TY - JOUR A1 - Rurack, Knut A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Rigidization, preorientation and electronic decoupling-the "magic triangle" for the design of highly efficient fluorescent sensors and switches JF - Chemical society reviews N2 - One of the key interests in the recent development of fluorescent molecular sensors and switches is the realization of systems that show strong signal changes as a response to the chemical trigger. Aiming at rational probe design, this article compiles and compares different promising strategies to extract those supramolecular and photophysical features that allow the construction of molecular devices suitable for efficient signaling. The examples comprise fluorescence OFF–ON as well as ON–OFF operative systems and the mechanisms, properties, and limitations of the different design concepts are discussed. PY - 2002 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/b100604p SN - 0306-0012 SN - 1460-4744 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 116 EP - 127 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-2083 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -