Dear Colleagues,

The obtainment of optical converters, switches and molecular sensors, including those for biochemical research, as well as therapeutic agents, are currently being identified as the most promising fields in the application of luminophors. The most effective is the use of compounds with intense chromophoric and fluorescent properties, as well as high resistance to aggressive parameters of the solvate environment. Boron dipyrrins (BODIPY) complexes, in addition to the listed characteristics, have prerequisites for structural modification of the ligand periphery, which makes it possible to fine-tune the characteristics of compounds for solving specific practical problems. Due to the high interest in dipyrrin complexes in general, and BODIPY in particular, the development of the chemistry of this group of compounds is currently proceeding at a rapid pace.

Researchers are actively underway to expand the pool of mechanisms for directed modification of the compounds’ characteristics, through the implementation of a variety of mechanisms for intra- and intermolecular energy transfer. The new trend in BODIPY chemistry at the moment is the regulation of monomer-associate/aggregate equilibrium, which leads to reversible changes in the qualitative and quantitative parameters of the spectral characteristics of compounds.

There are efforts to improve the practical properties of compounds by introducing them into matrices, obtaining hybrid materials and conjugates based on these compounds, and expanding the range of applications for solid materials.

Thus, the development of approaches in the production of functional BODIPYs with controllable properties is an urgent task, both from the point of view of fundamental science and for the creation of physicochemical foundations of new technologies and "smart" materials.

In this respect, researchers working in this area are cordially invited to submit their manuscripts relevant to the synthesis, fundamental studies, or applications of BODIPY dyes and their derivatives.

Prof. Dr. Yuriy S. Marfin
Guest Editor

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• BODIPY
• dipyrrins
• fluorescent dyes
• molecular sensors
• spectral properties