In this Review article, we systematically summarize the design and applications of various
kinds of long-lived emissive probes for bioimaging and biosensing via time-resolved …

Ruthenium (II)[Ru (II)] polypyridyl complexes have been the focus of intense investigations
since work began exploring their supramolecular interactions with DNA. In recent years …

Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

The application of phosphorescent heavy-metal complexes with d6, d8 and d10 electron
configurations for bioimaging is a new and promising research field and has been attracting …

Organelle-targeted photosensitization represents a promising approach in photodynamic
therapy where the design of the active photosensitizer (PS) is very crucial. In this work, we …

In the last few decades, coordination complexes based on d6 metal centres and polypyridyl
ligand architectures been developed as structure-and site-specific reversible DNA binding …

Our desire to understand how the individual molecules that make up cells organize, interact,
and communicate to form living systems has led to the burgeoning field of chemical biology …

The application of luminescent metal complexes to cell imaging is a rapidly emerging area.
This review discusses the background to the field, the advantages that such complexes may …

Continuous monitoring of oxygen concentration is of great importance in many different
areas of research which range from medical applications to food packaging. In the last three …

Luminescent d6 transition metal complexes have often been proposed as useful
fluorophores for cell imaging due to their attractive photophysical attributes, but until very …