Molecular insights of exceptionally photostable electron acceptors for organic photovoltaics

ZX Liu, ZP Yu, Z Shen, C He, TK Lau, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Photo-degradation of organic semiconductors remains as an obstacle preventing their
durable practice in optoelectronics. Herein, we disclose that volume-conserving …

A guide to time‐resolved structural analysis of light‐activated proteins

H Poddar, DJ Heyes, G Schirò, M Weik… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamical changes in protein structures are essential for protein function and occur over
femtoseconds to seconds timescales. X‐ray free electron lasers have facilitated …

Optical control of ultrafast structural dynamics in a fluorescent protein

CDM Hutchison, JM Baxter, A Fitzpatrick, G Dorlhiac… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The photoisomerization reaction of a fluorescent protein chromophore occurs on the ultrafast
timescale. The structural dynamics that result from femtosecond optical excitation have …

Photoswitchable fluorescent proteins: mechanisms on ultrafast timescales

L Tang, C Fang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advancement of super-resolution imaging (SRI) relies on fluorescent proteins with novel
photochromic properties. Using light, the reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs) …

Serial femtosecond crystallography reveals that photoactivation in a fluorescent protein proceeds via the hula twist mechanism

A Fadini, CDM Hutchison, D Morozov… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chromophore cis/trans photoisomerization is a fundamental process in chemistry and in the
activation of many photosensitive proteins. A major task is understanding the effect of the …

Development of near-infrared nucleic acid mimics of fluorescent proteins for in vivo imaging of viral RNA with turn-on fluorescence

J Zhang, H Li, B Lin, X Luo, P Yin, T Yi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
GFP-like fluorescent proteins and their molecular mimics have revolutionized bioimaging
research, but their emissions are largely limited in the visible to far-red region, hampering …

Genetically encoded photo-switchable molecular sensors for optoacoustic and super-resolution imaging

K Mishra, JP Fuenzalida-Werner, F Pennacchietti… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reversibly photo-switchable proteins are essential for many super-resolution fluorescence
microscopic and optoacoustic imaging methods. However, they have yet to be used as …

DNA Nanoribbon-Assisted Intracellular Biosynthesis of Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters for Cancer Cell Imaging

X Ouyang, N Jia, J Luo, L Li, J Xue, H Bu, G Xie, Y Wan - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a promising class of fluorescent probes for
cellular imaging due to their high resistance to photobleaching and low toxicity …

Photoswitching mechanism of a fluorescent protein revealed by time-resolved crystallography and transient absorption spectroscopy

J Woodhouse, G Nass Kovacs, N Coquelle… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs) serve as markers in advanced
fluorescence imaging. Photoswitching from a non-fluorescent off-state to a fluorescent on …

Structural characterization of fluorescent proteins using tunable femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

C Chen, JN Henderson, DA Ruchkin, JM Kirsh… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The versatile functions of fluorescent proteins (FPs) as fluorescence biomarkers depend on
their intrinsic chromophores interacting with the protein environment. Besides X-ray …