Browsing by Subject "Bodipy dyes"

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    Boradiazaindacene (Bodipy)-based building blocks for the construction of energy transfer cassettes
    (Elsevier, 2009-04-15) Barin, G.; Yilmaz, M. D.; Akkaya, E. U.
    Energy transfer cassettes composed entirely of boradiazaindacene (Bodipy) units were designed and synthesized to capture photonic energy and convert it to longer wavelength fluorescence emission. The new energy transfer systems obtained by simple condensation reactions are capable of elaborating efficient energy transfer from donor Bodipy units to the distyryl-Bodipy acceptor.
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    Designing excited states: theory-guided access to efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic action
    (2011) Cakmak, Y.; Kolemen, S.; Duman, S.; Dede, Y.; Dolen, Y.; Kilic, B.; Kostereli, Z.; Yildirim, L. T.; Dogan, A. L.; Guc, D.; Akkaya, E. U.
    The in silico design of tetraradical S 1 states was validated experimentally through synthesis, followed by characterization including phosphorescence measurements, use of trap molecules, and cell culture studies, leading to a series of orthogonal dimers of Bodipy chromophores with remarkable singlet oxygen efficiencies (see picture). A new path for the rational development of efficient photosensitizers is thus revealed.
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    Near-IR absorbing BODIPY derivatives as glutathione-activated photosensitizers for selective photodynamic action
    (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2014) Turan, I. S.; Cakmak, F. P.; Yildirim, D. C.; Cetin Atalay, R.; Akkaya, E. U.
    Enhanced spatiotemporal selectivity in photonic sensitization of dissolved molecular oxygen is an important target for improving the potential and the practical applications of photodynamic therapy. Considering the high intracellular glutathione concentrations within cancer cells, a series of BODIPY-based sensitizers that can generate cytotoxic singlet oxygen only after glutathione-mediated cleavage of the electron-sink module were designed and synthesized. Cell culture studies not only validate our design, but also suggest an additional role for the relatively hydrophobic quencher module in the internalization of the photosensitizer.