BODIPY-based photosensitizers with simultaneous photodynamic antitumor and antibacterial effects
Bin‐Kai Liu, Ji Zheng, Hui Wang, Li‐Ya Niu, Qing‐Zheng Yang
Abstract
We present here five BODIPY-based nano-photosensitizers through a supramolecular self-assembly strategy that can achieve photodynamic antitumor and antibacterial therapy simultaneously to improve the prognosis of surgical tumor resection.
Topics & Concepts
BODIPYPhotodynamic therapyPhotosensitizerSupramolecular chemistryNanotechnologyPhotochemistryChemistryCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryFluorescenceMoleculeOpticsPhysicsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials