Silicon-substituted rhodamines for stimulated emission depletion fluorescence nanoscopy

Ning Wang, Yumeng Hao, Xiaowei Feng, Haidan Zhu, Dazhi Zhang, Ting Wang, Xiaoyan Cui

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Abstract

As an essential part in the toolbox of super-resolution microscopy, stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy has been widely explored in revealing the substructure and bioactivities in fluorescence imaging. Among the applied STED fluorophores, silicon-substituted rhodamines (SiRs) belong to one of the most extensively employed fluorophores. The carboxy-SiR was favored in STED bioimaging with many advantages, including reliable photostability, cell permeability, tunable fluorogenicity, feasible structural decoration and so on. We reviewed the research of carboxy-SiR in the STED nanoscopy and hopefully this can inspire more efforts in the design and application of STED fluorophores.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-140
Number of pages8
JournalChinese Chemical Letters
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Silicon
  • Stimulated emission depletion
  • Super-resolution
  • Xanthene

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