Extending the tissue penetration capability of conventional photosensitisers: a carbon quantum dot–protoporphyrin IX conjugate for use in two-photon excited photodynamic therapy

Highly luminescent biocompatible carbon quantum dots by encapsulation with an amphiphilic polymer

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Water soluble quantum dots as hydrophilic carriers and two-photon excited energy donors in photodynamic therapy

(2012) Colin Fowley et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of biocompatible multicolor luminescent carbon dots for bioimaging applications

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Mannose-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Efficient Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy of Solid Tumors

(2011) Magali Gary-Bobo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Singlet oxygen production by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from green and orange CdSe/ZnS QDs to protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)

(2010) Hong Dinh Duong et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Effect of overall charge and charge distribution on cellular uptake, distribution and phototoxicity of cationic porphyrins in HEp2 cells

(2010) Timothy J. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Hydrophilic CdSe−ZnS Core−Shell Quantum Dots with Reactive Functional Groups on Their Surface

(2010) Ibrahim Yildiz et al.   LANGMUIR

Ultrasound-enhanced drug dispersion through solid tumours and its possible role in aiding ultrasound-targeted cancer chemotherapy

(2009) Nikolitsa Nomikou et al.   CANCER LETTERS

Carbon Dots as Nontoxic and High-Performance Fluorescence Imaging Agents

(2009) Sheng-Tao Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

New Two-Photon Activated Photodynamic Therapy Sensitizers Induce Xenograft Tumor Regressions after Near-IR Laser Treatment through the Body of the Host Mouse

(2008) J. R. Starkey et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH