The development of multifunctional agents for simultaneous tumor targeting and near
infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is expected to have significant impact on future …

Squaraine dyes are a class of organic dyes with strong and narrow absorption bands in the
near-infrared. Despite high molar absorptivities and fluorescence quantum yields, these …

It has been proved that the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) is closely related to
the intrinsic features of the photosensitizer (PS). Over the recent years, several efforts have …

The interest in squaraine compounds, a relatively old class of dyes, has been recently
renewed due to their potential usefulness in a large number of technologically relevant fields …

The design and development of novel squaraine dyes as sensitisers for photodynamic
therapy (PDT) applications has grown tremendously in the last decade from the time when a …

Extensive efforts have been devoted to the development of near-infrared (NIR) dye-based
imaging probes and/or photothermal agents for cancer theranostics in vivo. However, the …

Unsymmetrical squarylium dyes (unsymmetrical squaraines) represent one of the most
promising class of squaraine chemistry, due to their outstanding photophysical properties …

Current research is focused on cancer treatments other than chemotherapy medications,
particularly those derived from natural sources. The goal of this work was to look at the …

In the search of novel strategies for the treatment of cancer, photodynamic therapy (PDT)
has emerged as an effective, safe for repeated use, and non-invasive method. This …

Designed to achieve high two-photon absorptivity, new near-infrared (NIR) emitting
squaraine dyes,(E)-2-(1-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl)-5-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxystyryl)-1H-pyrrol-2 …