Red-to-NIR emissive radical cations derived from simple pyrroles
Lihua Zheng, Wenchao Zhu, Zikai Zhou, Kai Liu, Meng Gao, Ben Zhong Tang
Abstract
Red-to-NIR emissive radical cations derived from 2,5-dimethylpyrroles can be used for mitochondrial imaging in living cells with a high specificity and in vivo imaging with a long-term stability.
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