title: Water soluble distyryl-boradiazaindacenes as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
abstract: We introduce a novel class of water soluble, extended conjugation boradiazaindacene dyes which are efficient singlet oxygen generators and have spectacular photoinduced cytotoxicity when excited in the "therapeutic window" of the electromagnetic spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR-06531, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atilgan
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ekmekci
authors.forename: A Lale
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Dicle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guc
authors.forename: Engin U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Akkaya