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Wanxin Li , Wenxing Gao , Mengyao Wen , Zecheng He , Li Shang . Controllable synthesis of selenolate ligand-costabilized water-soluble near-infrared fluorescent gold nanoclusters for cell imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(10): 110803-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110803

Ying Zhang , Chuang Shen , Jiaxu Zhang , Qi Shen , Fei Xu , Shengheng Wang , Jiuyi Hu , Faisal Saleem , Feng Huang , Zhimin Luo . Ultrasmall PtCu nanosheets as a broadband phototheranostic agent in near-infrared biowindow. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(6): 111059-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111059

Wenxiang Ma , Xinyu He , Tianyi Chen , De-Li Ma , Hongzheng Chen , Chang-Zhi Li . Near-infrared non-fused electron acceptors for efficient organic photovoltaics. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(4): 109099-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109099

Yang Liu , Leilei Zhang , Kaixuan Liu , Ling-Ling Wu , Hai-Yu Hu . Penicillin G acylase-responsive near-infrared fluorescent probe: Unravelling biofilm regulation and combating bacterial infections. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(11): 109759-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109759

Huamei Zhang , Jingjing Liu , Mingyue Li , Shida Ma , Xucong Zhou , Aixia Meng , Weina Han , Jin Zhou . Imaging polarity changes in pneumonia and lung cancer using a lipid droplet-targeted near-infrared fluorescent probe. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35(12): 110020-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110020

Dandan Tang , Ningge Xu , Yuyang Fu , Wei Peng , Jinsheng Wu , Heng Liu , Fabiao Yu . Rationally designed an innovative proximity labeling near-infrared fluorogenic probe for imaging of peroxynitrite in acute lung injury. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(5): 110082-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110082

Meiling Zhao , Yao Lu , Yutao Zhang , Haoyun Xue , Zhiqian Guo . Ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio near-infrared chemiluminescent probe for in vivo sensing singlet oxygen. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(5): 110105-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110105

Yupeng Liu , Hui Wang , Songnan Qu . Review on near-infrared absorbing/emissive carbon dots: From preparation to multi-functional application. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(5): 110618-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110618

Keliang Li , Guoqiang Dong , Shanchao Wu , Chunquan Sheng . Discovery of an activatable near-infrared fluorescent and theranostic PROTAC for tumor-targeted detecting and degrading of BRD4. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(6): 110280-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110280

Tong-Tong Zhou , Guan-Yu Ding , Xue Li , Li-Li Wen , Xiao-Xu Pang , Ying-Chen Duan , Ju-Yang He , Guo-Gang Shan , Zhong-Min Su . Design of near-infrared aggregation-induced emission photosensitizers by π-bridge engineering for boosting theranostic efficacy. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(6): 110341-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110341

Li Li , Jiale Wen , Xiaojun Zhang , Shuwen Fu , Zixuan Chen , Kai Huang , Luyue Fang , Tinghe Zhao , Peipei Zhang , Xingshu Li . A near-infrared naphthalocyanine photosensitizer with superior light absorption and renal clearance for type-Ⅰ photodynamic and photothermal combination therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(6): 110290-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110290

Xianzhu Luo , Feifei Yu , Rui Wang , Tian Su , Pan Luo , Pengfei Wen , Fabiao Yu . A near-infrared two-photon fluorescent probe for the detection of HClO in inflammatory and tumor-bearing mice. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(7): 110531-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110531

Jingjing Zhang , Fei Yang , Liying Zhang , Ran Li , Guo Wang , Yanqing Xu , Wei Wei . Stable radicals in bacteria composites hybridized by a doubly-strapped perylene diimide for near-infrared photothermal conversion. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(7): 110627-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110627

Xianghan Zhang , Yuan Qin , Huaicong Zhang , Yutian Cao , Haixing Zhu , Yingdi Tang , Zimeng Ma , Zehua Li , Jialin Zhou , Qunyan Dong , Peng Yang , Yuqiong Xia , Zhongliang Wang . An aggregation-independent and rotor-specific TPE-cyanine probe for in vivo near-infrared fluorescent imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(9): 110715-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110715

Xu Qu , Baohua Ji , Haocheng Gong , Guangwei Wang , Liang-Liang Gao , Jing Zhang , Jianjian Zhang , Yuan Guo . Dual-emissive near-infrared fluorogenic probe with enhanced cellular uptake capability for sensitive tracking of cellular polarity. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(10): 110766-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110766

Luolin Wang , Xing Liang , Hanwen Chi , Weiying Lin . A dual-targeted near-infrared fluorescence lifetime probe for detecting viscosity heterogeneity in arthritic mice. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36(12): 110962-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110962

Peng Liu , Shengli Zhang , Tingting Zhang , Yu Si , Ziang Liu , Xiao Qian , Yingxu Wu , Yuan Liang , Wen Sun , Engin U. Akkaya , Lei Wang . Near-infrared light activatable nanoplatform for proteins labeling, enrichment and visualization in living systems. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(1): 110966-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110966

Rong Zhang , Yong Chen , Zhiyi Yu , Yu Liu . Laponite cascade assembly activated reversible multicolor luminescence supramolecular hydrogel with near-infrared emission. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(1): 111147-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111147

Yingjian Shang ,  Xuefeng Zhao ,  Tao Wu ,  Yanhui He ,  Xing Guo ,  Hongwei Si ,  Lijuan Jiao ,  Erhong Hao ,  Wei Miao . A stereochemically stable double-helical trinuclear bis(tridipyrrin) complex exhibiting near-infrared chiroptical properties. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2025, 44(12): 100722-100722. doi: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100722

Yu Zhang , Shan Lei , Yuantao Pan , Chao Zhao , Qiang Liu , Yumeng Wu , Yurong Liu , Meng Li , Peng Huang , Jing Lin . In vivo second near-infrared fluorescence and ratiometric photoacoustic dual-modality imaging of glutathione. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37(2): 110977-. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110977