Multiparametric microenvironment sensing via distinct molecular equilibria in a single cyanine dye
Sujata Bais, Soren Westrey, Cecilia Samaniego López, M. Verónica Rivas, Carla Cecilia Spagnuolo, Saumya Saurabh
This paper introduces a single cyanine dye that encodes two ratiometric reporting channels to simultaneously sense hydrogen bonding/polarity and crowding/self-association in microenvironments.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics