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Advanced Luminescent Materials: From Design, Synthesis, Fluorescent Mechanism to Applications

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 3229

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Prof. Dr. Wei Chen

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Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: fluorescent probes; bioimaging; fluorescent dyes; near-infrared fluorescence

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The special issue aims to collect paper of recent research on the development and applications of luminescent materials. Luminescent materials have gained significant attention due to their unique optical properties and diverse applications in the fields of sensing, imaging, bioanalytical assays, and optoelectronics.

This special issue covers a wide range of topics on the design, synthesis, fluorescent mechanism, and applications of advanced luminescent materials. Original research articles or reviews aimed at the development and characterization of novel luminescent materials for various applications are welcome.

Topics of interests for this special issue include (but are not limited to):

  • Synthesis and functionalization of luminescent nanoparticles (quantum dots, upconversion nanoparticles, etc.)
  • Development and optimization of luminescent probes for biosensing and imaging
  • Understanding the fluorescent mechanism of luminescent materials
  • Applications of luminescent materials in the areas of energy, environment, medicine, and biology.

We hope that this special issue will bring together researchers from different fields to share their latest findings and insights on luminescent materials, and ultimately advance this exciting research area.

Prof. Dr. Wei Chen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fluorescent probes
  • bioimaging
  • biosensing
  • biomaterials

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Novel Enzyme-Assisted Recycle Amplification Strategy for Tetracycline Detection Based on Oxidized Single-Walled Carbon Nanohorns
by Tingting Feng, Shuzhu Yan and Yu Huang
Molecules 2024, 29(7), 1444; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29071444 - 23 Mar 2024
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In this study, oxidized single-walled carbon nanohorns (oxSWCNHs) were prepared using nitric acid oxidation and subsequently combined with 3′6-carboxyfluorescein through charge transfer to prepare fluorescent probes. These oxSWCNHs were used to quench fluorogen signals at short distances and dissociate ssDNA using cryonase enzymes. [...] Read more.
In this study, oxidized single-walled carbon nanohorns (oxSWCNHs) were prepared using nitric acid oxidation and subsequently combined with 3′6-carboxyfluorescein through charge transfer to prepare fluorescent probes. These oxSWCNHs were used to quench fluorogen signals at short distances and dissociate ssDNA using cryonase enzymes. We established a method for rapidly detecting tetracycline (TC) in complex samples based on the amplification of cryonase enzyme signals. After optimizing the experimental conditions, our method showed a detection limit of 5.05 ng/mL, with good specificity. This method was used to determine the TC content in complex samples, yielding a recovery rate of 90.0–103.3%. This result validated the efficacy of our method in detecting TC content within complex samples. Full article
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Application of Intelligent Response Fluorescent Probe in Breast Cancer
by Anqi Sheng, Hao Zhang, Qing Li, Shu Chen and Qingshuang Wang
Molecules 2024, 29(18), 4294; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29184294 - 10 Sep 2024
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As one of the leading cancers threatening women’s lives and health, breast cancer is challenging to treat and often irreversible in advanced cases, highlighting the critical importance of early detection and intervention. In recent years, fluorescent probe technology, a revolutionary in vivo imaging [...] Read more.
As one of the leading cancers threatening women’s lives and health, breast cancer is challenging to treat and often irreversible in advanced cases, highlighting the critical importance of early detection and intervention. In recent years, fluorescent probe technology, a revolutionary in vivo imaging tool, has gained attention in medical research for its ability to improve tumor visualization significantly. This review focuses on recent advances in intelligent, responsive fluorescent probes, particularly in the field of breast cancer, which are divided into five categories, near-infrared responsive, fluorescein-labeled, pH-responsive, redox-dependent, and enzyme-triggered fluorescent probes, each of which has a different value for application based on its unique biological response mechanism. In addition, this review also covers the strategy of combining fluorescent probes with various anti-tumor drugs, aiming to reveal the possibility of synergistic effects between the two in breast cancer treatment and provide a solid theoretical platform for the clinical translation of fluorescent probe technology, which is expected to promote the expansion of cancer treatment technology. Full article
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Recent Advances in Fluorescent Polyimides
by Manyu Lian, Liyong Tian, Guotao Huang, Siming Liang, Yangfan Zhang, Ningbo Yi, Longfei Fan, Qinghua Wu, Feng Gan and Yancheng Wu
Molecules 2024, 29(17), 4072; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174072 - 28 Aug 2024
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Polyimide (PI) refers to a type of high-performance polymer containing imide rings in the main chain, which has been widely used in fields of aerospace, microelectronic and photonic devices, gas separation technology, and so on. However, traditional aromatic PIs are, in general, the inefficient [...] Read more.
Polyimide (PI) refers to a type of high-performance polymer containing imide rings in the main chain, which has been widely used in fields of aerospace, microelectronic and photonic devices, gas separation technology, and so on. However, traditional aromatic PIs are, in general, the inefficient fluorescence or even no fluorescence, due to the strong inter- and intramolecular charge transfer (CT) interactions causing unavoidable fluorescence quenching, which greatly restricts their applications as light-emitting functional layers in the fabrication of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices. As such, the development of fluorescent PIs with high fluorescence quantum efficiency for their application fields in the OLED is an important research direction in the near future. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of fluorescent PIs as well as the methods to improve the fluorescence quantum efficiency of PIs. It is anticipated that this review will serve as a valuable reference and offer guidance for the design and development of fluorescent PIs with high fluorescence quantum efficiency, ultimately fostering further progress in OLED research. Full article
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