• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.599-605
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• 2010

A two-photon fluorescent probe (ACaCL) that can detect near-membrane $Ca^{2+}$ is reported. This probe can be excited by 780 nm fs pulses, shows high photostability and negligible toxicity, and can visualize near-membrane $Ca^{2+}$ in live cells and deep inside live tissues by two-photon microscopy.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.2253-2260
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• 2007

A series of tetra donor substituted [2.2]paracyclophane-based two-photon absorption (TPA) fluorophores were synthesized in neutral and cationic forms. The imaging activity of overall set of fluorophores was studied by the two-photon induced fluorescence (TPIF) method in a range of solvents. We also measured a clear progression toward a longer photoluminescence lifetime with increasing solvent polarity (intrinsic photoluminescence lifetime, τi: ~2 ns in toluene → 12-16 ns in water). The paracyclophane fluorophores with this unique property can be utilized as an optical polarity probe for the biomolecular substrates. The combined measurement of the two-photon fluorescence microscopy (TPM) cell image and TPIF lifetime can give us a better understanding of the biological processes and local environments in the cells.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.2241-2242
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• 2013