id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt xp68kd21304 Donghao Li Structural Optimization of Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes 2022 .txt text/plain 390 13 30 Fluorescence imaging experiments in cells and animals compared the shielded heptamethine dyes (and several peptide and antibody bioconjugates) to benchmark heptamethine dyes in Chapter 5, and found that the shielded systems possess an unsurpassed combination of photophysical, physiochemical and biodistribution properties that greatly enhance bioimaging performance. The study in Chapter 7 shows how supramolecular encapsulation of a newly designed series of cyanine dyes by cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) can alter the π-electron distribution within the cyanine chromophore alter fluorescent properties. cache/xp68kd21304.txt txt/xp68kd21304.txt