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 …

Visualizing intracellular organelle and cytoskeletal interactions at nanoscale resolution on millisecond timescales

Y Guo, D Li, S Zhang, Y Yang, JJ Liu, X Wang, C Liu… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
In eukaryotic cells, organelles and the cytoskeleton undergo highly dynamic yet organized
interactions capable of orchestrating complex cellular functions. Visualizing these …

Small-molecule fluorescent probes for live-cell super-resolution microscopy

L Wang, MS Frei, A Salim… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool to visualize biomolecules and
cellular structures at the nanometer scale. Employing these techniques in living cells has …

A synergistic strategy to develop photostable and bright dyes with long Stokes shift for nanoscopy

G Jiang, TB Ren, E D'Este, M **ong, B **ong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The quality and application of super-resolution fluorescence imaging greatly lie in the dyes'
properties, including photostability, brightness, and Stokes shift. Here we report a synergistic …

Where silylene–silicon centres matter in the activation of small molecules

C Shan, S Yao, M Driess - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Small molecules such as H2, N2, CO, NH3, O2 are ubiquitous stable species and their
activation and role in the formation of value-added products are of fundamental importance …

The design and bioimaging applications of NIR fluorescent organic dyes with high brightness

J Wu, Z Shi, L Zhu, J Li, X Han, M Xu… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the merits of decreased photon attenuation, autofluorescence, and scattering, the
near‐infrared (NIR, 700–1700 nm) region is an important window in the field of biomedicine …

Solvatochromic near-infrared aggregation-induced emission-active acrylonitriles by acceptor modulation for low-power stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy

S Cao, X Tian, M Cao, J Wang, G Niu… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy has broadened our horizons to unravel
mysterious functions of cellular structures on an unparalleled nanometer scale …

Recent advances in luminescent materials for super-resolution imaging via stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy

Y Xu, R Xu, Z Wang, Y Zhou, Q Shen, W Ji… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy is a promising fluorescence microscopy to
detect unresolvable structures at the nanoscale level and then achieve a superior imaging …

A photostable fluorescent marker for the superresolution live imaging of the dynamic structure of the mitochondrial cristae

C Wang, M Taki, Y Sato, Y Tamura, H Yaginuma… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Stimulation emission depletion (STED) microscopy enables ultrastructural imaging of
organelle dynamics with a high spatiotemporal resolution in living cells. For the visualization …