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 …

BODIPYs are photosensitizers activatable by light to generate highly reactive singlet oxygen
(1 O 2) from molecular oxygen, leading to tissue damage in the photoirradiated region …

Tissue penetration depth is a major challenge in practical photodynamic therapy (PDT). A
biocompatible and highly effective near infrared (NIR)-light-absorbing carbazole-substituted …

Two-dimensional (2D) graphene-like nanomaterials show wide applications in the fields of
nanodevices, sensors, energy materials, catalysis, drug delivery, bioimaging, and tissue …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown promise as an effective treatment modality for
cancer and other localized diseases due to its noninvasive properties and spatiotemporal …

For the purpose of this review, active targeting in cancer research encompasses strategies
wherein a ligand for a cell surface receptor expressed on tumor cells is used to deliver a …

Over the past 30 years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown great development. In the
clinical setting the few approved molecules belong almost exclusively to the porphyrin …

Prostate and breast cancer are the second most and most commonly diagnosed cancer in
men and women worldwide, respectively. The American Cancer Society estimates that …

Designing simple-structured nanomedicine without lacking key functionalities, thereby
avoiding incomplete damage or relapse of tumor with the administration of a safe dose, is …

Their limited solubility and lack of tumor selectivity limit the clinical usefulness of
photosensitizers. Various nanostructures have been evaluated as delivery agents for …