“…The crucial properties of rhodamines that bestow them with prominent sensing abilities under biological conditions include extended conjugation, leading to absorption and emission in the NIR region, regulated solubility, bright fluorescence with low signal to noise ratio, significant pH-sensitivity, low detection limit, diverse energy/charge transfer processes, and high quantum yield. [95][96][97][98] The introduction of aromatic rings into the structure of rhodamine dye opens up the possibility of restricted rotation. Hence, rhodamine dyes can be molecules of interest to construct viscosity-sensitive probes.…”