Oligothiophene-based photosensitizers with tunable push–pull architectures: design, synthesis and characterization

Soraia Flammini, Manuele Di Sante, Paolo Emidio Costantini, Edoardo Jun Mattioli, Alessia Marconi, Eleonora Turrini, Silvia la Rosa, Maria Montrone, Tainah Dorina Marforio, Michela Nigro, Nicol Spallacci, Alberto Zanelli, Mattia Zangoli, Alberto Danielli, Matteo Di Giosia, Francesca Di Maria and Matteo Calvaresi

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 12536
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Acidic pH-triggered covalent cross-linking of AIE nanoparticles for enhanced tumor imaging and photodynamic therapy

Weiqi Zai, Huiling Ji, Jincheng Li, Jing Wang, Hongli Chen, Dan Ding, Shenglu Ji and Nannan Wang

Biomater. Sci., 2026, 14, 1703
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Mitochondria-targeting NIR AIEgens with cationic amphiphilic character for imaging and efficient photodynamic therapy

Shengjie Xie, Zisong Cong, Weihua Wang, Shanshan Qin, Xiaocheng Weng, Heng Song and Xiang Zhou

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 2592
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Molecular engineering to red-shift the absorption band of AIE photosensitizers and improve their ROS generation ability

Yuhui Zhang, Xiaohong Pan, Haixing Shi, Yaqi Wang, Wenzhen Liu, Liangzhi Cai, Le Wang, Huanhuan Wang and Zhuo Chen

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 3252
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An AIEgen-based “turn-on” probe for sensing cancer cells and tiny tumors with high furin expression

Shenglu Ji, Songge Li, Heqi Gao, Jiayang Wang, Kaiyuan Wang, Wenbin Nan, Hongli Chen and Yongwei Hao

Biomater. Sci., 2023, 11, 2221
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A comprehensive review on recent developments in near-infrared organic fluorophores for breast cancer: from molecular design to diagnostic applications

Pachaiyappan Murugan, Loganathan Praburaman, Vijayapoopathi Singaravel, Meivelu Moovendhan, Yu-Long Peng, Fang Yang and Shi-Yong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 15247
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Construction of Photosensitizer Candidates in Photodynamic Therapy: Computer Aided Design, Calculation, and Screening

Wei-Huang Yin, Yang Liu, Hou-Hou Huang, Peng-Yuan Li, Xin Liu and Fu-Quan Bai

J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 1825
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The Synergistic Mechanisms of AIE, ESIPT and ICT in the α-cyanostilbene-based Derivative: A Red-fluorescence Probe With a Large Stokes’ Shift for Copper (II) Ion Determination and Reversible Response to Amine/acid Vapor

Meihui Chen, Yongchun Chen, Min Zhong, Donghong Xie, Chuan Wang, Xiaorui Ren, Shizhou Huang, Jia Xu and Mingguang Zhu

J Fluoresc, 2024, 34, 1075
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New Tetraphenylethylene Benzoic Acid Derivatives as Antibacterial Agents for Gram-Positive Bacteria with Ultralow Inhibition Concentration

Xuefan Guo, Yanghan Peng, Mingge Zhang, Kunyi Wang, Guoyang Zhang, Jiguang Li, Zixuan Zhang, Rongbo Li and Zhuo Wang

Bioconjugate Chem., 2025, 36, 2305
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Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

Haoran Wang, Qiyao Li, Parvej Alam, Haotian Bai, Vandana Bhalla, Martin R. Bryce, Mingyue Cao, Chao Chen, Sijie Chen, Xirui Chen, Yuncong Chen, Zhijun Chen, Dongfeng Dang, Dan Ding, Siyang Ding, Yanhong Duo, Meng Gao, Wei He, Xuewen He, Xuechuan Hong, Yuning Hong, Jing-Jing Hu, Rong Hu, Xiaolin Huang, Tony D. James, Xingyu Jiang, Gen-ichi Konishi, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Chunbin Li, Haidong Li, Kai Li, Nan Li, Wei-Jian Li, Ying Li, Xing-Jie Liang, Yongye Liang, Bin Liu, Guozhen Liu, Xingang Liu, Xiaoding Lou, Xin-Yue Lou, Liang Luo, Paul R. McGonigal, Zong-Wan Mao, Guangle Niu, Tze Cin Owyong, Andrea Pucci, Jun Qian, Anjun Qin, Zijie Qiu, Andrey L. Rogach, Bo Situ, Kazuo Tanaka, Youhong Tang, Bingnan Wang, Dong Wang, Jianguo Wang, Wei Wang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Yi-Feng Wang, Shuizhu Wu, Yifan Wu, Yonghua Xiong, Ruohan Xu, Chenxu Yan, Saisai Yan, Hai-Bo Yang, Lin-Lin Yang, Mingwang Yang, Ying-Wei Yang, Juyoung Yoon, Shuang-Quan Zang, Jiangjiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Tianfu Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Na Zhao, Zheng Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lei Zheng, Zheng Zheng, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Wei-Hong Zhu, Hang Zou and Ben Zhong Tang

ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 14347
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Designing NIR AIEgens for lysosomes targeting and efficient photodynamic therapy of tumors

Yuanhang Li, Xing Wang, Yongfei Zhao, Xiaohan Wang, Ke Xue, Li Yang, Jing Deng, Saidong Sun and Zhengjian Qi

Bioorganic Chemistry, 2024, 150, 107551
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The controllable of BODIPY dimers without installing blocking groups as both fluorescence and singlet oxygen generators

Jianfang Cao, Tianci Zhang, Xinyu Chen, Xue Ma and Jiangli Fan

Smart Molecules, 2025, 3
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Approaches for Fabricating Tri‐ and Tetraphenylethene‐Based Blue Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes Using Donor–Acceptor and Non‐Donor–Acceptor Molecular Architectures

Deivendran Harshini, Panneerselvam Devibala, Varghese Maria Angela and Samuthira Nagarajan

Physica Rapid Research Ltrs, 2022, 16
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AIE donor-dependent photosensitizer for enhance photodynamic antibacterial interface

Baoli Xue, Aidi Hou, Yuhang Du, Yueheng Qi, Hua Jiang, Haifeng Zhou, Zhan Zhou and Hong Chen

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023, 39, 102996
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Aggregation-induced emission(AIE)for next-generation biosensing and imaging: A review

Keyi Ren, Bangjie Zhang, Jiuchuan Guo, Hanyu Cao, Jie Cheng, Jinhong Guo and Diangeng Li

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2025, 271, 117067
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Naphthalimide-based luminogens with bright aggregative-state emission: High-contrast blue-shift mechanofluorochromism and application in ink-free secure information storage

Kaixin He, Jingjing Wu, Yong Jiang, Yuling Jiang, Hai-feng He, Shouzhi Pu and Zhao Chen

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, 341, 126424
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Topology‐Templated Synthesis of Dibenzo[g,p]Chrysene‐Based sp2 Carbon‐Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks with Kagome Lattice for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Jun‐Jie Yu, Xin Huang, Li‐Ying Wang, Yan‐Ze Wu, Zhi‐Wei Huang, Ling‐Ling Su, Nan‐Nan Wang, Ji‐Pan Yu and Wei‐Qun Shi

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Design, Synthesis and Application of Trisubstituted Olefinic Aggregation-Induced Emission Molecules

Zhaohua Chen, Xiying Cao, Sihong Chen, Shiwei Yu, Yanlan Lin, Shuting Lin and Zhaoyang Wang

Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, 42, 2355
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Aggregation-induced emission photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy in cancer: from chemical to clinical

Zijuan Meng, Huiying Xue, Tingting Wang, Biao Chen, Xiyuan Dong, Lili Yang, Jun Dai, Xiaoding Lou and Fan Xia

J Nanobiotechnol, 2022, 20
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AIE activity, mechanochromism, acidchromism, and high-level anti-counterfeiting based on multifunctional tetraphenylvinyl imidazolopyridine

Yuchen Hong, Yupeng Zhao, Yanjun Guo, Yongtao Wang and Lei Ma

Journal of Luminescence, 2024, 273, 120678
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Efficient radical generator with NIR emission by donor modulation for mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy

Lixin Ma, Yingcui Bu, Mingdi Yang, Yuxin Yang, Guiyan Xu, Ting Wang, Jing Huang and Hongping Zhou

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2026, 344, 126650
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