The Breakthrough Foundation has announced funding to support an adaptive optics assisted mid-IR imaging capability at the ESO VLT.  Hopefully similar capabilities under development can be implemented at Magellan.  For more information see a recent article in the Scientific American found at the link below.

The 6.5 meter Clay Telescope of the Magellan Observatory.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-breakthrough-in-the-search-for-alpha-centauris-planets/