“…Generally, natural and artificial cationic structures (including positively ionizable amino groups) are known to support the ability of nanoparticles to enter live cells . Nevertheless, this concept cannot be easily applied to fluorescent nanogel thermometers because no cationic radical initiators are available yet . Herein, we developed a newly designed cationic radical initiator, 2,2′‐azobis‐[2‐(1,3‐dimethyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1 H ‐imidazol‐3‐ium‐2‐yl)]propane triflate (ADIP, Figure a), and synthesized a cationic fluorescent nanogel thermometer ( 1 ; Figure a) with this first cationic radical initiator.…”