Chalcogen Effects in the Photophysical Properties of Dimethylamino-1,8-naphthalimide Dyes Revealed by DFT Investigation
Marta E. Alberto, Bruna Clara De Simone, Tiziana Marino, Marirosa Toscano, Nino Russo
Abstract
nπ* observed in the SeDMN has been revealed to be crucial to reach more clinically useful regions of the spectrum suggesting that the selenium-for-oxygen replacement can be proposed as a strategy to achieve more suitable PDT agents while proposing an advance toward heavy-atom-free PSs.
Topics & Concepts
Singlet oxygenIntersystem crossingChalcogenPhotochemistryChemistryOxygenQuantum yieldSulfurThio-Photodynamic therapySinglet stateOrganic chemistryFluorescenceQuantum mechanicsNuclear physicsPhysicsExcited statePhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials