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Crystallization-induced red emission of a facilely synthesized biodegradable indigo derivative

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A highly efficient near infrared organic solid fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole derivatives with aggregation-induced emission enhancement for a non-doped electroluminescent device

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Highly efficient Far Red/Near-Infrared fluorophores with aggregation-induced emission for bioimaging

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Aggregation‐induced emission enhancement of anthracene‐derived Schiff base compounds and their application as a sensor for bovine serum albumin and optical cell imaging

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Redox‐responsive Fluorescent Nanoparticles Based on Diselenide‐containing AIEgens for Cell Imaging and Selective Cancer Therapy

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Tuning the solid-state emission of small push-pull dipolar dyes to the far-red through variation of the electron-acceptor group

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NIR Emission Nanoparticles Based on FRET Composed of AIE Luminogens and NIR Dyes for Two-photon Fluorescence Imaging

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Aggregation-Induced Emission and White Luminescence from a Combination of π-Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Organic Luminogens

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Cucurbit[8]uril Induced Molecular Folding Cascade Assembly for NIR Targeted Cell Imaging

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Selective Co‐Assembly of Water‐Soluble Conjugated Polyelectrolyte with Discernable Fluorescence Modulation for Antibiotic Detection

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Rational Design of a New AIE‐Coupled ESIPT‐Based Multi‐chromic State Depended Organo‐luminophore With Turn‐on Emissive Response to Zn(II) in Aqueous and Solid‐state**

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Imaging Intracellular S-Adenosyl Methionine Dynamics in Live Mammalian Cells with a Genetically Encoded Red Fluorescent RNA-Based Sensor

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Recent Advances of Anticancer Studies Based on Nano‐Fluorescent Metal‐Organic Frameworks

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Rational Design of a Red-Emissive Fluorophore with AIE and ESIPT Characteristics and Its Application in Light-Up Sensing of Esterase

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