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ReviewChemical & biomedical imaging2026

Single-Molecule Fluorescence Defines a New Dye Chemistry.

Lujia Yang, Ying Zheng, Zhiwei Ye, Yi Xiao

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Review in Chemical & biomedical imaging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lujia YangState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Ying ZhengState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-6834
Zhiwei YeState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-3676
Yi XiaoState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-3907

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Century-old fluorescent dyes have regained life in the wave of super-resolution microscopy. The achievement of single-molecule resolution transcends conventional ensemble averaging, imposing specific photophysical requirements on fluorescent dyes at a millisecond temporal resolution and ∼1 nm single-molecule spatial precision. This review aims to synthesize the fundamental principle governing single-molecule fluorescence in terms of single-molecule photon flux, switching kinetics, and the structure-function correlations. It emphasizes the role of structural modulation down to the atomic level for tuning single-molecule fluorescence characteristics to enhance imaging resolutions and proposes a taxonomy of landmark structural modifications for regulating single-molecule fluorescence. The analysis would provide guidelines for ongoing dye engineering efforts to develop next-generation dyes.

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brightnessfluorescent dyesphotochromismphotostabilitysingle-molecule localizationsingle-molecule photophysicssuper-resolution microscopyswitching kinetics

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PMID42064600
PMCPMC13126385

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