title: Highly emissive and biocompatible dopamine-derived oligomers as fluorescent probes for chemical detection and targeted bioimaging.
abstract: We prepared highly emissive and biocompatible dopamine-derived oligomers, and demonstrated their applications as novel fluorescent probes for sensitive detection of Fe(3+) ions and targeted bioimaging in live cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. chhkwu@ust.hk.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yiwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ho Nam
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Yaozong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Junli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hongkai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000737:chemistry; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006873:Hydroquinones; D007477:Ions; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D004298:Dopamine; C031927:hydroquinone