Ruthenium polypyridyl complex-containing bioconjugates

M Martinez-Alonso, G Gasser - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the number of articles describing the synthesis, characterization and
applications of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes has significantly increased. One of the …

Ruthenium polypyridine complexes combined with oligonucleotides for bioanalysis: a review

S Zhang, Y Ding, H Wei - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Ruthenium complexes are among the most interesting coordination complexes and they
have attracted great attention over the past decades due to their appealing biological …

Efficient DNA photocleavage by [Ru (bpy) 2 (dppn)] 2+ with visible light

Y Sun, LE Joyce, NM Dickson, C Turro - Chemical communications, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The population and reactivity of two low-lying excited states in [Ru (bpy) 2 (dppn)] 2+(bpy= 2,
2′-bipyridine, dppn= benzo [i] dipyrido [3, 2-a: 2′, 3′-c] phenazine), a weakly emissive …

Ruthenium (II)–tris-pyrazolylmethane complexes inhibit cancer cell growth by disrupting mitochondrial calcium homeostasis

J Cervinka, A Gobbo, L Biancalana… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While ruthenium arene complexes have been widely investigated for their medicinal
potential, studies on homologous compounds containing a tridentate tris (1-pyrazolyl) …

Increasing the triplet lifetime and extending the ground-state absorption of biscyclometalated Ir (III) complexes for reverse saturable absorption and photodynamic …

C Wang, L Lystrom, H Yin, M Hetu, S Kilina… - Dalton …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis, photophysics, reverse saturable absorption, and photodynamic therapeutic
effect of six cationic biscyclometalated Ir (III) complexes (1–6) with extended π-conjugation …

Organometallic Ru (II) photosensitizers derived from π-expansive cyclometalating ligands: surprising theranostic PDT effects

T Sainuddin, J McCain, M Pinto, H Yin… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of π-expansive
cyclometalating ligands on the photophysical and photobiological properties of …

Copper(II) Complexes of l-Arginine as Netropsin Mimics Showing DNA Cleavage Activity in Red Light

AK Patra, T Bhowmick, S Roy, S Ramakumar… - Inorganic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Copper (II) complexes [Cu (l-arg) 2](NO3) 2 (1) and [Cu (l-arg)(B) Cl] Cl (2− 5), where B is a
heterocyclic base, namely, 2, 2′-bipyridine (bpy, 2), 1, 10-phenanthroline (phen, 3) …

In Vitro Multiwavelength PDT with 3IL States: Teaching Old Molecules New Tricks

H Yin, M Stephenson, J Gibson, E Sampson… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The purpose of the present investigation was to ascertain whether 3IL excited states with
microsecond lifetimes are universally potent for photodynamic applications, and if these long …

Ru(II) Dyads Derived from 2-(1-Pyrenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline: Versatile Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Applications

M Stephenson, C Reichardt, M Pinto… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Combining the best attributes of organic photosensitizers with those of coordination
complexes is an elegant way to achieve prolonged excited state lifetimes in Ru (II) dyads …

An oligonucleotide-based switch-on luminescent probe for the detection of kanamycin in aqueous solution

KH Leung, HZ He, DSH Chan, WC Fu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report herein the first oligonucleotide-based luminescent method for the sensitive and
selective detection of kanamycin in aqueous solution. The assay utilizes a square-planar …