Conformationally restricted cyanine fluorophores, as well as methods of making and using the compounds, are described. The conformationally restricted cyanine fluorophores have a chemical structure according to Formula I, or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

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wherein A is

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and wherein each “*” designates an attachment point of A.

The present disclosure provides conjugates of kinase inhibitors and cyanine dyes, as well as related compositions, methods and uses.

The present invention provides compositions relating to nanoparticles, such as nanocapsules, that selectively target cells associated with diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer cells). The present invention further relates to methods relating to the said nanoparticles for imaging, detection, and treatment of diseases or disorders in a subject. The present invention additionally provides kits that find use in the practice of the methods of the invention.

A composition includes two or more near infrared absorbing compounds having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of 650 to 1000 nm and having a solubility of 0.1 mass % or lower in water at 23° C., in which the two or more near infrared absorbing compounds include a first near infrared absorbing compound having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of 650 to 1000 nm, and a second near infrared absorbing compound having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of 650 to 1000 nm which is shorter than the absorption maximum of the first near infrared absorbing compound, and a difference between the absorption maximum of the first near infrared absorbing compound and the absorption maximum of the second near infrared absorbing compound is 1 to 150 nm.

Dye and compositions to monitor the multistep protein aggregation process in both test tubes and live cells are provided. These dyes can detect misfolded protein oligomers and distinguish insoluble protein aggregates from misfolded oligomers. Applications of these dyes include measuring kinetics of protein aggregation, monitoring aggregation of specific proteins in intact live cells, monitoring aggregation of cellular proteome in intact live cells, and tracking the time course of protein aggregation in cells under stress conditions.

A near infrared (NIR) laser processable resin based article comprising a specific optothermal converting. The specific optothermal converting has an improved thermal stability and therefore renders the preparation of the resin based article more reliable.

The invention concerns a stable white light emitting diode (WLED) coating, composed of biological and organic materials and free of rare earth elements.

The application provides fluorescent dyes, which are cyanine dyes that incorporate additional aza moieties in the indolenium heterocycles and/or in the methine chains connecting them. Symmetrical and unsymmetrical chemically reactive azacyanine dyes are described for conjugation, as well as their bioconjugates for in-vitro and in-vivo assays and fluorescence imaging.

The present invention relates to the field of optical imaging. More particularly, it relates to compounds of the cyanine family with near-infrared emission characterized by improved physico-chemical and biological properties and to conjugates with biological ligands thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds as optical diagnostic agents in imaging or therapy of solid tumors, to the methods for their preparation and to the compositions comprising them. The compounds have formula (I), formula (I), wherein X is direct bond or O; Y is a group selected from linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl and heterocyclyl, substituted by at least two hydroxyl groups; R1 and R2 are each independently a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl substituted by a group selected from SO3H, COOH, CONH2 and COOC1-C6 alkyl; and R3 is hydrogen, SO3H or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl substituted by COOH or CONHY, wherein Y is a group selected from linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl and heterocyclyl, substituted by at least two hydroxyl groups.

Problem to Be Solved: to provide a chromophore having a far superior nonlinear optical activity to conventional chromophores and to provide a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore. Solution: a chromophore comprising a donor structure D, a -conjugated bridge structure B, and an acceptor structure A, the donor structure D comprising an aryl group substituted with a substituted oxy group; and a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore.