NEAR-INFRARED-II FLUORESCENT AGENTS, METHODS OF MAKING NEAR-INFRARED-II FLUORESCENT AGENTS, AND METHODS OF USING WATER-SOLUBLE NIR-II FLUORESCENT AGENTS
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for compositions including organic, water-soluble NIR-II fluorescent agent that emit radiation at about 1.0 to 1.7 μm, methods of making the composition, methods of imaging a disease and related biological events, methods of imaging, monitoring and/or assessing a disease and related biological events, and the like.