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A Cocrystal Strategy for Harnessing UV-Responsive Endogenous Photosensitizer in Visible Light Photodynamic Therapy

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Construction and Applications of Efficient, Oxygen-Tolerant Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Materials

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Donor-acceptor bulk-heterojunction sensitizer for efficient solid-state infrared-to-visible photon up-conversion

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Activatable nano-photosensitizers for precise photodynamic cancer therapy

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Does Twisted Molecular Structure Always Induce Intersystem Crossing? A Case Study with Near-IR Absorbing 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene-fused Naphthaldiimide

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Preparation of Xanthene-TEMPO Dyads: Synthesis and Study of the Radical Enhanced Intersystem Crossing

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Tunable Anti‐Stokes‐Shift Behaviors Based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characteristics of Diarylethene Derivatives

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Visible-Light-Induced Direct Photoamination of BODIPY Dyes with Aqueous Ammonia

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Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Strategy for Direct and Regioselective Oligomerization of BODIPY Dyes

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Deconstructive Cycloaromatization Strategy toward N,O-Bidentate Ligands from Indolizines and Cyclopropenones

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Synthesis and Properties of Bright Red-to-NIR BODIPY Dyes for Targeting Fluorescence Imaging and Near-Infrared Photothermal Conversion

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Regioselective Synthesis of Directly Connected BODIPY Dimers through Oxidative Coupling of α-Amino-Substituted BODIPYs

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Visible Light-Activatable Organoboron Complexes Featuring Salicylaldehyde Azine Ligands for Rapid Cationic Polymerization and Mechanism Studies

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Micellar Ratiometric Fluorescent Blood pH Probe Based on Triplet-Sensitized Upconversion and Energy-Transfer Behaviors

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A Fluorescein Derivative Chemosensor Combined with Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion System for Ratiometric Sensing of Cysteine

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