Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang Featured in Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Dr. Xiaogang Liu has been selected as Materials Chemistry Frontiers (MCF) Emerging Investigator of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Interview with Dr. Xiaogang Liu can be found here

He and his research team has published a research article titled “The fluorescence quenching mechanism of tetrazine-functionalized fluorogenic labels with integrated π-conjugations: internal conversion to a dark state” on MCF of RSC. This article is also collected in the theme of Frontiers Emerging Investigator Series.

Summary:
In this work, we formalized a fluorescence quenching mechanism – internal conversion to a dark state (ICDS) to rationalize the fluorogenicity of tetrazine-functionalized labels with integrated π-conjugations. Based on the understanding of structure-property relationship, we further proposed several design strategies for developing high-performance tetrazine-fused fluorogenic labels with redshifted emission wavelengths and enhanced fluorescence turn-on ratios.

For more information of the article, please click here