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 …

Research advances in BODIPY-assembled supramolecular photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

J Wang, Q Gong, L Jiao, E Hao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic approach for anticancer and
antibacterial treatment via photoinduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation …

BODIPY‐based photodynamic agents for exclusively generating superoxide radical over singlet oxygen

KX Teng, WK Chen, LY Niu, WH Fang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing Type‐I photosensitizers is considered as an efficient approach to overcome the
deficiency of traditional photodynamic therapy (PDT) for hypoxic tumors. However, it remains …

The triplet excited state of Bodipy: formation, modulation and application

J Zhao, K Xu, W Yang, Z Wang, F Zhong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Boron dipyrromethene (Bodipy) is one of the most extensively investigated organic
chromophores. Most of the investigations are focused on the singlet excited state of Bodipy …

Activatable photosensitizers: agents for selective photodynamic therapy

X Li, S Kolemen, J Yoon… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the design of bifunctional and activatable photosensitizers
rejuvenate the aging field of photodynamic sensitization and photodynamic therapy. While …

Photosensitization and controlled photosensitization with BODIPY dyes

A Turksoy, D Yildiz, EU Akkaya - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Highly versatile BODIPY dyes proved themselves to be very useful as photosensitizers.
These dyes can be derivatized to absorb essentially anywhere in the visible the near IR …

Heavy-atom-free BODIPY photosensitizers with intersystem crossing mediated by intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer

MA Filatov - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Triplet photosensitizers: from molecular design to applications

J Zhao, W Wu, J Sun, S Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Triplet photosensitizers (PSs) are compounds that can be efficiently excited to the triplet
excited state which subsequently act as catalysts in photochemical reactions. The name is …

BODIPY dyes in photodynamic therapy

A Kamkaew, SH Lim, HB Lee, LV Kiew… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
BODIPY dyes tend to be highly fluorescent, but their emissions can be attenuated by adding
substituents with appropriate oxidation potentials. Substituents like these have electrons to …

Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

SG Awuah, Y You - Rsc Advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown promise as an effective treatment modality for
cancers and other localized diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and …