A class of near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) heptamethine cyanine dyes that are taken up
and accumulated specifically in cancer cells without chemical conjugation have recently …

Polymethine cyanine dyes have been widely recognized as promising chemical tools for a
range of life science and biomedical applications, such as fluorescent staining of DNA and …

Highly tumor selective near-infrared (NIR) pH-activatable probe was developed by
conjugating pH-sensitive cyanine dye to a cyclic arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (cRGD) …

Abstract Photolabile Protecting Groups (PPGs) are molecular tools used, for example, in
photopharmacology for the activation of drugs with light, enabling spatiotemporal control …

Accurately locating and eradicating sporadically distributed cancer cells whilst minimizing
damage to adjacent normal tissues is vital in image-guided tumor ablation. In this work, we …

The fluorescent probes having complete spectral separation between absorption and
emission spectra (large Stokes shift) are highly useful for solar concentrators and …

This review summarizes diverse synthetic methodologies to prepare a wide range of
heptamethine cyanine dyes, including symmetrical, unsymmetrical, and meso‐substituted …

Cancer is the most common life-threatening malignant disease. The future of personalized
cancer treatments relies on the development of functional agents that have tumor-targeted …

Mitochondria are important targets in diverse physiological and pathological conditions
associated with cell survival and death. The characterization of mitochondria‐targeting …

A series of water‐soluble red‐emitting distyryl‐borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes were
designed and synthesized by using three complementary approaches aimed at introducing …