Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
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 …

4, 4′-Difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacenes (BODIPYs) as components of novel light active materials

M Benstead, GH Mehl, RW Boyle - Tetrahedron, 2011 - Elsevier
4, 4-Difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacenes(hereafter referred to as BODIPYs) are a class
of fluorescent dyes that are finding an increasing number of applications in both the …

A self-calibrating bipartite viscosity sensor for mitochondria

Z Yang, Y He, JH Lee, N Park, M Suh… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A self-calibrating bipartite viscosity sensor 1 for cellular mitochondria, composed of
coumarin and boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) with a rigid phenyl spacer and a …

Tuning photosensitized singlet oxygen generation efficiency of novel aza-BODIPY dyes

N Adarsh, RR Avirah, D Ramaiah - Organic letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Novel aza-BODIPY derivatives substituted with heavy atoms such as bromine and iodine
were synthesized, and their triplet and singlet oxygen generation efficiencies have been …

Selective manipulation of ICT and PET processes in styryl-bodipy derivatives: applications in molecular logic and fluorescence sensing of metal ions

OA Bozdemir, R Guliyev, O Buyukcakir… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Remarkably versatile chemistry of Bodipy dyes allows the design and straightforward
synthesis of multivalent-multitopic derivatives, which, with judicious selection of metal ion …

Artificial light-harvesting antennae: electronic energy transfer by way of molecular funnels

R Ziessel, A Harriman - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Electronic energy transfer (EET) plays a critical role in many biological processes and is
used by nature to direct energy to a site where chemical reactions need to be initiated. Such …

Regioselective stepwise bromination of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes

L Jiao, W Pang, J Zhou, Y Wei, X Mu… - The Journal of organic …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Halogenated BODIPYs are important synthetic precursors and potential sensitizers for
photodynamic therapy (PDT). Electrophilic bromination of pyrrolic-unsubstituted BODIPYs …

Tetrastyryl-Bodipy dyes: convenient synthesis and characterization of elusive near IR fluorophores

O Buyukcakir, OA Bozdemir, S Kolemen, S Erbas… - Organic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
1, 3, 5, 7-Tetramethyl-Bodipy derivatives undergo Knoevenagel-type condensations with
aromatic aldehydes to ultimately yield tetrastyryl-Bodipy derivatives. The resulting dyes …

Application of multifunctional small molecule fluorescent probe BODIPY in life science

L Yuan, Y Su, H Cong, B Yu, Y Shen - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
BODIPY and its derivative multifunctional small molecule probes have become the darlings
in the field of biomedical materials due to its unique molecular structure, high brightness …

Aza‐bodipy derivatives: enhanced quantum yields of triplet excited states and the generation of singlet oxygen and their role as facile sustainable photooxygenation …

N Adarsh, M Shanmugasundaram… - … A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A new series of aza‐BODIPY derivatives (4 a–4 c, 5 a, c, and 6 b, c) were synthesized and
their excited‐state properties, such as their triplet excited state and the yield of singlet …