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Chemical Communications

A small-molecule AIE fluorescent probe targeting plant mitochondria and its application in super-resolution imaging

Yi Zhang,†ab   Xiangzhou Lao, ORCID logo †*ab   Ethan P. Y. Chung,ab   Sijie Chen ORCID logo *ab  and  Liwen Jiang ORCID logo abc  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: xiangzhoulao@cuhk.edu.hk, sijie.chen@cuhk.edu.hk

b AoE Centre for Plant Vacuole Biology and Biotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

c State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Abstract

In this work, the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active small molecule fluorescent probe TPE-Ph-In for mitochondrial imaging in model plants, including tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana, is reported. Additionally, we successfully captured the dynamic processes of mitochondrial fission and fusion through live cell super-resolution imaging using structured illumination microscopy (SIM).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06838J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Dec 2025
Accepted
27 Jan 2026
First published
28 Jan 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026,62, 4117-4121

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A small-molecule AIE fluorescent probe targeting plant mitochondria and its application in super-resolution imaging

Y. Zhang, X. Lao, E. P. Y. Chung, S. Chen and L. Jiang, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 4117 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06838J

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