This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …

Conspectus Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved therapeutic modality that
has shown great potential for the treatment of cancers owing to its excellent spatiotemporal …

As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, caused by overproduction of reactive oxygen species
(ROS), has been shown to be responsible for immunogenic cell death (ICD). Seeking ROS …

Organic radicals are attracting increasing interest as a new class of molecular emitters. They
demonstrate electronic excitation and relaxation dynamics based on their doublet or higher …

The BODIPY chromophore is one of the most versatile fluorophore building blocks in various
research fields, especially in life science and material science. It has attracted substantial …

Novel BODIPY photosensitizers were developed for imaging‐guided photodynamic therapy.
The introduction of a strong electron donor to the BODIPY core through a phenyl linker …

Organic photosensitizers possessing efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) and forming long-
living triplet excited states, play a crucial role in a number of applications. A common …

Abstract Singlet oxygen (1 O 2) generation is an essential function of photosensitizer (PS) as
applied to photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. As illustrated in the Jablonski diagram …