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Title: Water-Soluble NIR Absorbing and Emitting Indolizine Cyanine and Indolizine Squaraine Dyes for Biological Imaging
Award ID(s):
1757220
NSF-PAR ID:
10166278
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume:
85
Issue:
6
ISSN:
0022-3263
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4089 to 4095
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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