DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND APPLICATION OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR MITOCHONDRIAL pH MONITORING AND DESIGN AND ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF Fe-DOPED YTTRIUM OXIDE, PHOSPHIDE, AND MOF-DERIVED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR WATER SPLITTING: A TWO-PART DISSERTATION

Quantitative fluorescence imaging of mitochondrial pH in living systems provides a powerful approach to understanding cellular metabolism, signaling, proliferation, and death. This work presents the development of novel fluorescent probes based on rhodamine, cyanine, and triphenyl acrylonitrile scaf