Conspectus Fluorescent environment-sensitive probes are specially designed dyes that
change their fluorescence intensity (fluorogenic dyes) or color (eg, solvatochromic dyes) in …

Microenvironment-related parameters like viscosity, polarity, and pH play important roles in
controlling the physical or chemical behaviors of local molecules, which determine the …

Lipid droplets (LDs) are intracellular lipid-rich organelles that regulate the storage of neutral
lipids and were recently found to be involved in many physiological processes, metabolic …

The primary developing trends in flexible and stretchable electronics involve the innovation
of material synthesis, mechanical design, and fabrication strategies that employ soft …

Fluorescent molecular rotors (FMRs) can act as viscosity sensors in various media including
subcellular organelles and microfluidic channels. In FMRs, the rotation of rotators connected …

The viscosity and crowding of biological environment are considered vital for the correct
cellular function, and alterations in these parameters are known to underly a number of …

The need for detecting and labelling environmentally and biologically important analytes
has driven considerable research efforts in developing fluorescent probes. During the …

Super-resolution microscopy allows biological systems to be studied at the nanoscale, but
has been restricted to providing only positional information. Here, we show that it is possible …

Dyes having coumarin core which absorbs and emits in deep-red to NIR region have
become incredibly valuable due to their essential role in biology, DSSC, NLO materials, and …

Surgery is an efficient way to treat localized prostate cancer (PCa), however, it is challenging
to demarcate rapidly and accurately the tumor boundary intraoperatively, as existing tumor …