Food fermentation, antibiotics, and pollutant degradation are closely related to bacteria.
Bacteria play an irreplaceable role in life. However, some bacteria seriously threaten human …

The cyanine platforms including cyanine, hemicyanine, and squaraine are good candidates
for developing chemosensors because of their excellent photophysical properties …

Chromogenic and fluorogenic probes may be described as the reagents that can interact
with analytes (targets) accompanied by the changes of their spectroscopic (chromogenic, or …

The long wavelength (far-red to NIR) analyte-responsive fluorescent probes are
advantageous for in vivo bioimaging because of minimum photo-damage to biological …

Abstract Light emission of 2‐(2, 6‐bis ((E)‐4‐(diphenylamino) styryl)‐4H‐pyran‐4‐ylidene)
malononitrile (TPA‐DCM) is weakened by aggregate formation. Attaching tetraphenylethene …

For fluorogenic probes, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is one of the most widely
used mechanisms to realize the detection of biochemical activities. Dark quenchers relax …

A granuloma is defined as an inflammatory mononuclear cell infiltrate that, while capable of
limiting growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, also provides a survival niche from which the …

Invasive and biomaterial-associated infections in humans are often difficult to diagnose and
treat. Here, guided by recent advances in clinically relevant optical imaging technologies …

The ability to specifically attach chemical probes to individual proteins represents a powerful
approach to the study and manipulation of protein function in living cells. It provides a …

Imaging of enzyme activity in living subjects promises many applications in both basic and
translational researches from helping elucidate the enzyme function and mechanism in …