Small molecule based fluorescent chemosensors for imaging the microenvironment within specific cellular regions

J Yin, L Huang, L Wu, J Li, TD James… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The microenvironment (local environment), including viscosity, temperature, polarity,
hypoxia, and acidic-basic status (pH), plays indispensable roles in cellular processes …

Aggregation-induced emission: a trailblazing journey to the field of biomedicine

C Zhu, RTK Kwok, JWY Lam… - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
The emergence of the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) concept significantly changes
the cognition of the scientific community toward classic photophysical phenomena. More …

A general method to increase stokes shift by introducing alternating vibronic structures

TB Ren, W Xu, W Zhang, XX Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent dyes have enabled much progress in the broad range of biomedical fields.
However, many commercially available dyes suffer from small Stokes shifts, resulting in poor …

A Bright Two‐Photon Lipid Droplets Probe with Viscosity‐Enhanced Solvatochromic Emission for Visualizing Lipid Metabolic Disorders in Deep Tissues

Z Zheng, Y Yang, P Wang, X Gou… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The polarity of lipid droplets (LDs) plays an important role in pathological processes
associated with abnormal lipid metabolism. Monitoring the variation of LDs polarity in cells …

Green‐solvent processable dopant‐free hole transporting materials for inverted perovskite solar cells

XY Yu, D Gao, Z Li, X Sun, B Li, Z Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) urgently requires the development
of green‐solvent processable dopant‐free hole transporting materials (HTMs). However …

Engineering of a NIR fluorescent probe for high-fidelity tracking of lipid droplets in living cells and nonalcoholic fatty liver tissues

J Hong, Y Liu, X Tan, G Feng - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
LDs (Lipid droplets) are key organelles for lipid metabolism and storage, which are closely
related to ferroptosis and fatty liver. Due to its small size and highly dynamic nature …

A sensitive and reliable organic fluorescent nanothermometer for noninvasive temperature sensing

K Xue, C Wang, J Wang, S Lv, B Hao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sensing temperature at the subcellular level is of great importance for the understanding of
miscellaneous biological processes. However, the development of sensitive and reliable …

Natural coumarin isomers with dramatically different AIE properties: mechanism and application

SS Chen, H Wang, B Wu, Q Li, J Gong… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) are of great importance in
optoelectronics and biomedical fields. However, the popular design philosophy by …

Dual-functional AIE fluorescent probe for visualization of lipid droplets and photodynamic therapy of cancer

S Pei, H Li, L Chen, G Nie, H Wang, C Liu… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Abnormal lipid droplets (LDs) are known to be intimately bound with the occurrence and
development of cancer, allowing LDs to be critical biomarkers for cancers. Aggregation …

Bright near-infrared aggregation-induced emission luminogens with strong two-photon absorption, excellent organelle specificity, and efficient photodynamic therapy …

Z Zheng, T Zhang, H Liu, Y Chen, RTK Kwok, C Ma… - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Far-red and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent materials possessing the characteristics of
strong two-photon absorption and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) as well as specific …