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A self-assembled aza-BODIPY linked dicyanostilbenzene with a large Stokes shift, AIE, mechanochromism and singlet oxygen yield

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Bi/oligo-BODIPYs: Recent advances in design strategies of the dyes with excellent photophysical and photochemical properties for various practical tasks

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A Photochemical Dehydrogenative Strategy for Direct and Regioselective Dimerization of BODIPY Dyes

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Carbon–carbon bonded BODIPY dimers: Structural classification, photophysical mechanisms, and functional applications

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Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Strategy for Direct and Regioselective Oligomerization of BODIPY Dyes

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Near‐IR Absorbing BODIPY Derivatives as Glutathione‐Activated Photosensitizers for Selective Photodynamic Action

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Phosphorescence of BODIPY dyes

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Photodynamic Activity of Acridine Orange in Keratinocytes under Blue Light Irradiation

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Unsymmetrical Benzothieno-Fused BODIPYs as Efficient NIR Heavy-Atom-Free Photosensitizers

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Conjugated BODIPY DYEmers by Metathesis Reactions

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Attaching electron donating groups on the meso-phenyl and meso-naphthyl make aryl substituted BODIPYs act as good photosensitizer for singlet oxygen formation

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BODIPY photosensitizers based on PET and heavy atom effect: A comparative study on the efficient formation of excited triplet state and singlet oxygen in BODIPY dimers and monomers

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One-Pot Access to Ethylene-Bridged BODIPY Dimers and Trimers through Single-Electron Transfer Chemistry

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Dimeric BODIPYs with different linkages: A systematic investigation on structure-properties relationship

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BODIPY–Au(I): A Photosensitizer for Singlet Oxygen Generation and Photodynamic Therapy

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A novel fluorescence sensor for K + based on bis-Bodipy: The ACQ effect controlled by cation complexation of pseudo crown ether ring

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N‐Bridged Annulated BODIPYs: Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Blueshifted Dyes

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