A strong two-photon induced phosphorescent Golgi-specific in vitro marker based on a heteroleptic iridium complex

Cheuk‐Lam Ho, Ka‐Leung Wong, Hoi‐Kuan Kong, Y.-M. Ho, Chris Tsz‐Leung Chan, Wai‐Ming Kwok, Kelvin Sze‐Yin Leung, Hoi Lam Tam, Michael Hon‐Wah Lam, Xiaolong Ren,

Chemical Communications · 2012 · 89 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

A new heteroleptic iridium complex demonstrated low cytotoxicity and near-infrared excitation (via two-photon absorption) for target-specific in vitro Golgi imaging in various cell lines (HeLa and A549 cells) with two-photon absorption cross section (~350 GM) in DMSO.

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