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Squaraine rotaxanes: Superior substitutes for Cy-5 in molecular probes for near-infrared fluorescence cell imaging
Johnson, James R.,Fu, Na,Arunkumar, Easwaran,Leevy, W. Matthew,Gammon, Seth T.,Piwnica-Worms, David,Smith, Bradley D.
, p. 5528 - 5531 (2007)
(Figure Presented) It's hip to be square: Squaraine rotaxanes have very similar photophysical properties to the commonly used Cy-5 fluorophore, but are substantially more photostable and resist self-quenching upon aggregation. Molecular probes containing
