A novel photosensitizer based on a ruthenium(<scp>ii</scp>) phenanthroline bis(perylenediimide) dyad: synthesis, generation of singlet oxygen and<i>in vitro</i>photodynamic therapy

Abstract

In this study, a novel photosensitizer having two perylenediimide units and a phenanthroline ruthenium(<sc>ii</sc>) coordination moiety (<bold>Ru-BP)</bold>has been developed for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer cells.