Tetraphenylethenyl-Modified 1,8-Naphthalimide Dye with Efficient Aggregation-Enhanced Emisssion, Solvatochromism and Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characteristics

1,8-naphthalimide (NI) dyes are one class of important organic luminophores with good photo-stability, high fluorescent quantum yields and broad emission color-tunability, which are widely used in biological and chemical fields. However, they exhibit bad ACQ property, which heavily limits their application in real word. Contrary to ACQ, tetraphenylethene (TPE) is an AIE luminogen. To eliminate the ACQ effect of NI, TPE was used as core and NI chromophores was used as peripheries to obtain a new dye TPEDNI. TPEDNI dye demonstrates typical aggregation-enhanced emission (AEE) characteristic with high fluorescence Φ>F, solid up to 100% in the film state, which is 24 times of that for its THF solution. Besides, TPEDNI exhibits marked solvatochromism, and the emission peak red-shifts from 505 nm in hexane to 610 nm in acetonitrile. TPENI also displays evident intramolecular charge transfer property in THF/water mixtures

“CinNapht” Dyes as New Cinnoline/Naphthalimide Fused Hybrids Fluorophores: Synthesis, Photo-Physical Study and Use for Bio-Imaging

Six-membered diaza ring of Cinnoline have been fused on Naphthalimide dye to give donor–acceptor system called CinNapht. These red shifted fluorophore, that can be synthetised in gram scale, exhibits a large Stoke Shift and quantum yield up to 0.33. It is also caracterized by strong solvatochromic effect for green to red emission as well and can be used for bio-imaging

“CinNapht” Dyes as New Cinnoline/Naphthalimide Fused Hybrids Fluorophores: Synthesis, Photo-Physical Study and Use for Bio-Imaging

Six-membered diaza ring of Cinnoline have been fused on Naphthalimide dye to give donor–acceptor system called CinNapht. These red shifted fluorophore, that can be synthetised in gram scale, exhibits a large Stoke Shift and quantum yield up to 0.33. It is also caracterized by strong solvatochromic effect for green to red emission as well and can be used for bio-imaging

“CinNapht” dyes: a new cinnoline/naphthalimide fused hybrid fluorophore. Synthesis, photo-physical study and use for bio-imaging

Six-membered-diaza ring of cinnoline has been fused on naphthalimide dye to give a donor–acceptor system called CinNapht.

Quantitatively monitoring oxygen variation in endoplasmic reticulum with a fluorophore–phosphor energy transfer cassette

EET cassette Ir-Np-OH has been constructed by connecting an Ir(iii) complex as acceptor to a naphthalimide dye as donor.

One small molecule as a theranostic agent: naphthalimide dye for subcellular fluorescence localization and photodynamic therapy in vivo

A small single-molecule theranostic agent based on naphthalimide was developed, which possessed both bright fluorescence imaging and effective photodynamic therapeutic treatment.

A new water-soluble and colorimetric fluorescent probe for highly sensitive detection of organophosphorus pesticides

A new water-soluble fluorescent probe bearing 1,8-naphthalimide dye, a quaternary ammonium salt and a boronate group was developed for the detection of organophosphorus pesticides.