Electron Injection from Adsorbed Oxazine into SnS₂

Steady-state fluorescence and photo-isomerization study of 1-methyl-4′-(p-N,N dimethyl-amino styryl) pyridinium iodide

“…They are used in photography and information storage [1,2], in laser technology [3][4][5][6], optical disks as a recording media [7][8][9], in industrial paints for trapping of solar energy [10], in light harvesting systems of photosynthesis [11,12] and as photo-refractive materials [13]. Cyanine dyes are used as spectral sensitizers in photographic emulsions [14], probes for the physical state and membrane potential of liposomes and synthetic bilayers [15], as well as potential sensitizers for photodynamic therapy [16].…”

Cationic cyanine dyes: impact of symmetry-breaking on optical absorption and third-order polarizabilities

“…Increasing the length of the polymethine by a single vinylene unit, the lowest optical energy band will further shift towards lower energies (the spectral shift per vinylene unit is about 100 nm). 2 Because of this, these dyes have good photophysical and photochemical properties and thus can be used in many applications such as nonlinear optical properties (NLO), 3 optical data storage, 4 probes for biological systems, 5,6 dye lasers, 7,8 photorefractive materials, 9 and photodynamic therapy. 10,11 These distinguishing features have made polymethines traditionally to constitute a test bench for the theories in physical organic chemistry.…”

Chemo‐enzymatic synthesis of dendronized polymers for cyanine dye encapsulation

“…Among the various fluorescent dyes, the cyanines have been employed as fluorescent probes for the past several years. Cyanine dyes not only emerged in biological imaging, but also find wide applications in various other fields such as recording media, [6] for trapping of solar energy [7] , as laser materials, [8,9] for photosynthesis in light harvesting systems, [10,11] as photorefractive materials, [12] and as antitumor agents. Cyanine dyes not only emerged in biological imaging, but also find wide applications in various other fields such as recording media, [6] for trapping of solar energy [7] , as laser materials, [8,9] for photosynthesis in light harvesting systems, [10,11] as photorefractive materials, [12] and as antitumor agents.…”

“…Cyanine is a family of dyes containing polymethine group linked to two nitrogen containing heterocyclic rings. Cyanine dyes not only emerged in biological imaging, but also find wide applications in various other fields such as recording media, for trapping of solar energy, as laser materials, for photosynthesis in light harvesting systems, as photorefractive materials, and as antitumor agents . These dyes can also be used as ion sensors and for trace metal detection in biological systems as well as for molecular data processing .…”