An urgent challenge for imaging‐guided disease‐targeted multimodal therapy is to develop
the appropriate multifunctional agents to meet the requirements for potential applications …

Cyanine dyes are known to form large-scale aggregates of various morphologies via
spontaneous self-assembly in aqueous solution, akin to chromonic liquid crystals. Atomistic …

Perylene tetracarboxylic acid bisimides are compounds that show intense visible light
absorption and exhibit excellent chemical, photochemical and thermal stability. As such …

Translating nature's successful design principle of solution-based supramolecular self-
assembling to broad applications─ ranging from renewable energy and information …

Conjugated polymers are widely used in electronic devices whose performance is highly
dependent on their electronic properties. Properties and performance are influenced by the …

The theoretical studies of light absorption and scattering spectra of the plexcitonic two-layer
triangular nanoprisms and three-layer nanospheres are reported. The optical properties of …

J-aggregates are a class of low-dimensional molecular crystals which display enhanced
interaction with light. These systems show interesting optical properties as an intense and …

The aggregation behavior of a phenol-substituted thiacarbocyanine Cy5 dye (5-chloro-2-[5-
[5-chloro-3-(4-sulfobutyl)-3H-benzothiazol-2-ylidene]-3-phenyl-penta-1, 3-dienyl]-3-(4 …

The adsorption and self-assembly of several thiacarbocyanine dyes on hexagonal boron
nitride (hBN) was investigated by combining steady-state spectroscopy and atomic force …

The exciton dynamics of pseudoisocyanine (PIC) is reported during the formation of a thin
film dropcast from solution. Tilted pump pulses are used to spatially encode a pump–probe …