{"id":233695,"date":"2026-03-20T03:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/fluorescent-dye-that-works-in-superacidic-conditions-expands-possibilities-for-imaging-in-extreme-environments"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:16:43","slug":"fluorescent-dye-that-works-in-superacidic-conditions-expands-possibilities-for-imaging-in-extreme-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/fluorescent-dye-that-works-in-superacidic-conditions-expands-possibilities-for-imaging-in-extreme-environments","title":{"rendered":"Fluorescent dye that works in superacidic conditions expands possibilities for imaging in extreme environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/fluorescent-dye-that-works-in-superacidic-conditions-expands-possibilities-for-imaging-in-extreme-environments2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the 1960s, boron\u2013dipyrromethene dyes, commonly called BODIPY dyes, have been widely used for their strong fluorescence, especially in bioimaging, molecular and ion sensing, and as photosensitizers. Researchers especially like how, with simple modifications to BODIPY molecules, their emission color can be tuned\u2014an indispensable quality for multicolor imaging applications.<\/p>\n<p>However, conventional BODIPY dyes are unstable in acidic environments. Strong acids can disrupt their structure by removing the boron atom and causing the dye to lose its fluorescence. This has limited their use in highly acidic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In a new breakthrough, researchers from Hokkaido University have developed a superacid-resistant BODIPY dye. The research team, led by Professor Yasuhide Inokuma at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), reports the findings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-70499-9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Nature Communications<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 1960s, boron\u2013dipyrromethene dyes, commonly called BODIPY dyes, have been widely used for their strong fluorescence, especially in bioimaging, molecular and ion sensing, and as photosensitizers. Researchers especially like how, with simple modifications to BODIPY molecules, their emission color can be tuned\u2014an indispensable quality for multicolor imaging applications. However, conventional BODIPY dyes are unstable [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}