Ultra-bright and -stable red and near-infrared squaraine fluorophores for in vivo two-photon imaging.

Fluorescent dyes that are bright, stable, small, and biocompatible are needed for high-sensitivity two-photon imaging, but the combination of these traits has been elusive. We identified a class of squaraine derivatives with large two-photon action cross-sections (up to 10,000 GM) at near-infrared w...

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Main Authors: Kaspar Podgorski, Ewald Terpetschnig, Oleksii P Klochko, Olena M Obukhova, Kurt Haas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3522634?pdf=render