Photochromism of diarylethene molecules and crystals: memories, switches, and actuators

M Irie, T Fukaminato, K Matsuda, S Kobatake - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation of a chemical species between two
isomers having different absorption spectra induced in one or both directions by …

Polymer-encapsulated organic nanoparticles for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging

K Li, B Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer encapsulated organic nanoparticles have recently attracted increasing attention in
the biomedical field because of their unique optical properties, easy fabrication and …

Highly fluorescent semiconducting polymer dots for biology and medicine

C Wu, DT Chiu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention
because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles …

Biocompatible polydopamine fluorescent organic nanoparticles: facile preparation and cell imaging

X Zhang, S Wang, L Xu, L Feng, Y Ji, L Tao, S Li, Y Wei - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocompatible polydopamine fluorescent organic nanoparticles : facile preparation and cell
imaging - Nanoscale (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2NR31281F Royal Society of Chemistry …

Recent advances in the development of highly luminescent semiconducting polymer dots and nanoparticles for biological imaging and medicine

J Yu, Y Rong, CT Kuo, XH Zhou, DT Chiu - Analytical chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) have been developed as a brightly emissive
nanoprobe for biological analysis and imaging, as well as for diagnosis and drug delivery …

Photochromic fluorophores at the molecular and nanoparticle levels: fundamentals and applications of diarylethenes

T Fukaminato, S Ishida, R Métivier - NPG Asia Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Fluorescent molecules and materials are widely used in many areas in physics, chemistry,
and biology as emitters, tags, or sensors. The possibility of controlling their fluorescence …

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles as fluorescent probes for biological imaging and sensing

YH Chan, PJ Wu - Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have emerged as a new class of
extraordinarily bright fluorescent probes. These polymer nanoparticles, which are primarily …

Photoreversible on–off recording of persistent room‐temperature phosphorescence

Y Katsurada, S Hirata, K Totani… - Advanced Optical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Photoreversible on–off recording of red persistent room‐temperature phosphorescence
(RTP) is demonstrated. Host–guest materials composed of a persistent phosphorescent …

Optical painting and fluorescence activated sorting of single adherent cells labelled with photoswitchable Pdots

CT Kuo, AM Thompson, ME Gallina, F Ye… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The efficient selection and isolation of individual cells of interest from a mixed population is
desired in many biomedical and clinical applications. Here we show the concept of using …

Photoresponsive spiro-polymers generated in situ by C–H-activated polyspiroannulation

T Han, Z Yao, Z Qiu, Z Zhao, K Wu, J Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The development of facile and efficient polymerizations toward functional polymers with
unique structures and attractive properties is of great academic and industrial significance …