Phosphorescent Imaging of Living Cells Using a Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex

Dik-Lung Ma; Hai-Jing Zhong; Wai-Chung Fu; Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan; Hiu-Yee Kwan; Wang-Fun Fong; Lai-Hon Chung; Chun-Yuen Wong; Chung-Hang Leung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055751

Phosphorescent Imaging of Living Cells Using a Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex

Dik-Lung Ma^*
, Hai-Jing Zhong
, Wai-Chung Fu
, Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan
, Hiu-Yee Kwan
, Wang-Fun Fong
, Lai-Hon Chung
, Chun-Yuen Wong
, Chung-Hang Leung

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A cell permeable cyclometalated iridium(III) complex has been developed as a phosphorescent probe for cell imaging. The iridium(III) solvato complex [Ir(phq)₂(H₂O]₂)] preferentially stains the cytoplasm of both live and dead cells with a bright luminescence. © 2013 Ma et al.

Original language	English
Article number	e55751
Journal	PLOS ONE
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Online published	14 Feb 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055751
Publication status	Published - 2013

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