Shuzhang Xiao

A non-conventional organogelator with rigid chemical structure was designed based on 2,6-distyryl-4H-pyran skeleton in this work. Aided by balanced intermolecular π-π interactions, the gelator was capable of gelate pure chloroform...

Polyamines play a pivotal role in cancer cell proliferation. The excessive polyamine requirement of these malignancies is satisfied through heightened biosynthesis and augmented extracellular uptake via the polyamine transport system...

Hampered by their susceptibility to nucleophilic attack and chemical bleaching, electron-deficient squaraine dyes have long been considered unsuitable for biological imaging. This study unveils a surprising twist: in aqueous environments,...

Multifunctional nanomaterials with potential applications in both bioimaging and photodynamic-sonodynamic therapy have great advantages in cancer theranostic, but the design and preparation of "all-in-one" type of multifunctional nanomaterials with single...

Biologically produced nanomaterials capable of therapeutic purposes have received increasing interest in tumor therapy because of their intrinsic biocompatibility. In this study, we made cuttlefish ink (extracted from cuttlefish) and...

A novel class of solid-emissive boron-difluoride derivatives, using phenanthrenequinone hydrazone as ligands, were designed and efficiently synthesized. These dyes exhibit weak fluorescence in dilute solutions, but much higher fluorescence efficiency...

The development of high-contrast stimulus-responsive materials with excited triplet emission is of great significance for anti-counterfeiting, sensor and memory applications, but remains a challenge. Here, we report a strategy for...

As for effective multimodal phototheranostic AIEgens, it is important to find strategies for manipulating photophysical dissipation to achieve optimized performance. Herein, a "all-in-one" phototheranostic AIEgen, ()-3-(2-(2-(5-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)thiophen-2-yl)vinyl)naphtho[1,2-]thiazol-1-ium-1-yl)propane-1-sulfonate (NS-STPA) was constructed by...

Three probes for fluoride ion and trace water based on naphthalimide were designed and synthesized. A new sensing mechanism based on naphthalimide tautomerization induced by fluoride ion and water was...

Retinal is a flexible natural chromophore and widely present in organisms. The slender conjugated polyene structure retinal is conducive to entering protein structure. In this work, a novel turn-on fluorescent...