Enhancement of intersystem crossing in asymmetrically substituted BODIPY photosensitizers
Mikhail A. Filatov, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Maxime Hodée, Metodej Dvoracek, VENKATA NANDA KISHORE N.K. MAMILLAPALLI, Aimee Sheehan, Craig Newman, Sergey M. Borisov, Daniel Escudero, Izabela Naydenova
Abstract
Asymmetrically substituted BODIPY photosensitizers achieve efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) through an S 1 → T 2 pathway, facilitated by a narrowed singlet–triplet energy gap.
Topics & Concepts
Intersystem crossingBODIPYPhotochemistryMaterials scienceFluorescenceExcited stateChemistryOpticsAtomic physicsPhysicsSinglet statePhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics