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ArticleChemical physics2022

Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Thiazole Orange.

Zenan Zhao, Simin Cao, Haoyang Li, Dong Li, Yanping He, Xin Wang, Jinquan Chen, Sanjun Zhang, Jianhua Xu, Jay R Knutson

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Article in Chemical physics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Thiazole Orange Fluoresces Freely: No Rigid Environment Required.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026
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  3. Molecular Afterglow of Lophine-Based Luminophore and Its Imaging Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zenan ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Simin CaoState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Haoyang LiState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Dong LiState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Yanping HeState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Xin WangState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Jinquan ChenState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Sanjun ZhangState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Jianhua XuState Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Jay R KnutsonLaboratory for Advanced Microscopy and Biophotonics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
East China Normal University · CNNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Time Resolved Fluorescence SpectroscopyZIAHL001452 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KNUTSON, JAY R · 2009 to 2025
$5.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL001452
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thiazole orange (TO), an asymmetric cyanine dye, has been widely used in biomolecular detection and imaging of DNA/ RNA in gels, due to its unique fluorogenic behavior: fluorescence of free dye in aqueous solution is very weak but emission can be significantly enhanced in nucleic-acid-bound dye. Herein we describe the ultrafast excited-state dynamics of free TO in aqueous solution by exploiting both a femtosecond upconversion spectrophotofluorometer and a picosecond time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) apparatus. For the first time, the fluorescence lifetime of TO monomer in water was found to be ∼1 ps, mixed with concurrent solvent relaxation (which was confirmed by the experimental results of TO in DMSO). Even at moderate concentration, this lifetime has an amplitude (a measure of molecular fraction) that significantly dominates other lifetimes, and this is the origin of weak steady state fluorescence of free TO in water. We also found a novel slower decay component around 34 ps. Interestingly and in addition, the lifetime component on the 30-40 ps timescale was also found in TO-

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Fluorescence upconversionmolecular aggregationThiazole orange (TO)Ultrafast dynamics

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PMID35465176
PMCPMC9022608
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