Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) and twists beyond TICT: from mechanisms to rational designs of bright and sensitive fluorophores

C Wang, W Chi, Q Qiao, D Tan, Z Xu… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) mechanism has guided the development
of numerous bright and sensitive fluorophores. This review briefly overviews the history of …

Spontaneously Blinking Rhodamine Dyes for Single‐Molecule Localization Microscopy

W Chi, D Tan, Q Qiao, Z Xu, X Liu - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has found extensive applications in
various fields of biology and chemistry. As a vital component of SMLM, fluorophores play an …

Field-dependent deep learning enables high-throughput whole-cell 3D super-resolution imaging

S Fu, W Shi, T Luo, Y He, L Zhou, J Yang, Z Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-molecule localization microscopy in a typical wide-field setup has been widely used
for investigating subcellular structures with super resolution; however, field-dependent …

Monitoring amyloid aggregation via a twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT)-based fluorescent sensor array

C Wang, W Jiang, D Tan, L Huang, J Li, Q Qiao… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Imaging amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregation is critical for understanding the pathology and aiding
the pre-symptomatic intervention of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid aggregation consists …

Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe

S Zheng, N Dadina, D Mozumdar, L Lesiak… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
The inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) generates power to drive cell function, and its
dynamics control mitochondrial health and cellular homeostasis. Here, we describe the cell …

THQ–Xanthene: An Emerging Strategy to Create Next‐Generation NIR‐I/II Fluorophores

Z Mao, H Rha, J Kim, X You, F Zhang, W Tao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐infrared fluorescence imaging is vital for exploring the biological world. The short
emissions (< 650 nm) and small Stokes shifts (< 30 nm) of current xanthene dyes obstruct …

Photochemical mechanisms of fluorophores employed in single‐molecule localization microscopy

K Kikuchi, LD Adair, J Lin, EJ New… - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decoding cellular processes requires visualization of the spatial distribution and dynamic
interactions of biomolecules. It is therefore not surprising that innovations in imaging …

Overcoming Spectral Dependence: A General Strategy for Developing Far‐Red and Near‐Infrared Ultra‐Fluorogenic Tetrazine Bioorthogonal Probes

W Mao, W Chi, X He, C Wang, X Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioorthogonal fluorogenic dyes are indispensable tools in wash‐free bioimaging of specific
biological targets. However, the fluorogenicity of existing tetrazine‐based bioorthogonal …

Recruiting rate determines the blinking propensity of rhodamine fluorophores for super-resolution imaging

Y Zheng, Z Ye, X Zhang, Y Xiao - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Live-cell single-molecule localization microscopy has advanced with the development of self-
blinking rhodamines. A p K cycling of< 6 is recognized as the criterion for self-blinking, yet a …

An Acid‐Regulated Self‐Blinking Fluorescent Probe for Resolving Whole‐Cell Lysosomes with Long‐Term Nanoscopy

Q Qiao, W Liu, J Chen, X Wu, F Deng… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term super‐resolution imaging appears to be increasingly important for unraveling
organelle dynamics at the nanoscale, but is challenging due to the need for highly …