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A NIR phosphorescent osmium(ii) complex as a lysosome tracking reagent and photodynamic therapeutic agent
Pingyu Zhang1, Yi Wang, Kangqiang Qiu
1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China. p.zhang6@szu.edu.cn zhql@szu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A novel near infrared (NIR) phosphorescent osmium complex (Os1) was developed for lysosome tracking and photodynamic therapy. Owing to its NIR photophysical properties, cellular imaging ability and phototoxicity, it has advantages over its ruthenium analogue (Ru1).

