title: Stability enhancement of fluorophores for lighting up practical application in bioimaging.
abstract: The practical application of organic fluorophores in bioimaging is severely limited due to their generally poor stability. In this Highlight, we emphasize several representative strategies including nanoparticle-encapsulating dyes, dye-doped nanoparticles and molecular engineering for stabilizing fluorophores, especially with a breakthrough in photostability for visualizing disease therapy, tumor and biological processes.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. whzhu@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xumeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes