Conspectus Biomembranes are ubiquitous lipid structures that delimit the cell surface and
organelles and operate as platforms for a multitude of biomolecular processes. The …

Photochemical stability is one of the most important parameters that determine the
usefulness of organic dyes in different applications. This Review addresses key factors that …

Biomembranes constitute a basis for all compartments of live cells, and therefore, the
monitoring of their lipid organization is essential for understanding cell status and activity …

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

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

Intramolecular Charge Transfer (ICT) is a crucial photophysical phenomenon that can be
used to improve the Stokes' shift in fluorescent dyes. The introduction of molecular …

Twenty years ago, the concept of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) was proposed, and
this unique luminescent property has attracted scientific interest ever since. However, AIE …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the CNS. Cuprizone (CZ), a
copper chelator, is widely used to study demyelination and remyelination in the CNS, in the …

Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles that serve as the storage of intracellular neutral lipids.
LDs regulate many physiological processes. They recently attracted attention after extensive …

Measuring forces inside cells is particularly challenging. With the development of
quantitative microscopy, fluorophores which allow the measurement of forces became highly …