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Optimising molecular rotors to AIE fluorophores for mitochondria uptake and retention

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Hydroxyl–yne click polymerization: a facile strategy toward poly(vinyl amino ether ester)s with color-tunable luminescence

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Berberine mediated fluorescent gold nanoclusters in biomimetic erythrocyte ghosts as a nanocarrier for enhanced photodynamic treatment

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One-pot chemoselective domino condensation to form a fused pyrrolo–pyrazino–indolizine framework: discovery of novel AIE molecules

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A general strategy for development of a single benzene fluorophore with full-color-tunable, environmentally insensitive, and two-photon solid-state emission

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Cuprous oxide–demethyleneberberine nanospheres for single near-infrared light-triggered photoresponsive-enhanced enzymatic synergistic antibacterial therapy

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3,6-Diamino-7,8-dihydroisoquinoline-4-carbonitrile derivatives: unexpected facile synthesis, full-color-tunable solid-state emissions and mechanofluorochromic activities

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A highly efficient and AIE-active theranostic agent from natural herbs

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An interface-targeting and H2O2-activatable probe liberating AIEgen: enabling on-site imaging and dynamic movement tracking of lipid droplets

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Novel easily available purine-based AIEgens with colour tunability and applications in lipid droplet imaging

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C9-Aryl-substituted berberine derivatives with tunable AIE properties for cell imaging application

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Aggregation-induced emission based one-step “lighting up” sensor array for rapid protein identification

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Ketone–enol tautomerism, polymorphism, mechanofluorochromism and solid-state acidochromism of isoquinolinone–arylidenehydrazine derivatives

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A coumarin-derived multi-faceted optical material with molecular logic gate for bioimaging

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Chitosan as a fluorescent probe for the detection of the AIE-active food colorant quinoline yellow

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Multi-site isomerization of synergistically regulated stimuli-responsive AIE materials toward multi-level decryption

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Aggregation-induced emission and polymorphism/shape/size-dependent emission behaviours of fenamates for potential drug evaluation

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Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

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Crystal structures, dual-state emissions and polymer-based doped room-temperature phosphorescence of 8-benzyloxyisoquinoline derivatives

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Selective aggregation of natural ligands into efficient AIEgens on a human telomeric duplex-G-quadruplex junction

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Visualizing semipermeability of the cell membrane using a pH-responsive ratiometric AIEgen

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A DNA tetrahedron-loaded natural photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for boosting fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic therapy

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From nature-inspired electron acceptors to BioAIE materials with polarity- and polymorphism-dependence for anti-counterfeiting

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1,7/8-Substituted isoquinoline derivatives: position isomerism caused by HIO3-induced dehydrogenation and solid-state fluorescence stimulus-responsive properties

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Pyroptosis induced by natural products and their derivatives for cancer therapy

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Dual-mode immunochromatographic test strips based on aggregation-induced luminescence nanoprobes for the detection of ZEN in corn

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Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens

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Pillar[5]arenes: a new class of AIEgen macrocycles used for luminescence sensing of Fe3+ ions

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Recent advances in AIEgen-based chemosensors for small molecule detection, with a focus on ion sensing

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Ultrasound defect sensitive mechanochromic material with blue-shifted emission for the detection of Cu2+ in Alzheimer's disease cells

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An aggregation-induced emission platform for efficient Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum specific imaging

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Mechanofluorochromism, polymorphism and thermochromism of novel D–π–A piperidin-1-yl-substitued isoquinoline derivatives

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Self-assembling a natural small molecular inhibitor that shows aggregation-induced emission and potentiates antitumor efficacy

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Molecular probe to visualize the effect of a glycolytic inhibitor on reducing NADH levels in a cellular system

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Emission behavior, enol–keto tautomerism and bioactivity of hydroxy-substituted cyclic chalcone derivatives

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Fabrication of efficient and red-emissive salicylaldehyde Schiff base isomers for multi-scenario information decryption

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Charge transfer of 1,3,4‐oxadiazole derivative, its functional polymers and study of their different aggregation‐induced emission enhancement behaviors

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A “three birds with one stone” strategy: Light-switchable chitosan film via natural supramolecular co-assembly for enhanced fruit preservation

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Facile Engineering of a Rosin‐Derived Natural Electron Acceptor toward Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer‐Active BioAIE Materials with Dual Functionality

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AIEgens Based on Dehydroabietic Acid Triarylamine and Tetraphenylethene: Synthesis, Luminescence Regulation, and Application in Cell Imaging

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Construction of Bioaiegens with Dehydroabietic Acid Triarylamine and Tetraphenylethene Moieties for Non-Doped Oleds

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Fluorescence sensing of berberine hydrochloride via ns-Q[10]-based supramolecular assembly

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Methanetriyl-pi hydrogen bonding in nonpolar domains of supramolecular nanostructures: An efficient mechanism for extraction of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soils

Lourdes Algar, María Dolores Sicilia and Soledad Rubio

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Maltose: A natural disaccharide with aggregation-induced emission and room temperature phosphorescence and its multiple applications

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Dyes and Pigments, 2022, 201, 110259
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Chromene-based BioAIEgens: ‘in-water’ synthesis, regiostructure-dependent fluorescence and ER-specific imaging

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National Science Review, 2023, 10
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Advances in solvent based cocrystallization: Bridging the gap between theory and practice

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Construction of biomass-based AIEgens with dehydroabietic acid triarylamine and tetraphenylethene Moieties for non-doped OLEDs

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Exploration of all-natural aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles from co-assembly of bioactive herbal molecules

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Food Wellness, 2025, 1, 100006
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A Facile Synthesis of Self-Catalytic Hydrogel Films and Their Application as a Wound Dressing Material Coupled with Natural Active Compounds

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ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 25973
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Eco-friendly composite films for white LEDs based on AIE dyes and ACQ carbon quantum dots

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Aggregation‐enhanced theranostics: AIE sparkles in biomedical field

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Filling the gap between molecular and aggregate states: how does molecular packing affect photophysical properties?

