Molecules | Selected Feature Papers in 2024–2025 in the “Colorants” Section

1. “Aggregation-Induced Emission-Based Chemiluminescence Systems in Biochemical Analysis and Disease Theranostics”
by Yixin Shi and Xuewen He
Molecules 2024, 29(5), 983; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29050983
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/5/983

2. “Multicomponent Synthesis of New Fluorescent Boron Complexes Derived from 3-Hydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde”
by Viktorija Savickienė, Aurimas Bieliauskas, Sergey Belyakov, Eglė Arbačiauskienė and Algirdas Šačkus
Molecules 2024, 29(14), 3432; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29143432
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/14/3432

3. “New Conjugatable Platinum(II) Chlorins: Synthesis, Reactivity and Singlet Oxygen Generation”
by José Almeida, Giampaolo Barone, Luís Cunha-Silva, Ana F. R. Cerqueira, Augusto C. Tomé, Maria Rangel and Ana M. G. Silva
Molecules 2025, 30(12), 2496; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30122496
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/12/2496

4. “Control of Optical Reflection in Ca₂MgWO₆ by Co and Mo Doping”
by Kazuki Yamaguchi, Kohei Minagawa, Ryohei Oka and Toshiyuki Masui
Molecules 2024, 29(8), 1886; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081886
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/8/1886

5. “Asymmetric Donor–Acceptor 2,7-Disubstituted Fluorenes and Their 9-Diazoderivatives: Synthesis, Optical Spectra and Photolysis”
by Andrei I. Savchenko, Vladimir N. Belov, Mariano L. Bossi and Stefan W. Hell
Molecules 2025, 30(2), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30020321
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/321

6. “BOPAM’s Bright and Dark Excited States: Insight from Structural, Photophysical, and Quantum Chemical Investigations”
by Kexin Yu, Thanh Chung Pham, Jianjun Huang, Yixuan Li, Luc Van Meervelt, Mark Van der Auweraer, Daniel Escudero and Wim Dehaen
Molecules 2025, 30(13), 2673; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30132673
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/13/2673

7. “Photophysical Properties and Protein Binding Studies of Piperazine-Substituted Anthracene-BODIPY Dyads for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy”
by Stephen O’Sullivan, Leila Tabrizi, Kaja Turzańska, Ian P. Clark, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes and Mary T. Pryce
Molecules 2025, 30(13), 2727; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30132727
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/13/2727

8. “The ATTO 565 Dye and Its Applications in Microscopy”
by Yuheng Wu and René M. Williams
Molecules 2024, 29(17), 4243; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/17/4243

9. “Synthesis of BODIPY@MOFs as Hybrid Materials for Emerging Applications: A Review”
by Louise Bureller, Clément Michelin and Federico Cisnetti
Molecules 2025, 30(24), 4790; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30244790
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/24/4790