In this Review article, we systematically summarize the design and applications of various
kinds of long-lived emissive probes for bioimaging and biosensing via time-resolved …

Cationic triangulenes and helicenes are highly stable carbocations with planar and helical
conformations respectively. These moieties are effective dyes with original absorption and …

Two-dimensionally extended, polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules (heterocyclic
nanographenes) are a highly versatile class of organic materials, applicable as functional …

This review focuses on metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) and its current and future
applications in biotechnology. The mechanisms of MEF are discussed in terms of the …

In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to better understand the unique
emission properties of fluorophores enhanced by the localized surface plasmon resonance …

Sample autofluorescence (fluorescence of inherent components of tissue and fixative-
induced fluorescence) is a significant problem in direct imaging of molecular processes in …

Increasing demand for detecting single molecules in challenging environments has raised
the bar for the fluorophores used. To achieve better resolution and/or contrast in …

Optical pH sensors enable noninvasive monitoring of pH, yet in pure sensing terms, the
potentiometric method of measuring pH is still vastly superior. Here, we report a full …

Time-resolved fluorescence offers many advantages over normal steady-state detection and
becomes increasingly important in bioimaging. However, only very few fluorophores with …

Hybrid nanoscale systems with enhanced optical absorption or emission yields can be
created by coupling fluorophores, such as quantum dots (QDs), to metal nanoparticles (NPs) …