Polar and polarizable π-conjugated organic molecules containing push–pull chromophores have been investigated extensively in the past. Identifying unique backbones and building blocks for fluorescent
The synthesis, X-ray structure, solution stability, and photophysical properties of several trivalent lanthanide complexes of Yb(III) and Nd(III) using both tetradentate and octadentate ligand design
Highly stable symmetric and asymmetric squaraine fluorophores have been synthesized featuring an internal salt bridge between a quaternary ammonium cation and the central oxycyclobutenolate ring of th
