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J-aggregates of ethene-bridged aza-BODIPY dimers for bright NIR-II bioimaging and efficient photothermal therapy

Jihao Li,†ab   Shuaishuai Bian,†abc   Xiuli Zheng, ORCID logo *ab   Xiaokuang Xue,ab   Hongxue Li,ab   Fan Li,ab   Weimin Liu ORCID logo *ab  and  Pengfei Wang ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials and CityU-CAS Joint Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E-mail: zhengxiuli@mail.ipc.ac.cn, wmliu@mail.ipc.ac.cn, wangpf@mail.ipc.ac.cn

b School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

c Sinopec Key Laboratory of Research and Application of Medical and Hygienic Materials, Sinopec (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd, Beijing 100013, China

Abstract

An ethene-bridged PPAB dimer (Bis-PPAB) was synthesized and formulated into nanoparticles (Bis-PPAB NPs), which exhibit a J-aggregation redshift to 1084 nm, enabling NIR-II imaging-guided photothermal therapy.

Graphical abstract: J-aggregates of ethene-bridged aza-BODIPY dimers for bright NIR-II bioimaging and efficient photothermal therapy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06880K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Dec 2025
Accepted
05 Jan 2026
First published
22 Jan 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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J-aggregates of ethene-bridged aza-BODIPY dimers for bright NIR-II bioimaging and efficient photothermal therapy

J. Li, S. Bian, X. Zheng, X. Xue, H. Li, F. Li, W. Liu and P. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06880K

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