Non-covalent functionalized SWNTs as delivery agents for novel Bodipy-based potential PDT sensitizers.
Pyrenyl-functionalized distyryl-Bodipy sensitizer attached non-covalently to SWNTs was shown to generate singlet oxygen when excited at 660 nm with a red LED array; this work emphasizes the potential of SWNT as a viable alternative carrier of bioactive agents, including photodynamic therapy sensitizers.
Erbas
Sundus
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UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
Gorgulu
Asli
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Kocakusakogullari
Merve
M
Akkaya
Engin U
EU
D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D026082:Singlet Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry
D000097:Acetonitriles; D004337:Drug Carriers; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D026082:Singlet Oxygen