Sulfur oxidation states manipulate excited state electronic configurations for constructing highly efficient organic type I photosensitizers
Jianye Gong, Xiaopeng Wang, Weijing Zhang, Yifan Wu, Kai Li, Renmanduhu Sha, Lingxiu Liu, Chunbin Li, Lina Feng, Guoyu Jiang, Jianguo Wang, Ben Zhong Tang
Abstract
), increase the matching degree of transition configurations, promote the changes of the excited state electronic configurations, and boost the effective ISC proportion by enhancing intramolecular interactions. Therefore, DBTS2O with the highest sulfur oxidation state exhibits the strongest type I ROS generation ability. Additionally, guided by our strategy, a water-soluble PS (2OA) is designed and synthesized, showing selective imaging capacity and photokilling ability against Gram-positive bacteria. This study broadens the horizons for both molecular design and mechanism study of high-performance organic type I PSs.