Mendeleev Commun., 2020, 30, 750–752
The authors (S. G. and A. R.) also thank the ‘Plateforme
d’Analyse Chimique et de Synthèse Moleculaire de l’Universite
to spectroscopy instrumentation. Experiments with A549 cells
were supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project
no. 20-13-00402). The authors would also like to acknowledge
reviewer for the suggestion on excimer formation.
Online Supplementary Materials
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found
in the online version at doi: 10.1016/j.mencom.2020.11.020.
Figure 2 Fluorescence image of A549 cells incubated with NBB probe
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