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Molecular-Based Nanoplatform Leads to the Formation of a Self-Indicating Responsive Drug Delivery System

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Unraveling Molecular Assembly and Tracking Lipid Droplet Dynamics Using Fluorescent Phenanthroimidazole Derivatives

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An AIE-active probe for monitoring calcium-rich biological environment with high signal-to-noise and long-term retention in situ

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Sulfonate‐Functionalized AIEgens: Strategic Approaches Beyond Water Solubility for Sensing and Imaging Applications

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A Multiresponsive Functional AIEgen for Spatiotemporal Pattern Control and All‐round Information Encryption

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Responsive optical probes for deep-tissue imaging: Photoacoustics and second near-infrared fluorescence

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Lysosome-Targeted Polarity-Sensitive NIR Fluorescence Probe for Imaging Injured Lung and Liver in Diabetes

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A Holistic Perspective on Living Aggregate

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Understanding of endo/lysosomal escape of nanomaterials in biomedical application

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Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring Cellular Autophagy Levels during Diabetic Wound Healing

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Brush-like Polymer Prodrug with Aggregation-Induced Emission Features for Precise Intracellular Drug Tracking

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Rational design strategies for nonconventional luminogens with efficient and tunable emission in dilute solution

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Long-term tracking of lysosomal dynamics with highly stable fluorescent probe

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Synthesis and photophysical properties of fluorophores based on enamino-substituted 4-methylene-1,4-dihydropyridines

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ROS‐Responsive and Self‐Tumor Curing Methionine Polymer Library Based Nanoparticles with Self‐Accelerated Drug Release and Hydrophobicity/Hydrophilicity Switching Capability for Enhanced Cancer Therapy

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A Nanotheranostic System Combining Lysosomal Cell Death and Nuclear Apoptosis Functions for Synergistic Cancer Therapy and Addressing Drug Resistance

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Regulation of Fluorescence Solvatochromism To Resolve Cellular Polarity upon Protein Aggregation

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A versatile AIE fluorogen with selective reactivity to primary amines for monitoring amination, protein labeling, and mitochondrial staining

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A Multiresponsive Functional AIEgen for Spatiotemporal Pattern Control and All‐round Information Encryption

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Recent progress on the organelle targeted AlEgens for bioimaging and treatment of diseases

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Molecular to Supramolecular Self-Assembled Luminogens for Tracking the Intracellular Organelle Dynamics

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Uncovering divergent fluorescence of aliphatic polyamides: Synthesis, dual polymerization-induced emissions, and organelle-specific imaging

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Bright near-infrared aggregation-induced emission dots for long-term bioimaging in vitro/vivo

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Aggregation-induced emission shining in the biomedical field: From bench to bedside

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Real-Time and High-Fidelity Tracking of Lysosomal Dynamics with a Dicyanoisophorone-Based Fluorescent Probe

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Type I photosensitizer based on AIE chromophore tricyano-methylene-pyridine for photodynamic therapy

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BODIPY-Based NIR Trackers with Acidity-Driven Amphiphilicity for STED Super-Resolution Imaging of Lysosomal Membranes

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Visualization of Lysosomal Dynamics during Autophagy by Fluorescent Probe

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