Xanthene, cyanine, oxazine and BODIPY: the four pillars of the fluorophore empire for super-resolution bioimaging

S Samanta, K Lai, F Wu, Y Liu, S Cai, X Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the realm of biological research, the invention of super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has
enabled the visualization of ultrafine sub-cellular structures and their functions in live cells at …

Photobleaching of organic fluorophores: quantitative characterization, mechanisms, protection

AP Demchenko - Methods and applications in fluorescence, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Photochemical stability is one of the most important parameters that determine the
usefulness of organic dyes in different applications. This Review addresses key factors that …

Chemistries for DNA nanotechnology

M Madsen, KV Gothelf - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The predictable nature of DNA interactions enables the programmable assembly of highly
advanced 2D and 3D DNA structures of nanoscale dimensions. The access to ever larger …

Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices

L Sun, YA Diaz-Fernandez, TA Gschneidtner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

Direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy with standard fluorescent probes

S Van de Linde, A Löschberger, T Klein… - Nature protocols, 2011 - nature.com
Direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (d STORM) uses conventional
fluorescent probes such as labeled antibodies or chemical tags for subdiffraction resolution …

A spontaneously blinking fluorophore based on intramolecular spirocyclization for live-cell super-resolution imaging

S Uno, M Kamiya, T Yoshihara, K Sugawara… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Single-molecule localization microscopy is used to construct super-resolution images, but
generally requires prior intense laser irradiation and in some cases additives, such as thiols …

Single-molecule kinetics and super-resolution microscopy by fluorescence imaging of transient binding on DNA origami

R Jungmann, C Steinhauer, M Scheible, A Kuzyk… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
DNA origami is a powerful method for the programmable assembly of nanoscale molecular
structures. For applications of these structures as functional biomaterials, the study of …

Ultra-stable organic fluorophores for single-molecule research

Q Zheng, MF Juette, S Jockusch… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence provides a mechanism for achieving contrast in biological imaging that
enables investigations of molecular structure, dynamics, and function at high spatial and …

Photophysics of fluorescent probes for single-molecule biophysics and super-resolution imaging

T Ha, P Tinnefeld - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy are important
elements of the ongoing technical revolution to reveal biochemical and cellular processes in …

Photophysical processes in single molecule organic fluorescent probes

EMS Stennett, MA Ciuba, M Levitus - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of organic fluorescent probes in biochemical and biophysical applications of single
molecule spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy techniques continues to increase. As …