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Recent advances in Si-rhodamine-based fluorescent probes for live-cell imaging

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An encodable amino acid for targeted photocatalysis

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Overcoming aggregation-induced quenching in DNA-assembled rhodamine dimers

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Regioisomer‐Tuned Rhodamine Spirolactone‐Zwitterion Equilibrium for Fluorogenic Probe Design and Super‐Resolution Plasma Membrane Imaging

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Small, 2026
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In Vivo Photopolymerization: Achieving Detailed Conducting Patterns for Bioelectronics

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Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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Is Further Rhodamine Functionalization Beneficial? Si

Synfacts, 2022, 18, 0918
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Bright and Versatile Azetidinecarboxamide‐Based Fluorophore–Ligand Conjugates for High‐Resolution Cell Imaging

Ning Xu, Qinglong Qiao, Chao Wang, Wei Zhou, Pengjun Bao, Jin Li, Shaowei Wu, Xiaogang Liu and Zhaochao Xu

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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HaloTag‐Based Reporters for Fluorescence Imaging and Biosensing

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ChemBioChem, 2023, 24
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3‐Amido‐benzo[b]silines: Straightforward Modular 2‐Step Synthesis and Photophysical Properties

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Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive [4 + 1] Sila-Cycloaddition of 1,3-Dienes with Dichlorosilanes

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J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 13008
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Metalloid-bridged π-conjugated materials: Synthetic strategies to Opto-electronic, catalytic and biological applications

Ashanul Haque, Rayya A. Al-Balushi, Khalaf M. Alenezi, S.M. Nisharul Haque, Md. Mushtaque, Linli Xu, Miao Zhang, Wai-Yeung Wong, Muhammad S. Khan and Paul R. Raithby

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A highly sensitive ratiometric fluorescence pH probe for extracellular pH in mouse brain slice

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Converting commonly-used paper into nano-engineered fluorescent biomass-based platform for rapid ClO− quantitative detection in living cells and water sources

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Selenophene-containing silicon-rhodamine: A novel near-infrared fluorescent probe for Hg2+ detection and its application in cell imaging

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A Highly Sensitive Photoactive Probe for Time-Controllable Imaging of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

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A Silicon-Rhodamine-Based Heavy-Atom-Free Photosensitizer for Mitochondria-targeted Photodynamic Therapy

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Synthesis of six-membered Si-containing heterocycles based on acetoacetanilide

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Recent progress of Si-rhodamine-based probes in intracellular imaging of metal ions and small molecules

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Efforts toward PET-Activatable Red-Shifted Silicon Rhodamines and Silicon Pyronine Dyes

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Bright and Versatile Azetidinecarboxamide‐Based Fluorophore–Ligand Conjugates for High‐Resolution Cell Imaging

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Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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A multifunctional fluorescent probe for detecting hypochlorous acid and its applications in smartphone-assisted real sample detection and bioimaging

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Xanthene‐Based Dyes for Photoacoustic Imaging and their Use as Analyte‐Responsive Probes

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Chemistry A European J, 2024, 30
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