“…These dyes have valuable photophysical properties such as strong absorption bands, high fluorescent quantum yields ( φ ), good solubility in organic solvents, photostability, microenvironment-dependent emission, etc. 1–3 Therefore, this important family of organic fluorophores can serve in numerous applications involving bioimaging probes, 4 photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy, 5 red-emitting complexes with a mega-large Stokes shift, 6 multicolor fluorescent initiators, 7 colored triboluminescence compounds, 8 and fluorescent probes for mercury detection in living cells, 7 among others.…”