TY - JOUR A1 - Wawrzinek, Robert A1 - Wessig, Pablo A1 - Möllnitz, Kristian A1 - Nikolaus, Joerg A1 - Schwarzer, Roland A1 - Müller, Peter A1 - Herrmann, Andreas T1 - DBD dyes as fluorescent probes for sensing lipophilic environments JF - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters : a Tetrahedron publication for rapid dissemination of preliminary communications on all aspects of bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and related disciplines N2 - Small fluorescent organic molecules based on [1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f][1,3]benzodioxole (DBD) could be used as probes for lipophillic microenvironments in aqueous solutions by indicating the critical micelles concentration of detergents and staining cell organelles. Their fluorescence lifetime decreases drastically by the amount of water in their direct environment. Therefore they are potential probes for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). KW - Fluorescence lifetime probes KW - FLIM KW - Cell staining KW - Lysotrackers KW - Detergents Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.07.056 SN - 0960-894X VL - 22 IS - 17 SP - 5367 EP - 5371 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -