AIEgens for in vitro and in vivo pathogen visualization

Abstract

Infectious diseases remain a major global health threat, with challenges such as delayed diagnosis and multidrug resistance. Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens), offering high photostability, biocompatibility, and turn-on fluorescence, enable sensitive pathogen detection and real-time imaging. This review summarizes recent advances in AIEgen-based in vitro and in vivo visualization, diagnostics, and theranostics.