A host–guest strategy for converting the photodynamic agents from a singlet oxygen generator to a superoxide radical generator
Kun‐Xu Teng, Li‐Ya Niu, Qing‐Zheng Yang
Abstract
˙). The results of anti-tumor studies indicate that this supramolecular PS demonstrates high photodynamic therapy efficacy even under hypoxic conditions. This work provides an efficient method to prepare type-I PSs from existing type-II PSs by using a supramolecular strategy.
Topics & Concepts
Singlet oxygenChemistryPhotochemistryRadicalBODIPYPhotodynamic therapyElectron transferSuperoxideSupramolecular chemistryMoietyCombinatorial chemistryOxygenStereochemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeFluorescencePhysicsQuantum mechanicsEnzymeLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry