Optical imaging is an indispensable tool in clinical diagnostics and fundamental biomedical
research. Autofluorescence-free optical imaging, which eliminates real-time optical …

Chemiluminescence, the generation of light through chemiexcitation as a result of chemical
reactions, has emerged as a novel tool for bioimaging and therapy in vivo. Due to the …

Light-based phototherapy has been developed for cancer treatment owing to its non-
invasiveness and spatiotemporal control. Despite the unique merits of phototherapy, one …

Electronically excited states of molecules are at the heart of photochemistry, photophysics,
as well as photobiology and also play a role in material science. Their theoretical description …

Singlet oxygen (1O2) is a biologically relevant reactive oxygen species capable of efficiently
reacting with cellular constituents. The resulting oxidatively generated damage to nucleic …

The advent of ever more powerful excited-state electronic structure methods has led to a
tremendous increase in the predictive power of computation, but it has also rendered the …

As one of important approaches of light emission, chemiluminescence (CL) induced by
chemical reactions has evoked considerable interest for its potential applications in …

Afterglow imaging holds great potential for ultrasensitive biomedical imaging. As it detects
photons after the cessation of real-time light excitation, autofluorescence can therefore be …

Chemiluminescence imaging is imperative for diagnostics and imaging due to its intrinsically
high sensitivity. To improve in vivo detection of biomarkers, chemiluminophores that …

Afterglow imaging with long-lasting luminescence after cessation of light excitation provides
opportunities for ultrasensitive molecular imaging; however, the lack of biologically …