Squaraine dyes (SQs) are an important class of polymethine dyes with a unique reasonable‐
stabilized zwitterionic structure, in which electrons are highly delocalized over the …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a method of cancer treatment that leads to the disintegration
of cancer cells and has developed significantly in recent years. The clinically used …

It has been proved that the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) is closely related to
the intrinsic features of the photosensitizer (PS). Over the recent years, several efforts have …

Because of the lack of specific targets, the highly aggressive triple negative breast cancer
(TNBC) is unable to benefit from endocrine therapy or conventional targeting therapy. Even …

Different approaches to the development of promising photosensitizers based on
polymethine dyes (PD) for photodynamic therapy are systematized, summarized, and …

In this work, a new series of pentamethine indolenine cyanine dyes has been designed and
synthesized with the aim to investigate a structure-activity relationship on their photodynamic …

On the base of the zwiterionic dibenzothiazole squaraine SQ, five cationic aromatics
sulfonamide substituted dibenzothiazole squaraines SQ-D1∼ 5 have been designed and …

Since they were first synthesized in 1965 by Treibs and Jacob, squaraine dyes have
revolutionized the polymethine dyes''universe'and their potential applications due to their …

Squaraines (SQs) are unusual cyanine dyes with a unique resonance-stabilized zwitterionic
structure. These dyes have attracted significant attention in the fields of organic electronics …

In spite of significant progress in the development of novel photosensitizers for
photodynamic therapy (PDT) applications, the search for new approaches for designing …