Article Title
Highly stable organic fluorescent nanorods for living-cell imaging
Authors
Minhuan Lan, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Jinfeng Zhang, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Xiaoyue Zhu, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Pengfei Wang, Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
Xianfeng Chen, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Chun-Sing Lee, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Wenjun Zhang, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Keywords
cell imaging, organic dye, fluorescent nanorods, DPP
Abstract
Metal-free, organic-dye-based fluorescent nanorods were fabricated through a simple solvent-exchange procedure. The as-prepared nanorods exhibit low toxicity to living cells and excellent photostability. Furthermore, they are stable in solutions of various pHs and high ionic strength and in solutions with interfering metal ions. Compared with the free DPP-Br molecules in THF, these nanorods exhibit larger Stokes shift, broader absorption spectra, and greatly improved photostability. We successfully demonstrated the application of the nanorods, including their aforementioned beneficial characteristics, as a good fluorescence probe for bio-imaging.
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Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Minhuan Lan,Jinfeng Zhang,Xiaoyue Zhu,Pengfei Wang,Xianfeng Chen,Chun-Sing Lee,Wenjun Zhang, Highly stable organic fluorescent nanorods for living-cell imaging. NanoRes.2015, 8(7): 2380–2389
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