Easy Access to 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole-based Symmetric Deep Red-AIEgens for Concurrent Staining of Lipid Droplets and Lysosomes

Key Points

• To explore the potential of deep-red-emissive AIEgens for imaging lipid droplets and lysosomes.
• Development of aggregation-induced emission-active luminogens (AIEgens) based on 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole.
• Evaluation of deep tissue penetration and photostability in imaging applications.
• Concurrent staining of lipid droplets and lysosomes using the synthesized AIEgens.
• Demonstrated effective concurrent staining of lipid droplets and lysosomes.
• Showed high photostability and deep tissue penetration of the AIEgens.