorescence imaging has …

Self‐assembled α‐cyanostilbenes for advanced functional materials

M Martínez‐Abadía, R Giménez, MB Ros - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the specific context of condensed media, the significant and increasing recent interest in
the α‐cyanostilbene (CS) motif [ Ar CH C (CN) Ar] is relevant. These compounds …

Functionalized acrylonitriles with aggregation-induced emission: structure tuning by simple reaction-condition variation, efficient red emission, and two-photon …

G Niu, X Zheng, Z Zhao, H Zhang, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Acrylonitriles with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics have been found to
show promising applications in two-photon biomedical imaging. Generally, elaborate …

Facile synthesis of efficient luminogens with AIE features for three‐photon fluorescence imaging of the brain through the intact skull

W Qin, N Alifu, JWY Lam, Y Cui, H Su… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Visualization of the brain in its native environment is important for understanding common
brain diseases. Herein, bright luminogens with remarkable aggregation‐induced emission …

Aggregation‐induced nonlinear optical effects of aiegen nanocrystals for ultradeep in vivo bioimaging

Z Zheng, D Li, Z Liu, HQ Peng, HHY Sung… - advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear optical microscopy has become a powerful tool in bioimaging research due to its
unique capabilities of deep optical sectioning, high‐spatial‐resolution imaging, and 3D …

Applications of light-responsive systems for cancer theranostics

H Chen, Y Zhao - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
Achieving controlled and targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs and other therapeutic
agents to tumor sites is challenging. Among many stimulus strategies, light as a mode of …

Multifunctional nanoparticles self‐assembled from small organic building blocks for biomedicine

P **ng, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular self‐assembly shows significant potential to construct responsive materials.
By tailoring the structural parameters of organic building blocks, nanosystems can be …

Engineered hybrid nanoparticles for on-demand diagnostics and therapeutics

KT Nguyen, Y Zhao - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Together with the simultaneous development of nanomaterials and molecular
biology, the bionano interface brings about various applications of hybrid nanoparticles in …

Intra-and intermolecular synergistic engineering of aggregation-induced emission luminogens to boost three-photon absorption for through-skull brain imaging

Z Zheng, H Zhang, H Cao, J Gong, M He, X Gou… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Three-photon fluorescence microscopic (3PFM) bioimaging is a promising imaging
technique for visualizing the brain in its native environment thanks to its advantages of high …