title: Correction: Design principles of spectroscopic probes for biological applications.
abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C6SC02500E.].
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China mahm@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China mahm@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma