Porphyrins and phthalocyanines as biomimetic tools for photocatalytic H 2 production and CO 2 reduction

E Nikoloudakis, I López-Duarte… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing energy demand and environmental issues caused by the over-exploitation of
fossil fuels render the need for renewable, clean, and environmentally benign energy …

Assembled photosensitizers applied for enhanced photodynamic therapy

J Zhao, X Xu, Y Yang, J Li - CCS Chemistry, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an efficient method for cancer therapy.
However, traditional photosensitizers (PSs) always have low bioavailability. For example …

Smart magnetic and fluorogenic photosensitizer nanoassemblies enable redox‐driven disassembly for photodynamic therapy

R An, X Cheng, S Wei, Y Hu, Y Sun… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive smart photosensitizer (PS) nanoassemblies that allow enhanced
delivery and controlled release of PSs are promising for imaging‐guided photodynamic …

Carrier-free nanodrugs: from bench to bedside

F Fang, X Chen - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carrier-free nanodrugs with extraordinary active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) loading
(even 100%), avoidable carrier-induced toxicity, and simple synthetic procedures are …

Coal‐tar dye‐based coordination cages and helicates

I Regeni, B Chen, M Frank, A Baksi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A strategy to implement four members of the classic coal‐tar dye family, Michler's ketone,
methylene blue, rhodamine B, and crystal violet, into [Pd2L4] self‐assemblies is introduced …

A Photosensitized Singlet Oxygen (1O2) Toolbox for Bio-Organic Applications: Tailoring 1O2 Generation for DNA and Protein Labelling, Targeting and Biosensing

D Aerssens, E Cadoni, L Tack, A Madder - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Singlet oxygen (1O2) is the excited state of ground, triplet state, molecular oxygen (O2).
Photosensitized 1O2 has been extensively studied as one of the reactive oxygen species …

Synthesis and applications of porphyrin-biomacromolecule conjugates

P Pathak, MA Zarandi, X Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With potential applications in materials and especially in light-responsive biomedicine that
targets cancer tissue selectively, much research has focused on developing covalent …

Cancer-responsive multifunctional nanoplatform based on peptide self-assembly for highly efficient combined cancer therapy by alleviating hypoxia and improving the …

J Wu, Y Liu, M Cao, N Zheng, H Ma, X Ye… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia, as a main feature of the tumor microenvironment, has greatly limited the efficacy of
photodynamic therapy (PDT), as well as its clinical application. Here, a multifunctional …

Dipole Moment and Built-In Polarization Electric Field Induced by Oxygen Vacancies in BiOX for Boosting Piezoelectric–Photocatalytic Removal of Uranium (VI)

D Gao, Z Dong, W Feng, Z Li, H Wu, Y Wu… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Piezoelectric–photocatalysis is distinguished by its piezoelectricity as an external force that
induces deformation within the catalyst to engender a polarized electric field compared to …

Peptide-based supramolecular photodynamic therapy systems: From rational molecular design to effective cancer treatment

Y Li, M Zhang, H Han, B Zhang, JB Matson… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peptide-based supramolecular photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging modality for
cancer treatments. This strategy exploits the biological activities and self-assembling …