BODIPY and BOPHY derivatives: synthesis, spectroscopy and microscopy KU Leuven
BODIPY is a well-known fluorophore, used in many applications because of its brightness, chemostability, photostability and sharp absorption and emission peaks. There are many methods for functionalization, and the spectroscopic properties are tunable by changing the substitution pattern. The use of BODIPYs in modern fluorescence microscopy techniques, however, remains limited. Given this background, three different reactive BODIPY dyes were ...