reviewChemical ReviewsJul 25, 2024BRONZE OA

Shining New Light on Biological Systems: Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Bioimaging and Biosensing Applications

City University of Hong Kong · State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry

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Abstract

Electronic configuration. We elucidate the structure-property relationships of luminescent transition metal complexes, exploring how their structural characteristics can be manipulated to control their biological behavior such as cellular uptake, localization, biocompatibility, pharmacokinetics, and biodistribution. Furthermore, we introduce the various design strategies that leverage the interesting photophysical properties of luminescent transition metal complexes for a wide variety of biological applications, including autofluorescence-free imaging, multimodal imaging, organelle imaging, biological sensing, microenvironment monitoring, bioorthogonal labeling, bacterial imaging, and cell viability…

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Keywords
  • Luminescence
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Biosensor
  • Transition metal
  • Materials science
  • Optoelectronics
  • Organic chemistry
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