Photopolymerization of aniline derivatives by photoinduced electron transfer for application to image formation

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1585-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sei Uemura ◽  
Takayuki Nakahira ◽  
Norihisa Kobayashi
2007 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Pan ◽  
Wenjian Tang ◽  
Tangqin Yu ◽  
JinTing Wang ◽  
Yao Fu ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 101 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 699-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeji Kim ◽  
Norihisa Kobayashi ◽  
Kenjiro Teshima ◽  
Ryo Hirohashi

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Burmistrova ◽  
Svetlana P. Mushtakova ◽  
Rufina A. Zilberg ◽  
Ivan V. Vakulin ◽  
Axel Duerkop

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishikesh Kulkarni ◽  
Anneliese Gest ◽  
Chun Kei Lam ◽  
Benjamin Raliski ◽  
Feroz James ◽  
...  

<p>High signal-to-noise optical voltage indicators will enable simultaneous interrogation of membrane potential in large ensembles of neurons. However, design principles for voltage sensors with high sensitivity and brightness remain elusive, limiting the applicability of voltage imaging. In this paper, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to guide the design of a bright and sensitive green-fluorescent voltage-sensitive fluorophore, or VoltageFluor (VF dye), that uses photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) as a voltage-sensing mechanism. MD simulations predict an 11% increase in sensitivity due to membrane orientation, while DFT calculations predict an increase in fluorescence quantum yield, but a decrease in sensitivity due to a decrease in rate of PeT. We confirm these predictions by synthesizing a new VF dye and demonstrating that it displays the expected improvements by doubling the brightness and retaining similar sensitivity to prior VF dyes. Combining theoretical predictions and experimental validation has resulted in the synthesis of the highest signal-to-noise green VF dye to date. We use this new voltage indicator to monitor the electrophysiological maturation of human embryonic stem cell-derived medium spiny neurons. </p>


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