Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers

E Lima, LV Reis - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy, an alternative that has gained weight and popularity compared to
current conventional therapies in the treatment of cancer, is a minimally invasive therapeutic …

Organic dye-based photosensitizers for fluorescence imaging-guided cancer phototheranostics

R Wang, S Hua, Y Xing, H Wang, T Jiang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Precise diagnosis and treatment of tumors is the current hotspot, which has also given rise to
a new subject named “theranostics”. It is an ideal precision treatment strategy if the agent …

[HTML][HTML] Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA) Loaded with a Squaraine Dye as Photosensitizer for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

DM Dereje, C Pontremoli, A García, S Galliano… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) is an innovative and promising method for
combating infections, reducing the risk of antimicrobial resistance compared to traditional …

A study on red cyanine dyes employing bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide anions for color filters of virtual and augmented reality displays

N Yoo, JY Lim, SH Kim, D Kim, JY Jaung, W Lee - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel cyanine dyes were designed and synthesized for use in high-resolution OLED red
color filters suitable for virtual/augmented reality applications. To enhance stability and …

[HTML][HTML] Squaraine-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles for antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against bacterial infection

DM Dereje, A García, C Pontremoli, B González… - Microporous and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) shows promise as a complementary or
alternative approach to conventional antimicrobial treatments. Despite possessing some key …

Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Framework Nanosystems Entrapping Squaraines for Efficient NIR-Responsive Photodynamic Therapy

S Rojas-Buzo, C Pontremoli, S De Toni… - … Applied Materials & …, 2025 - ACS Publications
In this study, we present for the first time the incorporation of two distinct nonsymmetrical
squaraines (SQ) into hierarchically porous Hafnium-based UiO-66 Metal–Organic …

Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy of the Metallosurfactant–Fluorescein Conjugate under Visible Light Illumination

P Garg, H Sharma, R Sehgal, U Kaur… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (APDT) has received increased attention as a treatment
for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections caused by antibiotic abuse. However …

A near-infrared superoxide generator based on a biocompatible indene-bearing heptamethine cyanine dye

N Bel'ko, A Mal'tanova, A Bahdanava… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most significant limitations of photodynamic therapy is its reduced efficacy in
hypoxic microenvironments, which are typical of the majority of tumors. This work …

Quatsomes loaded with squaraine dye as an effective photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy

N Bordignon, M Köber, G Chinigò, C Pontremoli… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy is a non-invasive therapeutic strategy that combines external light
with a photosensitizer (PS) to destroy abnormal cells. Despite the great progress in the …

[HTML][HTML] Photoisomerization of heptamethine cyanine (Cy7) dyes: A theoretical study

A Ali, E Sandberg, J Widengren, G Baryshnikov - Dyes and pigments, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, density functional theory (DFT) combined with time-dependent (TD) DFT
calculations were employed to investigate the photoisomerization reaction kinetics of two …