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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Methylsteric Effects Enhance Fluorescence in Diphenylfumaronitrile AIEgens.

Zihao Xu, Wenwen Ma, Yuchen Song, Yu Tian, Fang Hu, Wenbo Wu, Liu Cai

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zihao XuBiomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0009-0005-5317-1537
Wenwen MaBiomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yuchen SongBiomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yu TianInstitute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Fang HuBiomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5180-4963
Wenbo WuInstitute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6794-217X
Liu CaiBiomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.

Funding

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences BNLMS202403National Natural Science Foundation of China 22205097the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFA1206900
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of fluorophores with high-fluorescence quantum yields is highly desirable. To regulate photophysical properties, previous fumaronitrile-core fluorophore designs primarily employed electron-donating structure modifications and π-conjugation extension strategies. Here, we report a novel strategy to enhance the fluorescence performance of fluorophores by introducing methyl groups into fumaronitrile phenyl rings. The introduction of methyl groups reduces the ability to generate reactive oxygen species while enhancing the fluorescence quantum yield. Notably, after encapsulating DSPE-PEG2000 to form nanoparticles, TFN-Me nanoparticles exhibited superior fluorescence performance than previously reported fluorophores and successfully applied in in vivo tumor fluorescence imaging. This study indicates that the methyl introduction strategy holds the potential to become a powerful tool for developing high-brightness fluorophores with fumaronitrile structure.

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Biphenyl CompoundsFluorescent DyesFumaratesNanoparticlesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFluorescenceIntravital MicroscopyMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalMolecular StructureOptical ImagingPhosphatidylethanolaminesPolyethylene GlycolsToxicity TestsXenograft Model Antitumor Assays1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol 2000)biphenylBiphenyl CompoundsFluorescent DyesFumaratesfumaronitrilePhosphatidylethanolaminesPolyethylene Glycolsaggregation-induced emissionfluorescence enhancementfumaronitrile AIEgensmethyl substitutiontumor imaging

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PMID40733165
PMCPMC12300520

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