Near infrared emitting molecular rotor based on merocyanine for probing the viscosity of cellular lipid environments
Tarushyam Mukherjee, Ramon J. Martinez-Sanchez, Kyong Tkhe Fam, Sophie Bou, Ludovic Richert, Delphine Garnier, Yves Mély, Sriram Kanvah, Andrey S. Klymchenko, Mayeul Collot
Abstract
We synthesized and characterized the photophysical properties of new non-charged merocyanines. Among them, MC-TB was shown to be a bright and efficient fluorogenic molecular rotor able to probe the viscosity of lipid droplets and mitochondria.
Topics & Concepts
MerocyanineViscosityRotor (electric)InfraredMaterials sciencePhotochemistryChemical physicsOptoelectronicsChemical engineeringChemistryOpticsPhysicsComposite materialEngineeringPhotochromismQuantum mechanicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes