Far-red to near infrared analyte-responsive fluorescent probes based on organic fluorophore platforms for fluorescence imaging

L Yuan, W Lin, K Zheng, L He, W Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The long wavelength (far-red to NIR) analyte-responsive fluorescent probes are
advantageous for in vivo bioimaging because of minimum photo-damage to biological …

Fluorescent dyes and their supramolecular host/guest complexes with macrocycles in aqueous solution

RN Dsouza, U Pischel, WM Nau - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
The fluorescence of organic molecules depends sensitively on their environment.
Fluorescent dyes have accordingly become popular molecular probes not only to determine …

Bright building blocks for chemical biology

LD Lavis, RT Raines - ACS chemical biology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Small-molecule fluorophores manifest the ability of chemistry to solve problems in biology.
As we noted in a previous review (Lavis, LD; Raines, RT ACS Chem. Biol. 2008, 3, 142 …

Nile red and nile blue: applications and syntheses of structural analogues

V Martinez, M Henary - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nile red and Nile blue are highly fluorescent and photostable organic dyes from the benzo
[a] phenoxazine family. They have been used as histological stains for imaging lysosomes …

Fluorescent labeling of biomolecules with organic probes

MST Gonçalves - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Many areas of modern technology are dependent on sensitive analytical techniques, and
this is particularly true for environmental science, medicine, pharmacy, and cellular biology …

A fluorescent dye with large Stokes shift and high stability: synthesis and application to live cell imaging

Z Gao, Y Hao, M Zheng, Y Chen - Rsc Advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A fluorescent dye, 2, 5-bis (6-amine-benzoxazol-2-yl) thiophene (BBTA), was synthesized by
a two-step reaction from starting material 2, 5-bis (benzoxazol-2-yl) thiophene (BBT). BBTA …

Recent advancements in the development of molecular organic photocatalysts

MV Bobo, JJ Kuchta, AK Vannucci - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Research in the development of molecular organic photocatalysts for applications in
chemical syntheses has burgeoned in recent years. While organic photosensitizers have …

The potential of fluorescent dyes—comparative study of Nile red and three derivatives for the detection of microplastics

MT Sturm, H Horn, K Schuhen - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2021 - Springer
During the last years, microplastics in the environment came to the fore in environmental
science research. For an appropriate risk assessment, it is essential to know the levels of …

Protein recognition by a pattern-generating fluorescent molecular probe

Z Pode, R Peri-Naor, JM Georgeson, T Ilani… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Fluorescent molecular probes have become valuable tools in protein research; however, the
current methods for using these probes are less suitable for analysing specific populations …

Message in a molecule

T Sarkar, K Selvakumar, L Motiei… - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Since ancient times, steganography, the art of concealing information, has largely relied on
secret inks as a tool for hiding messages. However, as the methods for detecting these inks …