Counterion design for developing bright and photostable dye-loaded nanoparticles

Fluorescent probes for imaging human-skin tissues

Surface-modification of dye-loaded nanoemulsions

Synthesis of highly photostable polymethine dyes

Development of new image analysis tools.

Synthesis of new pyrene-based push-pull dyes

New solvatochromic dyes for tissue imaging

Synthesis of peptide-functionalized solvatochromic dyes for in vivo imaging

Synthesis of new environment-sensitive dyes for lipid droplets analysis.

Synthesis of doublet emitters with enhanced photostability.

Preparation of white-emissive nanoparticles 

Synthesis of cyanine dyes with multiple bulky conterions.

Synthesis of fluorene-based push-pull dyes

Synthesis of new fluorescent membrane probes

Synthesis of novel fluorescent dyes with dioxaborine moiety

Environment-sensitive probes for analyzing the properties of cell membranes