Frontispiece: Near–Infrared Heptamethine Cyanine Photosensitizers with Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation for Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy
Wenkai Liu, Shan He, Xue Ma, Chengyuan Lv, Hua Gu, Jianfang Cao, Jianjun Du, Wen Sun, Jiangli Fan, Xiaojun Peng
Abstract
Photodynamic Therapy. A NIR photosensitizer designed by incorporating Se into heptamethine cyanine is described in the Research Article (e202411802) by Wen Sun and Jiangli Fan et al.
Topics & Concepts
Singlet oxygenCyaninePhotodynamic therapyPhotochemistryPhotobiologyChemistrySinglet stateOxygenPhysicsFluorescenceOpticsOrganic chemistryExcited stateNuclear physicsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism