“…In the last decade work in the NIR technology opened a variety of new ways in industrial, scientific, military and medical applications with new optical devices, 39, 40, 92 imaging techniques 41, 42 contrast agents, 43, 44 and sensors. 45, 46 As a result of advances of new technology, a diverse set of photoluminescent compounds, emitting in the NIR region from small molecules to nanoparticles and larger aggregates, has emerged.…”