When a molecule absorbs a photon of appropriate energy, a chain of photophysical events
ensues, such as internal conversion or vibrational relaxation (loss of energy in the absence …

Mitochondria play a pivotal role in energy metabolism, programmed cell death and oxidative
stress. Mutated mitochondrial DNA in diseased cells compromises the structure of key …

Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NADH, is a major electron donor in the
oxidative phosphorylation and glycolytic pathways in cells. As a result, there has been …

The use of luminescence in biological systems allows us to diagnose diseases and
understand cellular processes. Persistent luminescent materials have emerged as an …

Abstract Cholesterol-rich, liquid-ordered (L o) domains are believed to be biologically
relevant, and yet detailed knowledge about them, especially in live cells under physiological …

Ex vivo human skin has been used extensively for cosmeceutical and drug delivery studies,
transplantable skin allografts, or skin flaps. However, it has a half-life of a few days due to …

Two new ferrocenylsubphthalocyanine dyads with ferrocenylmethoxide (2) and
ferrocenecarboxylate (3) substituents directly attached to the subphthalocyanine ligand via …

Living cells are crowded with macromolecules and organelles. As a result, there is an urgent
need for molecular sensors for quantitative, site-specific assessment of the macromolecular …

Living cells are complex, crowded, and dynamic and continually respond to environmental
and intracellular stimuli. They also have heterogeneous ionic strength with …

Macromolecular crowding is prevalent in all living cells due to the presence of large
biomolecules and organelles. Cellular crowding is heterogeneous and is known to influence …