42388-17-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design and synthesis of light-harvesting rotor based on 1,8-naphthalimide units
Bojinov, Vladimir B.,Georgiev, Nikolai I.,Marinova, Nevena V.
, (2020)
A novel pH and viscosity fluorescence sensing multicomponent molecular device based on 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophores is synthesized and investigated. The system is designed as a light-harvesting antenna where energy supplier, molecular rotor and molecular “on-off” switcher are integrated. The peripheral 1,8-naphthalimide energy suppliers transfer rapidly the trapped energy to the core molecular rotor through high efficient FRET (99 %). The 4-piperazinyl-1,8-naphthalimide core excitation results in a TICT driven molecular motion. Due to the non-emissive de-excitation nature of the TICT core fluorophore, system shows low yellow-green fluorescence that is a “power-on”/“rotor-on” state. The protonation of the methylpiperazine amine destabilized TICT process thus indicating a “power-on”/“rotor-off” system state.
The Remarkable Effect of Halogen Substitution on the Membrane Transport of Fluorescent Molecules in Living Cells
Ungati, Harinarayana,Govindaraj, Vijayakumar,Mugesh, Govindasamy
supporting information, p. 8989 - 8993 (2018/07/25)
Small-molecule-based fluorescent probes have become important tools in biology for sensing and imaging applications. However, the biological applications of many of the fluorescent molecules are hampered by low cellular uptake and high toxicity. In this paper, we show for the first time that the introduction of halogen atoms enhances the cellular uptake of fluorescent molecules and the nature of halogen atoms plays a crucial role in the plasma membrane transport in mammalian cells. The remarkably higher uptake of iodinated compounds compared to that of their chloro or bromo analogues suggests that the strong halogen bonding ability of iodine atoms may play an important role in the membrane transport. This study provides a novel strategy for the transport of fluorescent molecules across the plasma membrane in living cells.
Design, synthesis and pH sensing properties of novel 1,8-naphtalimide-based bichromophoric system
Marinova, Nevena V.,Georgiev, Nikolai I.,Bojinov, Vladimir B.
experimental part, p. 132 - 140 (2012/06/30)
In this work we report on the design, synthesis and sensor properties of a novel bichromophoric sensor system based on 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophores. The synthesized dyad was configured as a fluorescent wavelength-shifting energy transfer chromophore. The novel donor-acceptor system contains blue emitting 4-methoxy-1,8-naphthalimide donor dye, capable of both absorbing light and efficiently transferring the energy to yellow-green emitting 4-N-methylpiperazinyl-1,8-naphthalimide acceptor. The energy-transfer efficiency in the dyad system was calculated to be more than 99%. The acceptor unit in the donor-acceptor system was also designed as a PET based sensor according to the "fluorophore-spacer-receptor" model. The fluorescence behaviour of the bichromophoric system was investigated as a function of pH. The fluorescence enhancement of the novel dyad in acidic media was more than 29 times indicating the high ability of the system to act as an efficient pH chemosensor.
