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Organic dyes for deep bioimaging

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Small-molecule organic dyes that fluoresce in the short-wave infrared region of the spectrum could improve the resolution of in vivo bioimaging methods. Such dyes have now been made by adapting those that fluoresce visible light.

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Figure 1: Increasing the wavelength of light emitted and absorbed by dyes.

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