Orthogonally aligned cyclic BODIPY arrays with long-lived triplet excited states as efficient heavy-atom-free photosensitizers
Zhaoyang Zhu, Xue Zhang, Xing Guo, Qinghua Wu, Zhongxin Li, Changjiang Yu, Erhong Hao, Lijuan Jiao, Jianzhang Zhao
Abstract
Cyclic BODIPY trimers showed strong exciton coupling in singlet excited states and long-lived triplet excited states, and generated both singlet oxygen and superoxide radicals under light irradiation, giving good reactive oxygen quantum yields and promising PDT results in vitro .
Topics & Concepts
Excited statePhotochemistryBODIPYSinglet oxygenChemistryRadicalAtom (system on chip)Singlet stateSinglet fissionExcitonCoupling (piping)OxygenAtomic physicsMaterials scienceFluorescencePhysicsOrganic chemistryEmbedded systemComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsMetallurgyLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsPerovskite Materials and Applications