Discovery and early development of squaraine rotaxanes.

ABSTRACT: The chemical and photophysical properties of a fluorescent squaraine dye are greatly enhanced when it is mechanically encapsulated inside a tetralactam macrocycle. This feature article describes the synthesis, structure, and photophysical performance of first-generation squaraine rotaxanes, and shows how they can be used as fluorescent imaging probes and chemosensors.

SUBMITTER: Gassensmith JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2854661 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature