Firefly luciferase is one of the most studied bioluminescent systems, both theoretically and
experimentally. Herein we review the current understanding of the bioluminescent process …

Red‐shifted bioluminescent emitters allow improved in vivo tissue penetration and signal
quantification, and have led to the development of beetle luciferin analogues that elicit red …

Infected wound healing is obstructed by not only bacterial infection, but also the formation of
bacterial biofilm. Over the past decades, researchers have developed a large number of …

Conspectus In a charge-transfer (CT) transition, electron density moves from one end of the
molecule (donor) to the other end (acceptor). This type of transition is of paramount …

The effect of light-absorbing atmospheric particles on climate change has been incorporated
into climate models, but the absence of brown carbon (BrC) in these models has been …

The rational improvement of photophysical properties can be highly valuable for the
discovery of novel organic fluorophores. Using our new design strategy guided by the …

Firefly bioluminescence is a phenomenon that attracts attention from the research
community because of complex challenges for fundamental investigation, as well as diverse …

Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques, in addition to quantum mechanical
calculations, were employed to study the excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) to solvent of …

The variations of the barrier heights in the decomposition of the firefly dioxetanone and its
analogues with the electrostatic field produced by the active site amino acid residues in the …

One of the major mysteries regarding firefly bioluminescence is its pH‐dependent multicolor
variation. At basic pH, the emission is on the yellow–green region, whereas at acid pH, the …