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A cascade strategy for vinyl chloride-substituted BODIPYs with tunable photophysical properties

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Charge-transfer mediated J-aggregation in red emitting ultra-small-single-benzenic meta-fluorophore crystals

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Highly efficient NIR-II photothermal conversion from a 2,2′-biquinoline-4,4′-dicarboxylate-based photochromic complex

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Addressing the Aggregation Phenomenon in a Model Aggregation Induced Enhancement of Emission‐Coupled Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Active Probe: Correlating Aggregation States to their Photodynamics

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NIR-II emitting B,O-chelated twisted dye aza-BODIPY for phototherapy

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Electrostatic Co‐Assembly of Cyanine Pair for Augmented Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

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Enhanced efficiency and selectivity in reactive oxygen species generation using thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based supramolecular photosensitizers

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Manipulating ICG J‐Aggregation and Disaggregation for Imaging‐Guided Cancer Therapy with Self‐Reporting Efficiency

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Size‐Controlled Self‐Assembly for Bimodal In Vivo Imaging

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Unlocking BODIPY dye synthetic methodologies with 1H NMR monitoring and continuous flow techniques

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Electron-donor planar extension based on donor–acceptor–donor molecules generates charge transfer-mediated J-aggregates for NIR-II photothermal immunotherapy and bacterial elimination

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Regulating the Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Anti-heavy Atom Effect at Supramolecular Level for Favorable Photosensitizing Activity in Water

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Near-infrared fluorescent BODIPY dyes: Green synthesis, photophysical properties, and their applications in biomedical molecular imaging

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Supramolecular assembly boosting the phototherapy performances of BODIPYs

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BODIPY photosensitizers for antibacterial photodynamic therapy

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Near-infrared BODIPY-based theranostic agents for photothermal and combinatory therapy of cancers, where do we stand in year 2025

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Dimerized Pentamethine Cyanines for Synergistically Boosting Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy

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Halogenated Bis(donor)‐aza‐BODIPY System for Inducing NIR Excitation: Effect of Thiophene and Aminophenyl Donors on Optical Properties and in vitro Tests for Breast Cancer

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Recent Advances in NIR-II Molecular Aggregates and Applications in the Biomedical Field

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Enhancing Near‐Infrared Two‐Photon Absorption of Aza‐Boron‐Dipyrromethene Compounds Through Intramolecular Charge Transfer Via Electron Donating Substitution

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Light-Facilitated Reassembly to Generate J-Aggregates of Glucosyl aza-BODIPY with Second Near-Infrared Emission for Bioimaging

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Improving photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells utilizing medium bandgap BODIPY non-fused acceptor as third component via ternary strategy

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NIR-II PTT and PA agents achieved by engineering D-A-D structure based on aza-BODIPY for tumor treatment

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NIR-II aza-BODIPY photosensitizers with enhanced ICT effect for photothermal therapy of breast cancer

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Recent Advances of Boron‐Containing Chiral Luminescent Materials†

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Synthesis and photophysical properties of an indirubin-derived organoboron complex

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