Shining New Light on Biological Systems: Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Bioimaging and Biosensing Applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

Metal peptide conjugates in cell and tissue imaging and biosensing

KS Gkika, D Cullinane, TE Keyes - Metal Ligand Chromophores for …, 2022 - Springer
Metal complex luminophores have seen dramatic expansion in application as imaging
probes over the past decade. This has been enabled by growing understanding of methods …

Tuning the Organelle-Specific Imaging and Photodynamic Therapeutic Efficacy of Theranostic Mono-and Trinuclear Organometallic Iridium (III) Complexes

B Das, S Gupta, A Mondal, KJ Kalita… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The organelle-specific localization of mononuclear and trinuclear iridium (III) complexes and
their photodynamic behavior within the cells are described herein, emphasizing their …

Near-infrared-emitting iridium (III) complexes as phosphorescent dyes for live cell imaging

G Zhang, H Zhang, Y Gao, R Tao, L Xin, J Yi, F Li… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The three near-infrared-emitting cationic iridium (III) complexes [Ir (pbq-g) 2 (N∧ N)]+ PF6–
(pbq-g= phenylbenzo [g] quinoline; N∧ N= bipyridine (1), 1, 10-phenanthroline (2), 4, 7 …

Exploring the potential of N^ C^ N cyclometalated Pt (II) complexes bearing 1, 3-di (2-pyridyl) benzene derivatives for imaging and photodynamic therapy

G De Soricellis, F Fagnani, A Colombo… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
In 1999, the first platinum (II) complex bearing a cyclometalated 1, 3-di (2-pyridyl) benzene
ligand was prepared. Since then, a lot of work has been devoted to the preparation and …

Ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes: Cellular uptake, cell image and apoptosis of HeLa cancer cells induced by double targets

Q Yu, Y Liu, L Xu, C Zheng, F Le, X Qin, Y Liu… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Studies have shown that ruthenium complexes have relatively strong anticancer activity, cell
uptake of drugs have a crucial impact on the pharmacological activity, using …

Carboxyl group bearing iridium (III) solvent complex as photoluminescence and electrochemiluminescence probe for the detection of histidine

M Zhang, M Qian, H Huang, Q Gao, C Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Histidine (His), as the essential amino acid in human body, plays crucial roles in many
biological activities. Here, a new carboxyl group bearing iridium (III) solvent complex [Ir (pbz) …

Iridium (III) complexes for OLED application

E Longhi, L De Cola - Iridium (III) in optoelectronic and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on Iridium (III) complexes for organic light‐emitting diode (OLED)
applications and gives a general introduction to metal complexes and OLED devices, and …

Blue phosphorescent Ir (III) complexes achieved with over 30% external quantum efficiency

R Zaen, KM Park, KH Lee, JY Lee… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Two heteroleptic blue phosphorescent Ir (III) complexes are synthesized based on the main
C^ N chelate bipyridine ligands, with either a 4‐positon (1) or 5‐position (2) of bulky …

Phosphorescent Ir (III) complexes for biolabeling and biosensing

BH Jhun, D Song, SY Park, Y You - Metal Ligand Chromophores for …, 2022 - Springer
Cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes exhibit strong phosphorescence emission with lifetime of
submicroseconds to several microseconds at room temperature. Their synthetic versatility …