The development of fluorophores for the second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II, 1000–1700
nm) represents an emerging, significant, and vibrant field in analytic chemistry, chemical …

Recently, molecularly fluorophores for nanotheranostics, bridging in vivo imaging and
therapeutic capability within unimolecular system, has attracted increasing attention …

Heptamethine cyanine dyes (Cy7) have attracted much attention in the field of biological
application due to their unique structure and attractive near infrared (NIR) photophysical …

Fluorescence-based imaging technique has widely been used to discriminate between
cancerous and normal cells or tissues because of its unique merits, ie visualization …

Contamination of pathogenic bacteria seriously threatens human health and safety, and the
types and pathogenicity of bacteria are closely related to cell walls. Fluorescent probes can …

The last decade has seen an increasingly large number of studies reporting on the
development of novel small organic conjugated systems for mitochondrial imaging …

Xanthene dyes are well known for their remarkable photophysical property, photostability,
and ability to switch fluorescence on-off depending upon the external environment. Such …

With the development of single-molecule detection and super-resolution fluorescence
imaging, rhodamine dyes gain new life. Through the modification of the N-substituents and …

Mitochondria are cellular energy factory, having an essential role in cellular metabolism.
Furthermore, abnormal changes in mitochondrial viscosity have been confirmed to be …

Early and rapid diagnosis of tumors is essential for clinical treatment or management. In
contrast to conventional means, bioimaging has the potential to accurately locate and …