Shining new light on biological systems: luminescent transition metal complexes for bioimaging and biosensing applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

Recent advances in the development of responsive probes for selective detection of cysteine

R Zhang, J Yong, J Yuan, ZP Xu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Cysteine (Cys), one of three endogenous biothiols, is involved in a variety of biological
processes, such as protein and peptide biosynthesis, enzyme active sites and cofactors, and …

Responsive metal complex probes for time-gated luminescence biosensing and imaging

R Zhang, J Yuan - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The development of reliable bioanalytical probes for selective and sensitive
detection of particular analytes in biological systems is essential for better understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent development of small-molecule fluorescent probes based on phenothiazine and its derivates

X Lu, Y Zhan, W He - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorescence probes, as analytical tools with the ability to perform rapid and sensitive
detection of target analytes, have made outstanding contributions to environmental analysis …

Design strategies and applications of smart optical probes in the second near-infrared window

B Chang, J Chen, J Bao, K Dong, S Chen… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, a series of synergistic advances in the synthesis chemistries and
imaging instruments have largely boosted a significant revolution, in which large-scale …

Heptazine‐Based TADF Materials for Nanoparticle‐Based Nonlinear Optical Bioimaging

DM Mayder, R Hojo, WL Primrose… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract s‐Heptazines are emerging as strong electron acceptors for efficient thermally
activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) materials, yet the difficulties in synthesizing them have …

Resorufin-based responsive probes for fluorescence and colorimetric analysis

L Tian, H Feng, Z Dai, R Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The fluorescence imaging technique has attracted increasing attention in the detection of
various biological molecules in situ and in real-time owing to its inherent advantages …

Strategic Design of Luminescent Rhenium (I), Ruthenium (II), and Iridium (III) Complexes as Activity‐Based Probes for Bioimaging and Biosensing

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of responsive fluorescent probes has advanced optical imaging for
biological research and biomedical applications. Among different sensing strategies, activity …

Recent development and application of cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes as chemical and biological probes

H Shi, Y Wang, S Lin, J Lou, Q Zhang - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Iridium complexes have been widely applied as molecular sensors because of their rich
photophysical properties, including large Stokes shifts, long emission lifetimes, environment …

“Two birds with one stone” ruthenium (II) complex probe for biothiols discrimination and detection in vitro and in vivo

C Liu, J Liu, W Zhang, YL Wang, Q Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a “two birds with one stone” ruthenium (II) complex probe, Ru‐NBD, is proposed
as an effective tool for biothiols detection and discrimination in vitro and in vivo. Ru‐NBD is …