Water soluble distyryl-boradiazaindacenes as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

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Atilgan S., Ekmekci Z., Dogan A. L., Guc D., Akkaya E. U.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, no.42, pp.4398-4400, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: Issue: 42
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1039/b612347c
  • Journal Name: CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.4398-4400
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We introduce a novel class of water soluble, extended conjugation boradiazaindacene dyes which are efficient singlet oxygen generators and have spectacular photoinduced cytotoxicity when excited in the "therapeutic window" of the electromagnetic spectrum.