Squaraine dyes: molecular design for different applications and remaining challenges

K Ilina, WM MacCuaig, M Laramie… - Bioconjugate …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Squaraine dyes are a class of organic dyes with strong and narrow absorption bands in the
near-infrared. Despite high molar absorptivities and fluorescence quantum yields, these …

Squaraine dyes for photovoltaic and biomedical applications

J He, YJ Jo, X Sun, W Qiao, J Ok… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Squaraine dyes (SQs) are an important class of polymethine dyes with a unique reasonable‐
stabilized zwitterionic structure, in which electrons are highly delocalized over the …

H‐dimeric nanospheres of amphipathic squaraine dye with an 81.2% photothermal conversion efficiency for photothermal therapy

Y Wang, G Xia, M Tan, M Wang, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and implementing the ordered supramolecular assembly in organic
photothermal materials is challenging, yet significant, for photothermal performance …

Far-red fluorescent probes for canonical and non-canonical nucleic acid structures: current progress and future implications

YV Suseela, N Narayanaswamy, S Pratihar… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural diversity and functional relevance of nucleic acids (NAs), mainly
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are indispensable for almost all …

G-Quadruplex: a regulator of gene expression and its chemical targeting

T Tian, YQ Chen, SR Wang, X Zhou - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Summary G-quadruplex (G4) is an important type of nucleic acid secondary structure. An
abundance of potential G4-forming sites have been shown to exist in genomes, leading to …

Self‐Assembled Peptidyl Aggregates for the Fluorogenic Recognition of Mitochondrial DNA G‐Quadruplexes

A Pandith, Y Luo, Y Jang, J Bae… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The selective monitoring of G‐quadruplex (G4) structures in living cells is important to
elucidate their functions and reveal their value as diagnostic or therapeutic targets. Here we …

Designing squaraine dyes with bright deep‐red aggregation‐induced emission for specific and ratiometric fluorescent detection of hypochlorite

W Qiao, T Ma, S Wang, L Li, M Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of ratiometric fluorescent hypochlorite probes with strong long
wavelength fluorescence in aqueous medium, high resistance to photobleaching, high …

More is not always better: finding the right trade-off between affinity and selectivity of a G-quadruplex ligand

M Zuffo, A Guédin, ED Leriche, F Doria… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences can fold into four-stranded G-quadruplex (G4)
structures. Despite growing evidence for their biological significance, considerable work still …

Specific recognition of promoter G-quadruplex DNAs by small molecule ligands and light-up probes

V Dhamodharan, PI Pradeepkumar - ACS Chemical Biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
G-Quadruplexes (G4s) are four-stranded nucleic acid structures whose underlying G-rich
sequences are present across the chromosome and transcriptome. These highly structured …

Squaraine-based AIEgens for reversible mechanochromism, sensitive and selective hypochlorite detection and photostable far-red fluorescence cell imaging

W Qiao, P Yao, Y Chen, Q Xiao, L Zhang - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, three new squaraine-based aggregation induced emission luminogens
(AIEgens), TPE-SQ1–3, have been successfully developed with different functions by using …