Aggregate science: from structures to properties

H Zhang, Z Zhao, AT Turley, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular science entails the study of structures and properties of materials at the level of
single molecules or small interacting complexes of molecules. Moving beyond single …

Through-space interactions in clusteroluminescence

H Zhang, BZ Tang - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conventional π-conjugated luminophores suffer from problems such as emission
quenching, biotoxicity, environmental pollution, etc. The emerging nonconjugated and …

Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes

M Minoshima, SI Reja, R Hashimoto, K Iijima… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein
localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site …

Interrogating amyloid aggregates using fluorescent probes

A Aliyan, NP Cook, AA Martí - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amyloids are a broad class of proteins and peptides that can misfold and assemble into long
unbranched fibrils with a cross-β conformation. These misfolding and aggregation events …

Replacing hybrid density functional theory: motivation and recent advances

BG Janesko - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Density functional theory (DFT) is the most widely-used electronic structure approximation
across chemistry, physics, and materials science. Every year, thousands of papers report …

A minireview of viscosity-sensitive fluorescent probes: design and biological applications

C Ma, W Sun, L Xu, Y Qian, J Dai, G Zhong… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Microenvironment-related parameters like viscosity, polarity, and pH play important roles in
controlling the physical or chemical behaviors of local molecules, which determine the …

A general strategy to control viscosity sensitivity of molecular rotor‐based fluorophores

S Ye, H Zhang, J Fei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular rotor‐based fluorophores (RBFs) have been widely used in many fields. However,
the lack of control of their viscosity sensitivity limits their application. Herein, this problem is …

Advanced techniques for detecting protein misfolding and aggregation in cellular environments

Y Bai, S Zhang, H Dong, Y Liu, C Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation, a key contributor to the progression of numerous
neurodegenerative diseases, results in functional deficiencies and the creation of harmful …

Fluorescent probes for bioimaging of potential biomarkers in Parkinson's disease

L Gao, W Wang, X Wang, F Yang, L Xie… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Parkinson's disease (PD), as the second most common neurodegenerative disease, is
caused by complex pathological processes and currently remains very difficult to treat. PD …

High‐performance quinoline‐malononitrile core as a building block for the diversity‐oriented synthesis of AIEgens

Z Guo, C Yan, WH Zhu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo fluorescent monitoring of physiological processes with high‐fidelity is essential in
disease diagnosis and biological research, but faces extreme challenges due to …