Ultra-Bright Near-Infrared Sulfonate-Indolizine Cyanine- and Squaraine-Albumin Chaperones: Record Quantum Yields and Applications

The Front Cover shows a single near-infrared dye being laser-excited and dimly fluorescing in an aqueous biological environment compared to a near-infrared dye bound to albumin fluorescing brightly in the same environment. Cover designed by Karina Kapusta. Read the full text of the Research Article at 10.1002/cptc.202200127.

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The cover illustrates the higher fluorescence intensity of a near-infrared dye bound to albumin compared to the dim fluorescence of a single near-infrared dye in an aqueous biological environment. This has important implications for the application of fluorescence probes in biological systems.