New cationic spiropyrans with photoswitchable NIR fluorescence

AS Kozlenko, IV Ozhogin, AD Pugachev… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Visible-light-mediated photochromic compounds with NIR absorption and fluorescence are
of great interest for use in different biomedical applications. In this work, new representatives …

An Organic Chemist's Guide to Fluorophores–Understanding Common and Newer Non‐Planar Fluorescent Molecules for Biological Applications

TC Lovell, BP Branchaud, R Jasti - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Labeling and detection of biomolecules in vitro and in vivo is essential to many areas of
biomedical science. Fluorophores stand as indispensable tools within chemical biology …

[HTML][HTML] Deuteration of heptamethine cyanine dyes enhances their emission efficacy

H Janeková, HC Friedman, M Russo… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of bright short-wave infrared fluorophores remains a grand challenge. Here we
investigate the impact of deuteration on the properties in a series of heptamethine dyes, the …

Development of benzo [cd] indolenyl cyanine dyes for NIR-absorbing films and elucidation of molecular structure–spectroscopic relationship

HK Lee, DJ Lee, HM Kim, TG Hwang, YS Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Benzo [cd] indolenyl-substituted heptamethine cyanine dyes exhibit unique optical
properties, notably pronounced near-infrared (NIR) absorption beyond 1000 nm. Still, their …