Based on an azo–thiol redox reaction, a non-emissive dinuclear iridium(III) complex showed off–on phosphorescent response toward thiols and was developed to image thiol levels in living cells.
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Thiol-specific phosphorescent imaging in living cells with an azobis(2,2′-bipyridine)-bridged dinuclear iridium(III) complex
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MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2040-2042
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38687B
Received 04 Dec 2012, Accepted 24 Jan 2013
First published online 25 Jan 2013
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