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  • Photochemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Type II photosensitizers (PSs) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) are oxygen-dependent.
  • Type I PSs offer a promising alternative due to their oxygen-independent mechanism involving electron transfer and Type I reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation.
  • Designing Type I PSs has been empirical due to a lack of mechanistic frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computational design system for Type I photosensitizers.
  • To guide the discovery of novel PSs with Type I characteristics for hypoxia-resilient PDT.

Main Methods:

  • An excited-state-guided molecular design system was employed.
  • Key excited-state properties, including low first triplet-state (T1) energy and a small singlet-triplet (ΔEST) energy gap, were used as optimization objectives.
  • The system generated candidate molecules from 147 molecular fragments.

Main Results:

  • The design system generated 713 candidate molecules predicted to have Type I behavior.
  • Two synthesized molecules, NIDPP and NAAID, experimentally confirmed Type I activity.
  • These molecules demonstrated robust superoxide anion (O2•−) radical production.

Conclusions:

  • The excited-state-guided molecular design strategy is effective for discovering Type I PSs.
  • This approach facilitates the development of next-generation PSs for PDT in hypoxic environments.
  • The findings pave the way for more predictable and efficient PS design.