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 …

Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

BODIPYs are renowned fluorescent dyes with strong and tunable absorption in the visible
region, high thermal and photo-stability and exceptional fluorescence quantum yields …

Molecular fluorophores emitting in the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II, 1000–1700 nm)
window with strong optical harvesting and high quantum yields hold great potential for in …

The BODIPY chromophore is one of the most versatile fluorophore building blocks in various
research fields, especially in life science and material science. It has attracted substantial …

Nowadays multi-drug resistant microorganisms is a serious public health problem
worldwide. To overcome it, new antimicrobial strategies have been developed. Among them …

Photosensitization reactions have been demonstrated to be largely responsible for the
deleterious biological effects of UV and visible radiation, as well as for the curative actions of …

This minireview is devoted to honoring the memory of Dr. Thomas Dougherty, a pioneer of
modern photodynamic therapy (PDT). It compiles the most important inputs made by our …

Boron dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) are versatile dyes with diverse structures and associated
optoelectronic properties. Their integration into soft materials (polymers) has enabled a …

Antibiotic resistance development in bacteria is an ever-increasing global health concern as
new resistant strains and/or resistance mechanisms emerge each day, out-pacing the …