title: Fluorophore-capped cyclodextrins as efficient chemical-to-light energy converters.
abstract: Bisbenzimidazole-capped cyclodextrins, capable of forming supramolecules, harvest chemical energy from the oxidation reaction of a bis(aryl)oxalate and emit light two orders of magnitude more efficiently than fluorescein does.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicinal Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan. deqiyuan@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: De-Qi
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kishikawa
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Kahee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008163:Luminescent Measurements
chemical_list: D001562:Benzimidazoles; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C031000:benzimidazole