Membrane permeability and intracellular diffusion of fluorescent probes determine staining selectivity of intracellular substructures.However,the relationship between the molecular structure of fluorescent probes and their membrane permeability and intracellular distribution is poorly understood.In this paper,we reported a series of 1,8-naphthalimide dyes and carried out cell imaging experiments,and found that the presence of amino hydrogen in these dyes played a crucial role in their cell membrane permeability and intracellular distribution.The secondary amino group containing compounds 1-4 show excellent membrane permeability and strong fluorescence in living cells.While the tertiary amine containing dyes 5 and 6 can hardly permeate the cell membrane though they show extremely similar structure with compounds 2-4.Compound 1 can selectively image lipid droplets by selecting the wavelength of excitation light.With the specificity for lysosomes,2 and 4 have been used in long-term time-lapses imaging of lysosomal dynamics and tracking the process of lysosome-lysosome interaction,fusion and movement.The effect of hydrogen-containing amino substituent on the cell membrane permeability of fluorescent molecules is promising for the development of better biocompatible probes.
为了提高有机太阳能电池(Organic solar cells, OSCs)给体材料的光吸收效率,本文设计了系列以噻吩异靛蓝分子片段为中心,不同芳香杂环为π-桥,1,8-萘酰二胺(1,8-Naphthalimide, NI)分子片段为端基的新型π-共轭化合物作为有机太阳能电池给体材料.利用量子化学中的密度泛函理论和含时密度泛函理论方法,对所设计的化合物的光学和电子性质进行了研究,探究分子结构与光谱和电子性质之间的联系.计算结果表明,通过在母体化合物中引入不同的π-桥,可以有效调节所设计分子的前线分子轨道能级、能隙和光谱性质.但是,其对设计分子的几何结构影响不大.设计的化合物分子均具有窄的能隙,在可见光和近红外光谱(NIR)区都有强吸收,这有利于提高有机太阳能电池光吸收效率.前线分子轨道能级分析发现,部分设计的化合物能级与典型富勒烯受体材料相匹配,可选用传统PCBM,bisPCBM和PC_(71)BM作为受体材料,另一部分设计化合物,则应考虑选用其他的太阳能电池受体材料.研究结果表明,本文所设计的化合物可作为具有红光或NIR区有强吸收的高效太阳能电池给体材料应用于太阳能电池中.本研究为开发和合成新型高效有机太阳能给体材料提供理论依据.
A nitrone-modified 1,8-naphthalimide was desig ned as a novel bioorthog on alactivated turn-on probe based on strain-promoted alkyne-nitrone cycloadditio n(SPANC).The bioorthog onal cycloadducts were subseque ntly tran sformed into fluoresce nt rearra nge-ment products by photo-accelerati on,which exhibited sign ificant fluoresce nee enhan ceme nt,large stokes shift,and high fluores-cence qua ntum yield.DFT calculati ons were performed to elucidate the fluoresce nee OFF-ON mecha nism.This fluoroge nic strategy was successfully applied to labeling of proteins and visualizing mitochondria in live cells in real time.
It is essential to screen novel luminophores and co-reactants for the development of electrochemiluminescence(ECL)systems.In this work,a series of 1,8-naphthalimide-modified graphitic carbon nitride(CN/1,8-NDI_(x))ECL luminophores were successfully developed for the quantitative determination of Cu^(2+)with K_(2)S_(2)O_(8)as a co-reactant.When CN/1,8-NDI_(x)was immobilized on the surface of the glassy carbon electrode(GCE),a strong ECL signal could be produced(at a potential of-1.3 V vs.Ag/AgCl),which was threefold stronger than that of unmodified g-C_(3)N_(4).The intensity of ECL could be linearly quenched by Cu^(2+)over a concentration range from 5×10^(-9)to 1×10^(-4)mol/L,and with a low limit of detection(LOD)of0.86 nmol/L.Our results may provide a new perspective on the novel ECL platforms development.
Feng-Yu LiuTong-Kai ZhangYi-Long ZhaoHong-Xia NingFu-Sheng Li