“…Recently, the carboxylesterase (CaE) activity/level in human plasma was reported to be a novel serological biomarker candidate for HCC, as proven in previously reported research results [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Encouraged by this aspect, small-molecular fluorescent probes for CaE have been reported and applied in liver-related imaging and diagnosis [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ]. Unfortunately, these probes suffer from the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) of fluorescence after their accumulation into cells or aggregation in physiological environments [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ].…”