Aggregation-induced BODIPY photosensitizers for synergistic type I/II photodynamic antibacterial therapy.
This study designed two heavy-atom-free boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) to overcome the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) and alleviate heavy-atom toxicity, aiming to enhance the antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) of conventional BODIPY. The resulting photo...