A planar electronic acceptor motif contributing to NIR-II AIEgen with combined imaging and therapeutic applications

• DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06886b
• Publication Date: 2024-04-01T07:20:56Z
• Authors: Ming Chen; Zhijun Zhang; Runfeng Lin; Junkai Liu; Meizhu Xie; Xiang He; Canze Zheng; Miaomiao Kang; Xue Li; Hai-Tao Feng; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Dong Wang; Ben Zhong Tang
• Keywords: Chemistry; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

We propose a pyrazine-based planar electronic acceptor with strong electron affinity which can be further utilized to design NIR-II fluorescence dyes with combined imaging and therapeutic applications.