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Tuning the luminescent properties of benzophenanthridine alkaloids based natural products to guide the rational design of NIR BioAIEgens

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AIE-based cancer theranostics

Meng Gao and Ben Zhong Tang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020, 402, 213076
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Complexity made easy: Aggregation‐induced emission small molecules for cancer diagnosis and phototherapies

Luojia Chen, Si‐Ling Chen, Yuncong Yuan, Xiang Leng, Xiaoyu Xu, Jingyuan Chen, Jiayi Shi, Kun Qian, Yuanlong Xie, Qihang Ding, Zhen Cheng and Meijia Gu

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Aggregation-Induced Emission Properties of Glutathione and L-Cysteine Capped CdS Quantum Dots and their Application as Zn(II) Probe

Caixia Yao, Tianyang Lin, Zongjuan Lian, Shenghua Liao, Zhengyu Yan and Shengmei Wu

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Effect of Connecting Units on Aggregation-Induced Emission and Mechanofluorochromic Properties of Isoquinoline Derivatives with Malononitrile as the Terminal Group

Yating Chen, Chunhui Dai, Xinyue Xu, Yunbing Zhou, Yunxiang Lei, Miaochang Liu, Wenxia Gao, Xiaobo Huang and Huayue Wu

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Application of Nanomaterials in the Production of Biomolecules in Microalgae: A Review

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Intrinsic Luminescence from Nonaromatic Biomolecules

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Novel antimicrobial polyvinyl alcohol film by incorporating β-cyclodextrin/berberine inclusion complex preserving the storage quality of salmon fillets

Lu Chen, Han Zhang, Shaojie Li, Yufeng Li, Yong Zhao, Qiaohui Zeng, Haiquan Liu and Jing Jing Wang

Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2024, 46, 101354
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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen: Role in Biopsy for Precision Medicine

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Colloidal Fluorophore Aggregates for the Selective Detection of Albumins in Solution and on Electrophoresis Gels

Jihee Park and Youngmi Kim

ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 350
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Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

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ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 14347
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Aggregation‐Induced Emission: New Vistas at the Aggregate Level

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Aggregation-Induced Emission: A Trailblazing Journey to the Field of Biomedicine

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Selective and reversible chemical sensor for methamphetamine detection using AIEgen and cucurbit[7]uril

Xianchao DU, Huiying GU, Xiang LIU, Wenguang LI, Shuyin LV, Hui DING, Lijun LI, Dongfang QIU and Hongxia HAO

Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 51, 100275
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Pyrene-Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Fluorescent Detection of Berberine

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Multi-anionic polymer templated aggregation induced emission of berberine and its application for protamine sensing

Goutam Chakraborty, Dibya kanti Mal, Akhilesh Potnis and Padma Nilaya Jonnalgadda

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 388, 122729
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Berberine-doped montmorillonite nanosheet for photoenhanced antibacterial therapy and wound healing

Yuanyuan Wang, Xinghua Yu, Zhihui Huang, Jiaofeng Peng, Leiji Zhou, Lintao Cai, Xingxu Zhao and Pengfei Zhang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 676, 774
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Luminescent materials derived from biomass resources

Min Ge, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li, Meng Li, Shujun Li, Tony D. James and Zhijun Chen

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Amphiphilic AIE-active copolymers with optical activity by chemoenzymatic transesterification and RAFT polymerization: Synthesis, self-assembly and biological imaging

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Achieving naphthalimide-based aggregation-enhanced emission via the fluorophore-linker-aromatic strategy

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Synthesis and Properties of Novel Circularly Polarized Luminescence Materials Based on Binaphthol Skeleton

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Discovery of a novel marine bacterial AIEgen that lights up specific G-quadruplexes

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AIE‐based drug/gene delivery system: Evolution from fluorescence monitoring alone to augmented therapeutics

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Unprecedented natural mangiferin excimer induced aggregation-induced emission luminogens for highly selective bioimaging of cancer cells

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Automated discovery of nanomaterials via drug aggregation induced emission

Yuval Harris, Hagit Sason, Danna Niezni and Yosi Shamay

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The commercial antibiotics with inherent AIE feature: In situ visualization of antibiotic metabolism and specifically differentiation of bacterial species and broad-spectrum therapy

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A Clinical Drug as the Three‐Photon Fluorescence Probe for In Vivo Microscopic Imaging of Mouse Kidney

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Natural protoberberine alkaloid–montmorillonite nanocomposite powders with AIE features for visualizing high-resolution latent fingerprints

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