1. INTRODUCTION An important topic in materials science in the past few decades has
been the development of organic semiconductors and their broad applications in electronics …

The long wavelength (far-red to NIR) analyte-responsive fluorescent probes are
advantageous for in vivo bioimaging because of minimum photo-damage to biological …

Squaraine dyes are a class of organic dyes with strong and narrow absorption bands in the
near-infrared. Despite high molar absorptivities and fluorescence quantum yields, these …

This review article presents the most recent developments in the use of materials based on
dipyrromethene (DPM) and azadipyrromethenes (ADPM) for organic photovoltaic (OPV) …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality for certain malignant (skin, head and
neck, gastrointestinal, gynecological cancers), premalignant (actinic keratosis), and …

A survey of the state-of-the-art in the development of synthetic methods to incorporate p-
block elements into polymers is given. The incorporation of main group elements (groups 13 …

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 …

Halogenated BODIPYs are important synthetic precursors and potential sensitizers for
photodynamic therapy (PDT). Electrophilic bromination of pyrrolic-unsubstituted BODIPYs …

We take advantage of a recent breakthrough in the synthesis of α, β-unfunctionalised 4, 4-
difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) moieties, which we symmetrically …

Treatment of a meso-arylboron dipyrrin (BODIPY) with NBS provides mono-and
dibrominated BODIPYs at the 2-and 6-positions in excellent yields with high regioselectivity …