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Facile Preparation and Photoactivation of Prodrug-Dye Nanoassemblies
Published on: February 17, 2023
Nano-assemblies from J-aggregated dyes to improve the selectivity of a H2S-activatable photosensitizer
Dongsheng Zhang1, Ming-Chen Xiong1, Li-Ya Niu1
1Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China. niuly@bnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We report J-aggregates of a boron dipyrromethene derivative (BDP-Nit) as an H2S-activatable nano-photosensitizer. The closely packed BDP-Nit in J-aggregates exhibits high selectivity to H2S over biothiols to produce an active photosensitizer.
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