Lord, Lu,
Wang, Willets, Schuck, Nishimura, Twieg, Moerner. (submitted to J. Phys. Chem. A)
Adding rigid acene rings to the conjugated linker dramatically red-shifts the absorbance and emission as well as maintains the environment sensitivity and enhanced solvatochromism of the original DCDHF-P-6. These new fluorophores are applicable in the cell.
Long-Wavelength Acene DCDHFs