Amplifying the reactivity of BODIPY photoremovable protecting groups.

Matthew J GoodwinXinzi ZhangTayli B ShekletonDelaney A KirrHenry C HannonElizabeth J Harbron

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs or Pdots) are used to sensitize the photorelease reaction of a BODIPY photoremovable protecting group. Sensitization yields effective values of ελΦpr - the product of the extinction coefficient at the irradiation wavelength and the photorelease quantum yield - that are more than 60-fold greater than those measured upon direct excitation.

Keyphrases

fluorescent probe
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magnetic resonance
quantum dots