Cyanine dyes are a class of organic functional dyes with excellent properties such as high molar absorption coefficients, broad spectral ranges, and high fluorescence quantum yields. These dyes are superior to other existing fluorescent labeling reagents such as rhodamine and fluorescein. Cyanine dyes are formed where two nitrogen atoms are joined by a polymethine chain. Both nitrogen atoms are independently part of a heteroaromatic moiety, such as imidazole, indole, thiazole, pyridine, pyrrole, quinoline, benzothiazole, and so on. Cyanine dyes are widely used in various scientific and industrial applications, including fluorescence imaging, photodynamic therapy, DNA detection, optical data storage, molecular labeling, and optoelectronic devices. Alfa Chemistry offers you the following two types of cyanine dyes: