Type I AIE photosensitizers: Mechanism and application

• Published in: View (Beijing, China) Vol. 3; no. 2
• Main Authors: Li, Jianqing, Zhuang, Zeyan, Zhao, Zujin, Tang, Ben Zhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: aggregation‐induced emission; Amino acids; Cancer therapies; cancer treatment; Competition; Cytotoxicity; Hypoxia; Light; Mass spectrometry; Photodynamic therapy; photosensitizer; Reactive oxygen species; Reproducibility; Scientific imaging; Tumors

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with plenty of advantages is expected to become a promising modality for cancer treatment, but challenges still remain. In the past decade, abundant photosensitizers (PSs) with aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) property make the development of PSs enter upon a new phase,...