A twisted tale: measuring viscosity and temperature of microenvironments using molecular rotors

An Optical Technique for Mapping Microviscosity Dynamics in Cellular Organelles

(2018) Joseph E. Chambers et al.   ACS Nano

Ultrafast dynamics and solvent-dependent deactivation kinetics of BODIPY molecular rotors

(2017) Tomislav Suhina et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Exploring viscosity, polarity and temperature sensitivity of BODIPY-based molecular rotors

(2017) Aurimas Vyšniauskas et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Characterization of the temperature and humidity-dependent phase diagram of amorphous nanoscale organic aerosols

(2017) Nicholas E. Rothfuss et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Visualising the membrane viscosity of porcine eye lens cells using molecular rotors

(2017) Peter S. Sherin et al.   Chemical Science

Targetable and fixable rotor for quantifying mitochondrial viscosity of living cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging

(2017) Xinbo Song et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Imaging tumor microscopic viscosity in vivo using molecular rotors

(2017) Lyubov’ E. Shimolina et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of ethanol perturbation on viscosity and permeability of an inner membrane in Bacillus subtilis spores

(2016) Pauline Loison et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A Molecular Rotor that Measures Dynamic Changes of Lipid Bilayer Viscosity Caused by Oxidative Stress

(2016) Aurimas Vyšniauskas et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Dynamic viscosity mapping of the oxidation of squalene aerosol particles

(2016) Athanasios Athanasiadis et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Micro/Nanoscale Thermometry for Cellular Thermal Sensing

(2016) Tingting Bai et al.   Small

Direct imaging of changes in aerosol particle viscosity upon hydration and chemical aging

(2016) N. A. Hosny et al.   Chemical Science

Tuning BODIPY molecular rotors into the red: sensitivity to viscosity vs. temperature

(2016) Thanh Truc Vu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A Rotational BODIPY Nucleotide: An Environment-Sensitive Fluorescence-Lifetime Probe for DNA Interactions and Applications in Live-Cell Microscopy

(2015) Dmytro Dziuba et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mitochondria-targeted fluorescent thermometer monitors intracellular temperature gradient

(2015) Satoshi Arai et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A ratiometric fluorescent molecular probe for visualization of mitochondrial temperature in living cells

(2015) Mitsumasa Homma et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Molecular Rotors Provide Insights into Microscopic Structural Changes During Protein Aggregation

(2015) Alexander J. Thompson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Dual mode quantitative imaging of microscopic viscosity using a conjugated porphyrin dimer

(2015) Aurimas Vyšniauskas et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Imaging phase separation in model lipid membranes through the use of BODIPY based molecular rotors

(2015) Michael R. Dent et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Unravelling the effect of temperature on viscosity-sensitive fluorescent molecular rotors

(2015) Aurimas Vyšniauskas et al.   Chemical Science

Dual use of porphyrazines as sensitizers and viscosity markers in photodynamic therapy

(2015) M. Angeles Izquierdo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A twisted-intramolecular-charge-transfer (TICT) based ratiometric fluorescent thermometer with a mega-Stokes shift and a positive temperature coefficient

(2014) Cheng Cao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Glycoconjugated porphyrin dimers as robust ratiometric temperature sensors

(2014) Fabien Hammerer et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stokes–Einstein–Debye Failure in Molecular Orientational Diffusion: Exception or Rule?

(2014) David A. Turton et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Molecular Rotors As Conditionally Fluorescent Labels for Rapid Detection of Biomolecular Interactions

(2014) Walter L. Goh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fatty acid membrane assembly on coacervate microdroplets as a step towards a hybrid protocell model

(2014) T-Y. Dora Tang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Di- and tri-oxalkyl derivatives of a boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) rotor dye in lipid bilayers

(2014) Marie Olšinová et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Monitoring of viscosity changes during free radical polymerization using fluorescence lifetime measurements

(2014) Jan Martin Nölle et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A Molecular Fluorescent Probe for Targeted Visualization of Temperature at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

(2014) Satoshi Arai et al.   Scientific Reports

Direct investigation of viscosity of an atypical inner membrane of Bacillus spores: A molecular rotor/FLIM study

(2013) Pauline Loison et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A molecular rotor for measuring viscosity in plasma membranes of live cells

(2013) Ismael López-Duarte et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fluorescent lifetime imaging of atmospheric aerosols: a direct probe of aerosol viscosity

(2013) Neveen A. Hosny et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Activatable Rotor for Quantifying Lysosomal Viscosity in Living Cells

(2013) Lu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Self-Calibrating Bipartite Viscosity Sensor for Mitochondria

(2013) Zhigang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanometre-scale thermometry in a living cell

(2013) G. Kucsko et al.   NATURE

Genetically encoded fluorescent thermosensors visualize subcellular thermoregulation in living cells

(2013) Shigeki Kiyonaka et al.   NATURE METHODS

Molecular rheometry: direct determination of viscosity in Lo and Ld lipid phases via fluorescence lifetime imaging

(2013) Yilei Wu et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dual mode monitoring probe for mitochondrial viscosity in single cell

(2013) Na Jiang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Mapping protein-specific micro-environments in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging of a hybrid genetic-chemical molecular rotor tag

(2012) Evangelos Gatzogiannis et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Equilibration timescale of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol partitioning

(2012) Manabu Shiraiwa et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Luminescence nanothermometry

(2012) Daniel Jaque et al.   Nanoscale

Mapping viscosity in cells using molecular rotors

(2012) Marina K. Kuimova   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The role of hydrogen bonding in excited state intramolecular charge transfer

(2012) Francis A. S. Chipem et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Intracellular temperature mapping with a fluorescent polymeric thermometer and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

(2012) Kohki Okabe et al.   Nature Communications

Fluorescence Anisotropy of Molecular Rotors

(2011) James A. Levitt et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Temperature-Dependency of Viscosity-Sensitive Fluorescent Molecular Rotors

(2011) Sarah Howell et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE

Fluorescence Ratiometry and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging: Using a Single Molecular Sensor for Dual Mode Imaging of Cellular Viscosity

(2011) Xiaojun Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Optically trapped microsensors for microfluidic temperature measurement by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

(2011) Mathieu A. Bennet et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Comparative Analysis of Viscosity of Complex Liquids and Cytoplasm of Mammalian Cells at the Nanoscale

(2011) Tomasz Kalwarczyk et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantitative fluorescence imaging of protein diffusion and interaction in living cells

(2011) Jérémie Capoulade et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Glass transition and phase state of organic compounds: dependency on molecular properties and implications for secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere

(2011) Thomas Koop et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Sensing membrane stress with near IR-emissive porphyrins

(2011) N. P. Kamat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temperature Sensing Using Fluorescent Nanothermometers

(2010) Fiorenzo Vetrone et al.   ACS Nano

Watching solvent friction impede ultrafast barrier crossings: A direct test of Kramers theory

(2010) Jessica M. Anna et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

CdSe Quantum Dots for Two-Photon Fluorescence Thermal Imaging

(2010) Laura Martinez Maestro et al.   NANO LETTERS

An amorphous solid state of biogenic secondary organic aerosol particles

(2010) Annele Virtanen et al.   NATURE

Hydrophilic Fluorescent Nanogel Thermometer for Intracellular Thermometry

(2009) Chie Gota et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Imaging intracellular viscosity of a single cell during photoinduced cell death

(2009) Marina K. Kuimova et al.   Nature Chemistry

Molecular Rotor Measures Viscosity of Live Cells via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

(2008) Marina K. Kuimova et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Quantitative comparison of thermal and solutal transport in a T-mixer by FLIM and CFD

(2008) David-A. Mendels et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Direct observation of the nanoscale dynamics of membrane lipids in a living cell

(2008) Christian Eggeling et al.   NATURE