Dicyanovinyl-modified uracil produces fluorescent molecular rotors (FMR) that display massively red-shifted emission and huge Stokes shifts. They are exemplified by DCVSU - an intrinsically fluorescent nucleobase analog (IFNA) with the longest emission wavelength of 592 nm (DMSO) reported thus far which also shows strong polarity sensitivity and large Stokes shift ( = 181 nm). The IFNAs exhibited typical molecular rotor response to solvent viscosity with brightnesses ( × ) of up to 8700 cm M. H NMR titration confirmed the expected association of the IFNA with the complementary nucleobase adenine-9-ethyl acetate.
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J Biomol Struct Dyn
December 2024
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Kolkata, India.
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December 2024
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, China.
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December 2024
Univ Paris Est Creteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, LISA, F-94010 Créteil, France.
Large amplitude motions (LAMs), most notably represented by proton tunneling, mark a significant departure from small amplitude vibrations where protons merely oscillate around their equilibrium positions. These substantial displacements require tunneling through potential energy barriers, leading to splittings in, e.g.
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December 2024
Main group Organometallics Optoelectronic Materials and Catalysis lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, 673601, India.
Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic, multifunctional organelles critical for regulating energy balance, cell signaling, membrane formation, and trafficking. Recent studies have highlighted LDs as emerging cancer biomarkers, with cancer cells typically exhibiting a higher number and viscosity of LDs compared to normal cells. This discovery paves the way for developing molecular probes that can monitor intracellular viscosity changes within LDs, offering a powerful tool for early cancer diagnosis, recurrence monitoring, and therapeutic interventions.
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