Pyrene-based D–π–A dyes that exhibit solvatochromism and high fluorescence brightness in apolar solvents and water

Solvatochromic probes for detecting hydrogen-bond-donating solvents

(2014) Ryan F. Landis et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A fluorescent molecular probe for the identification of zinc and cadmium salts by excited state charge transfer modulation

(2014) Kizhmuri P. Divya et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Macro-/micro-environment-sensitive chemosensing and biological imaging

(2014) Zhigang Yang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Design of Weak-Donor Alkyl-Functionalized Push-Pull Pyrene Dyes Exhibiting Enhanced Fluorescence Quantum Yields and Unique On/Off Switching Properties

(2014) Yosuke Niko et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Design of donor–acceptor geometry for tuning excited-state polarization: fluorescence solvatochromism of push–pull biphenyls with various torsional restrictions on their aryl–aryl bonds

(2014) Shunsuke Sasaki et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Aggregation-induced emission active D-π-A binaphthyl luminophore with dual-mode fluorescence

(2014) Shunsuke Sasaki et al.   RSC Advances

Highly sensitive determination of low-level water content in organic solvents using novel solvatochromic dyes based on thioxanthone

(2013) Li Ding et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fluorescent Probes for Lipid Rafts: From Model Membranes to Living Cells

(2013) Andrey S. Klymchenko et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Solvatochromic Pyrene Analogues of Prodan Exhibiting Extremely High Fluorescence Quantum Yields in Apolar and Polar Solvents

(2013) Yosuke Niko et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Increasing the Brightness of Cyanine Fluorophores for Single-Molecule and Superresolution Imaging

(2013) Kathrin Klehs et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Fluorescence Enhancement of Pyrene Chromophores Induced by Alkyl Groups through σ–π Conjugation: Systematic Synthesis of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Alkylated Pyrenes at the 1, 3, 6, and 8 Positions and Their Photophysical Properties

(2013) Yosuke Niko et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dual-Color Imaging of Magnesium/Calcium Ion Activities with Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes

(2012) Xiaohu Dong et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Two-Color Fluorescent l-Amino Acid Mimic of Tryptophan for Probing Peptide–Nucleic Acid Complexes

(2012) Aleksandr V. Strizhak et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes for Bioimaging

(2012) Sheng Yao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Additional Insights into Luminescence Process of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Carbonyl Groups: Photophysical Properties of Secondary N-Alkyl and Tertiary N,N-Dialkyl Carboxamides of Naphthalene, Anthracene, and Pyrene

(2012) Yosuke Niko et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Highly Solvatochromic 7-Aryl-3-hydroxychromones

(2012) Luciana Giordano et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Molecular Design of Highly Fluorescent Dyes

(2012) Yosuke Niko et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN

Dipolar 3-methoxychromones as bright and highly solvatochromic fluorescent dyes

(2012) Oleksandr A. Kucherak et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Fundamental photoluminescence properties of pyrene carbonyl compounds through absolute fluorescence quantum yield measurement and density functional theory

(2012) Yosuke Niko et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Highly lipophilic fluorescent dyes in nano-emulsions: towards bright non-leaking nano-droplets

(2012) Andrey S. Klymchenko et al.   RSC Advances

Relaxation in Thin Polymer Films Mapped across the Film Thickness by Astigmatic Single-Molecule Imaging

(2012) Tatsuya Oba et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A new solvatochromic fluorophore for exploring nonpolar environments created by biopolymers

(2011) Abulfazl Fakhari M. et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Blinking of single dye molecules in a polymer matrix is correlated with free volume in polymers

(2011) Kouta Suzuki et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Pyrene-Based Materials for Organic Electronics

(2011) Teresa M. Figueira-Duarte et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis, luminescence properties, and theoretical insights of N-alkyl- or N,N-dialkyl-pyrene-1-carboxamide

(2011) Yosuke Niko et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Fluorescent Analogs of Biomolecular Building Blocks: Design, Properties, and Applications

(2010) Renatus W. Sinkeldam et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes for Metal Ions

(2010) Hwan Myung Kim et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

What is Solvatochromism?

(2010) Alberto Marini et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Fluorene Analogues of Prodan with Superior Fluorescence Brightness and Solvatochromism

(2010) Oleksandr A. Kucherak et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Switchable Nile Red-Based Probe for Cholesterol and Lipid Order at the Outer Leaflet of Biomembranes

(2010) Oleksandr A. Kucherak et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Two-Photon Probes for Intracellular Free Metal Ions, Acidic Vesicles, And Lipid Rafts in Live Tissues

(2009) Hwan Myung Kim et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

An Alternative Approach to Quantify Partition Processes in Confined Environments: The Electrochemical Behavior of PRODAN in Unilamellar Vesicles

(2009) Fernando Moyano et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Fluorescent amino acids: advances in protein-extrinsic fluorophores

(2008) Alan Roy Katritzky et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY