The microenvironment is indispensable for functionality of various biomacromolecules,
subcellular compartments, living cells, and organisms. In particular, physical properties …

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 …

Nature embeds some of its molecular machinery, including ion pumps, within lipid bilayer
membranes. This has inspired chemists to attempt to develop synthetic analogues to exploit …

Tracking the behavior of mechanochromic molecules provides valuable insights into force
transmission and associated microstructural changes in soft materials under load. Herein …

Progress with fluorescent flippers, small-molecule probes to image membrane tension in
living systems, has been limited by the effort needed to synthesize the twisted push–pull …

Fluorescent flippers have been introduced as small‐molecule probes to image membrane
tension in living systems. This study describes the design, synthesis, spectroscopic and …

Imaging and sensing of lipid droplets (LDs) attracted significant attention due to growing
evidence for their important role in cell life. Solvatochromic dyes are promising tools to probe …

Fluorescent molecular probes are very powerful tools that have been generally applied in
cell imaging in the research fields of biology, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, and …

The torsional disorder of conjugated dyes in the electronic ground state can lead to
inhomogeneous broadening of the S1← S0 absorption band, allowing for the selective …

The lateral organization of proteins and lipids in the plasma membrane is fundamental to
regulating a wide range of cellular processes. Compartmentalized ordered membrane …