SNAP-Tagging Live Cells via Chelation-Assisted Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition
Daniel J. Stone, Miguel Macias-Contreras, Shaun M. Crist, Christelle F. T. Bucag, Gwimoon Seo, and Prof. Dr. Lei Zhu*. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 7419-7436.
Luminescence and Stability of 1,4,5-Triaryl-1,2,3-Triazoles
Brandon D. Nusser, Dr. Joseph V. Accardo, and Lei Zhu*. ChemPhysChem 2023, 24, 18.
Excitation Energy-Dependent, Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer-Based Dual Emission in Poor Hydrogen-Bonding Solvents
Joseph J. M. Hurley and Lei Zhu*. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 34, 5711-5720.
Triple Emission of 5′-(para-R-Phenylene)vinylene-2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (PVHBO). Part II: Emission from Anions.
Joseph J. M. Hurley, Quinton J. Meisner, Peijun Guo, Richard D. Schaller, David J. Gosztola, Gary P. Wiederrecht, and Lei Zhu*. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 7, 1062-1075.
Triple Emission of 5′-(para-R-Phenylene-2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (PVHBO). Part I: Dual Emission from the Neutral species.
Quinton J. Meisner, Joseph J. M. Hurley, Peijun Guo, Anna R. Blood, Richard D. Schaller, David J. Gosztola, Gary P. Wiederrecht, and Lei Zhu*. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 7, 1033-1061.
Hydroxyaromatic Fluorophores
Joseph J. M. Hurley, Quinton J. Meisner, Chen Huang, and Lei Zhu*. ACS Omega 2021, 6, 5, 3447-3462.
Power of Genetically Encoded Protein/Peptide Tags and Bioorthogonal Chemistry in Biological Fluorescence Imaging.
Miguel Macias-Contreras and Lei Zhu*. ChemPhotoChem 2021, 5, 3, 187-216.
Publications 2016-2020
The Influence of Amino Substituents on the Signal-output, Selectivity, and Sensitivity of a Hydroxyaromatic 1,2,3-triazolyl Chemosensor for Anions-A Structure-Property Relationship Investigation
Debanjana Ghosh, Shainaz Landge, Lei Zhu, Unodinma Ofulue, Oluwagbotemi A. Akinsoji, Richard D. Govan, Aikohi Ugboya, Vincent Hernandez, Kayley Yates, Arneshia Henderson, Karelle S. Aiken*. J. Phys. Org. Chem., 2020, 33, 10, e4078.
Chapter Twelve – Expanding the Substrate Selectivity of SNAP/CLIP-tagging of Intracellular Targets.
Miguel Macias-Contreras, Kevin N. Little, and Lei Zhu*. Methods Enzymol. 2020, 638, 233-257.
SNAP/CLIP-tags and Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (SPAAC)/Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) for Intracellular Orthogonal/Bioorthogonal Labelling.
Miguel Macias-Contreras, Huan He, Kevin N. Little, Justin P. Lee, Ryan P. Campbell, Maksim Royzen, and Lei Zhu*. Bioconjugate Chem. 2020, 31, 5, 1370-1381.