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Fluorescent Nanosensors for Analysis in Cellular and Tissue Environments -- The limited available analytical tools for measuring real-time ion and small molecule flux at a cellular level have clarified cell physiology and signaling for a small number of analytes. Modular nanosensors may greatly expand the available library of probes by combining sensing chemistries within the core of a hydrophobic nanoparticle. This tunable analytical platform produces is already capable of measuring sodium, potassium, glucose, histamine, and other bio-analytes in real time. Implementing these probes in biological studies will quantitatively image the biochemical environment of neural cells and monitor physiologically relevant bio-analytes in vivo for chronic illness management. |