Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 51(52), p. 7962-7965, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03716j
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A non-coordinating anion, fluorinated tetraphenylborate, assembles specially designed cationic cyanine amphiphiles into 7–8 nm fluorescent nanoparticles that are >40-fold brighter than a single cyanine dye.