Developing Type I photosensitizers (PSs) is vital for tackling hypoxic intolerance of photodynamic therapy in the hypoxic microenvironment, but elusive due to the lack of a general molecular design strategy. Here the authors report a universal and simple method to covert traditional Type II PSs to Type I PSs.
- Jiahao Zhuang
- Guobin Qi
- Bin Liu