Reasonable design of NIR AIEgens for fluorescence imaging and effective photothermal/photodynamic cancer therapy

On the basis of this molecular design, we obtained a TCF-SS-TPA compound. TCF-SS-TPA NPs showed a NIR fluorescence and excellent 1 O 2 generation ability. Notably, the photothermal conversion efficiency of TCF-SS-TPA NPs is as high as 84.5%.