Fluorescent thermometers with near-infrared (NIR) emission play an important role in visualizing the intracellular temperature with high resolution and investigating the cellular functions and biochemical activities. Herein, we designed and synthesized a donor-Π-acceptor luminogen, 2-([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-3-(4-(()-4-(diphenylamino)styryl) phenyl) fumaronitrile (TBB) by Suzuki coupling reaction. TBB exhibited twisted intramolecular charge transfer-based NIR emission, aggregation-induced emission, and temperature-sensitive emission features. A ratiometric fluorescent thermometer was constructed by encapsulating thermosensitive NIR fluorophore TBB and Rhodamine 110 dye into an amphiphilic polymer matrix F127 to form TBB&R110@F127 nanoparticles (TRF NPs). TRF NPs showed a good temperature sensitivity of 2.37%·°C, wide temperature response ranges from 25 to 65 °C, and excellent temperature-sensitive emission reversibility. Intracellular thermometry experiments indicated that TRF NPs could monitor the cellular temperature change from 25 to 53 °C for Hep-G2 cells under the photothermal therapy agent heating process, indicating the considerable potential applications of TRF NPs in the biological thermometry field.
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