Water soluble distyryl-boradiazaindacenes as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
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.
Atilgan
Serdar
S
Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR-06531, Turkey.
Ekmekci
Zeynep
Z
Dogan
A Lale
AL
Guc
Dicle
D
Akkaya
Engin U
EU