A comprehensive review on recent developments in near-infrared organic fluorophores for breast cancer: from molecular design to diagnostic applications

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Fine-tuning J-aggregation via steric hindrance for high-efficiency NIR-II bioimaging and photothermal therapy

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Mater. Horiz., 2026, 13, 2385
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Fluorescent self-reporting theranostic platforms for tumour therapy: from cytotoxin release monitoring to therapeutic feedback evaluation

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Advances in neurotensin receptor 1-targeted molecular probes for tumor molecular imaging and therapy

Chengkuan Liu, Jiang Fu, Shengjie Tang, Haiyang Hu, Haiyang Guo, Tao Liu, Long Wen, Yang Yang, Yunlong Yang, Shuxuan Chen, Li Yu and Haining Zhou

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Real‐Time In Vivo Visualization of Tumor‐Associated Macrophage Reprogramming Using a Nitric Oxide‐Activatable NIR‐II Nanoinducer

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Advanced Science, 2026, 13
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Microenvironment-Triggered Signal Amplification for Dual-Modal Fluorescence/MRI of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Advancing traumatic brain injury diagnosis through nanomaterial-based imaging technologies

Peisen Zhang, Zhen Lin, Xuan Cheng, Xin Zhao, Haowen Tang, Mingxia Jiao, Lihong Jing and Xiliang Luo

Nano Today, 2026, 69, 103028
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Dumbbell‐Structured Plasmonic‐Enhanced Optical Nanoprobes Boosting Photo‐Magnetic‐Acoustic Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Photodynamic‐Photothermal Synergistic Treatment and Immunogenic Death in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Baikang Zhuang, Yubiao Yang, Wen Han, Yi Tang, Chengxin Yao, Fuli Zhao, Wenxiao Fang, Jinjie Li, Xiaolan Huo, Yiqian An, Yuanzhi Shao, Botao Gao and Jinchang Yin

Advanced Science, 2026
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Construction of a hydrogen peroxide-responsive near-infrared fluorescent probe and the biological application in tracking inhalation lung injury

Zangfei Xie, Jia Huang, Wei Zeng, Xiang Li, Dan Cheng, Jia Zhou and Longwei He

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Protonic Acid/Viscosity-Activatable Type-I Photosensitizer via Donor and π-Bridge Modulation for Second Near-Infrared Imaging-Guided Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy

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Anal. Chem., 2026, 98, 1098
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Formation of Ultra‐Narrowband SWIR J‐Aggregate Materials and Their Applications in Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography Imaging

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Advanced Materials, 2026
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Next-generation supramolecular photosensitizers based on coordination-driven self-assembly for therapeutic applications

Chonglu Li, Junhua Zhang, Qiao Song, Yuting Wang, Yanping Liu, Jingxin Wang and Yao Sun

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Synthesis of Cyanine Dyes with Nucleophilic Functional Groups and Their Application as Activatable Molecular Probes

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Lipid droplets-targeted probe with high-resolution NIR-II fluorescence and photoacoustic angiography for potentiated mild photothermal therapy

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Synergistic S···O and S···H Conformational Locks for Planarity‐Enhanced NIR‐II Phototheranostics

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From the Clinic, to the Clinic: Improving the Fluorescent Imaging Quality of ICG via Amphiphilic NIR-IIa AIE Probe

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Plasmonic platinum-tipped gold nanorods for tumor-targeted multimodal imaging diagnosis and NIR-II photothermal-catalytic-immuno synergetic therapy

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J Nanobiotechnol, 2026, 24
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Mechanochemical Acceptor Engineering for NIR-I and NIR-II Fluorophores Enabling Orthogonal Ureter-Vascular Image-Guided Surgery

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Advancing AI for multi-omics and clinical data integration in basic and translational cancer research

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Nat Rev Cancer, 2026
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A “Jack-of-All-Trades” Phototheranostic System Enabled by Strategic Regulation of Ferroptosis and PANoptosis for Cancer Therapy

Xiaoli Lu, Lan Xie, Huan Yu, Yunfei Zuo, Guokang He, Jinyi Wang, Han Yu, He Yan, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jianwei Sun, Le Li, Haijun Ma, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang

ACS Nano, 2026, 20, 4527
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Illuminating the metabolic sink: Optical probes for in vivo thermogenic fat imaging

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Materials Today Bio, 2026, 38, 103098
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Dual-responsive semiconducting oligomer/doxorubicin nanoplatform for photoacoustic imaging-guided synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy

Wei Du, Baoxin Wang, Jie Qiu, Weijun Fang, Haoxue Li, Jin Zhang, Rui Liu, Yingzhong Zhu, Hui Wang, Qiong Wu and Tingting Zhao

J Nanobiotechnol, 2026, 24
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Multidimensional Molecular Engineering of Benzobisthiadiazole‐Based NIR‐II AIEgens for Pareto‐Balanced Imaging and Photothermal Performance

Yunfei Zuo, Liang Guo, Xinwen Ou, Wen‐jin Wang, Guokang He, Zihao Deng, Xinyan Zhu, Mingwang Yang, Shiping Yang, Haijun Ma, Bowei Ma, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jianwei Sun, Decheng Wu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Guorui Jin and Ben Zhong Tang

Adv Funct Materials, 2026
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