Aggregation-induced emission (AIE), life and health

H Wang, Q Li, P Alam, H Bai, V Bhalla, MR Bryce… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light has profoundly impacted modern medicine and healthcare, with numerous
luminescent agents and imaging techniques currently being used to assess health and treat …

Aggregation-induced emission: together we shine, united we soar!

J Mei, NLC Leung, RTK Kwok, JWY Lam… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Light is of essential importance to the universe and humankind. Light has been, and
continues to be, one of the most fundamental and indispensable elements to life and society …

Aggregation‐induced emission: the whole is more brilliant than the parts

J Mei, Y Hong, JWY Lam, A Qin, Y Tang… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
“United we stand, divided we fall.”–Aesop. Aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) refers to a
photophysical phenomenon shown by a group of luminogenic materials that are non …

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

M Liu, G Zeng, K Wang, Q Wan, L Tao, X Zhang, Y Wei - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

Progress and trends in AIE-based bioprobes: a brief overview

J Mei, Y Huang, H Tian - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017 - ACS Publications
Luminescent bioprobes are powerful analytical means for biosensing and optical imaging.
Luminogens featured with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) attributes have emerged as …

Aggregation-induced emission: a trailblazing journey to the field of biomedicine

C Zhu, RTK Kwok, JWY Lam… - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
The emergence of the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) concept significantly changes
the cognition of the scientific community toward classic photophysical phenomena. More …

Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

X Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, L Tao, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Specific light‐up bioprobe with aggregation‐induced emission and activatable photoactivity for the targeted and image‐guided photodynamic ablation of cancer cells

Y Yuan, CJ Zhang, M Gao, R Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Activatable photosensitizers (PSs) have been widely used for the simultaneous fluorescence
imaging and photodynamic ablation of cancer cells. However, the ready aggregation of …

Preparation of amine functionalized carbon nanotubes via a bioinspired strategy and their application in Cu2+ removal

X Zhang, Q Huang, M Liu, J Tian, G Zeng, Z Li… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
The environmental applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted great research
attention since their first discovery. However, the performance of pristine CNTs for removal of …

Bacteria-Targeting Nanoparticles with Microenvironment-Responsive Antibiotic Release To Eliminate Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus and Associated Infection

S Yang, X Han, Y Yang, H Qiao, Z Yu… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a causative agent in life-threatening human diseases
that afflict millions of people annually. Traditional antibiotic treatments are becoming less …