V. Nguyen

Rational Design of Biocompatible Heavy-Atom-Free Thionaphthalimide-Based Nanophotosensitizers for Photodynamic Cancer Therapy.

The results showed that transforming carbonyl groups into thiocarbonyl moieties within the naphthalimide structure caused a significant red shift in the absorption profile, which resulted in increased molar absorptivity and a marked improvement in singlet oxygen generation efficiency.

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Redox-activated heavy-atom-free photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic cancer therapy.

Design strategies of redox-activated heavy-atom-free photosensitizers (PSs), including donor-acceptor-based frameworks, thionation, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) driven intersystem crossing enhancement, and the integration of responsive moieties for reactive oxygen species (ROS), glutathione, cysteine, and hydroge...

Synthesis of carbon dot-mediated gold nanostructures: experimental and quantum chemical insights into turn-on fluorescence sensing of N-acetylcysteine

In this work, a green and sustainable hydrothermal approach was employed to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon dots (NCDs) using lemon juice as a natural precursor. The as-prepared NCDs served as eco-friendly reducing agents and stabilizing scaffolds for the subsequent in situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles (Au@NCDs). T...