This critical review covers the advances made using the 4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene
(BODIPY) scaffold as a fluorophore in the design, synthesis and application of fluorescent …

Coordination chemistry plays an essential role in the design of photoluminescent probes for
metal ions. Metal coordination to organic dyes induces distinct optical responses which …

Chirality is a universal phenomenon throughout nature. Most biologically important
molecules are chiral and many key biological processes involve specific interactions …

During the past decade, fluorescent chemosensors have become an important research
field of supramolecular chemistry and have attracted great attention because of their …

Nature has endowed human beings with many useful functions, by virtue of supramolecular
chemistry. As is well-known, nature can self-assemble relatively small molecular precursors …

The development of colorimetric and fluorometric chemosensors that capable of detecting
Cu2+ ions by a change in colour and fluorescence intensity has been described. Herein …

The need for understanding essential recognition events in chemistry and biology has
directed considerable efforts toward the development of chemical probes. Fluorescent …

Zinc is of great importance to humans and other biological systems. For example, too high or
low levels of zinc (II) ions (Zn 2+) can result in various human disease states, and poor …

Zinc fingers (ZFs) are among the most structurally diverse protein domains. They interact
with nucleic acids, other proteins and lipids to facilitate a multitude of biological processes …

Metal ions play an important role in various biological processes, their abnormal
homeostasis in cells is related to many diseases, such as neurodegenerative disease …