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 …

Recent advances in fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensors for the detection of chemical warfare agents: a legacy of the 21st century

V Kumar, H Kim, B Pandey, TD James, J Yoon… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are among the most prominent threats to the human
population, our peace, and social stability. Therefore, their detection and quantification are …

BODIPY as a Multifunctional Theranostic Reagent in Biomedicine: Self‐Assembly, Properties, and Applications

HB Cheng, X Cao, S Zhang, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in biomedicine is reviewed. To open, its
synthesis and regulatory strategies are summarized, and inspiring cutting‐edge work in post …

Cu (I)-catalyzed click chemistry in glycoscience and their diverse applications

AK Agrahari, P Bose, MK Jaiswal, S Rajkhowa… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Copper (I)-catalyzed 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition between organic azides and terminal
alkynes, commonly known as CuAAC or click chemistry, has been identified as one of the …

Near infrared photothermal conversion materials: Mechanism, preparation, and photothermal cancer therapy applications

J Li, W Zhang, W Ji, J Wang, N Wang, W Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been widely applied in cancer therapy as a result of its non-
invasive, localized treatment and good therapeutic effect. In general, the final therapeutic …

Optical sensing and imaging of pH values: Spectroscopies, materials, and applications

A Steinegger, OS Wolfbeis, SM Borisov - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This is the first comprehensive review on methods and materials for use in optical sensing of
pH values and on applications of such sensors. The Review starts with an introduction that …

Visible-to-NIR-light activated release: from small molecules to nanomaterials

R Weinstain, T Slanina, D Kand, P Klan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

Z Mao, JH Kim, J Lee, H Xiong, F Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, BODIPY-based theranostics have increasingly been used in cancer therapy
and have achieved significant success. According to photochemical theories, the optical …

The chemistry of organic contrast agents in the NIR‐II window

J Mu, M Xiao, Y Shi, X Geng, H Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging, especially fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging, is a non‐invasive
imaging approach with high spatial and temporal resolution and high sensitivity, compared …

Bioapplications of small molecule Aza-BODIPY: from rational structural design to in vivo investigations

Z Shi, X Han, W Hu, H Bai, B Peng, L Ji, Q Fan… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) belongs to a family of organoboron compounds,
commercialized as fluorescent dyes by Invitrogen™. As BODIPY derivatives, Aza-boron …