This thesis outlines two projects that examine interactions between DNA and cyanine dyes:
1) Investigation of monomethine cyanine dye through the synthesis and optical …

Cyanine dyes are attractive photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy due to their ease of
structure modification and intense absorption in the near-infrared range. Photosensitizers …

Cyanine dyes consist of two terminal heterocyclic rings with nitrogen centers with one
bearing a positive charge and are connected via an odd number polymethine chain. With …

Cyanine dyes that absorb light in the near infrared to far red region of the electromagnetic
spectrum are desirable as photosensitizers for photodynamic cancer therapy. Light of …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment method in which a photosensitizer, light
of a particular wavelength, and also oxygen are used to destroy cancerous cells. Cancer …

Six asymmetric monomethine cyanine dyes have been synthesized and their spectral
characteristics and interaction with double stranded (ds) DNA have been investigated for …

This thesis outlines a review of the history, synthetic procedures, optical properties, and
applications of quinoline-containing cyanine dyes in the first chapter. The second chapter …

The implications of temperature effects on photochemical processes when it comes to near-
infrared DNA photosensitizing agents are discussed in addition to the unique spectroscopic …

Long-wavelength carbocyanine dyes have been widely investigated as sensitizing agents in
photodynamic cancer therapy due to the ability of many of these compounds to absorb light …

Here, we report the syntheses of two pentamethine cyanine dyes containing quinolinium
rings and substituted with either hydrogen (3) or bromine (4) at the meso carbon. The …