title: Styrylpyridine salts-based red emissive two-photon turn-on probe for imaging the plasma membrane in living cells and tissues.
abstract: Based on styrylpyridine salts, a small-molecule red emitting membrane probe with large two-photon absorption cross-section has been synthesized. As a molecular rotor, it enables exclusive lighting up of the plasma membrane in live cells and particular tissues. This probe has the potential to be a powerful tool for bioimaging.
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ruoyao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Minggang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ruiqing
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuechen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China. yuxq@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan 250012, P.R. China. hxq3000@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiuquan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017785:Photons; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011725:Pyridines; D012492:Salts