About this Research Topic
Fluorescent probe technology has become increasingly widely used in analytical chemistry, biological chemistry, and medical diagnosis and has greater prospects because it offers the advantages of high sensitivity, good selectivity, low toxicity, and noninvasive real-time visual monitoring. In the last few decades, there has been excellent progress in fluorescent probes' design, application, and mechanisms. And their structures and performances continually evolved with the development of synthetic methods and applications. Despite many milestone advances, remaining challenges include precise synthesis methods, tunable absorption/emission wavelengths, specificity, sensitivity, security, and spatiotemporal resolution of fluorescent probes, especially for imaging studies. Besides, the working mechanisms of fluorescent probes in complex environments also need to be further clarified.
The aims of this research topic are to accelerate outstanding research on the rational design of efficient fluorescent probes, the development of new design strategies for fluorescent probes, explore new applications based on fluorescent probes, and reveal new photophysical processes of fluorescent probes. This research topic will offer valuable guidance for the development of efficient fluorescent probes and the exploration of potential applications in numerous research fields, such as analytical chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, and optics.
The focus of this research topic is to emphasize advanced theoretical and experimental research on new fluorescent probes, new applications, and new photophysical processes and luminous mechanisms. We welcome the submission of original research articles, reviews, mini-review, and perspective articles on themes that include, but are not limited to:
New fluorescent probes;
New design strategies for fluorescent probes;
Fluorescent imaging using fluorescent probes;
Theoretical studies on the sensing mechanisms of fluorescent probes.
The aims of this research topic are to accelerate outstanding research on the rational design of efficient fluorescent probes, the development of new design strategies for fluorescent probes, explore new applications based on fluorescent probes, and reveal new photophysical processes of fluorescent probes. This research topic will offer valuable guidance for the development of efficient fluorescent probes and the exploration of potential applications in numerous research fields, such as analytical chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, and optics.
The focus of this research topic is to emphasize advanced theoretical and experimental research on new fluorescent probes, new applications, and new photophysical processes and luminous mechanisms. We welcome the submission of original research articles, reviews, mini-review, and perspective articles on themes that include, but are not limited to:
New fluorescent probes;
New design strategies for fluorescent probes;
Fluorescent imaging using fluorescent probes;
Theoretical studies on the sensing mechanisms of fluorescent probes.
Keywords: fluorescent probes, photoswitch, bioimaging, density functional theory, luminous mechanism
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