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  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Chemistry

Overview

Engin U. Akkaya is affiliated with the Dalian University of Technology in China. Their research activities lie predominantly at the intersection of Medicine, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields and topics including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Engin U. Akkaya's publications appear frequently in several well-known scientific venues, including:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • RSC Advances
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Proof-of-principle for two-stage photodynamic therapy: hypoxia triggered release of singlet oxygen," 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "Targeted Singlet Oxygen Delivery: A Bioorthogonal Metabolic Shunt Linking Hypoxia to Fast Singlet Oxygen Release," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Imaging of intracellular singlet oxygen with bright BODIPY dyes," 2021, Dyes and Pigments
  • "Mechanochemical generation of singlet oxygen," 2020, RSC Advances
  • "Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted singlet oxygen delivery via endoperoxide tethered ligands," 2022, Chemical Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Lei Wang
  • Hao Wu
  • Ziang Liu
  • Guangzhe Li
  • Rensong Sun

Award recognition includes membership in the Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi for contributions in Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Fluorescent chemosensors: The past, present and future

    Di Wu;Adam C. Sedgwick;Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Molecular logic gates: the past, present and future

    Sundus Erbas-Cakmak;Safacan Kolemen;Adam C. Sedgwick;Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

  • Activatable Photosensitizers: Agents for Selective Photodynamic Therapy

    Xingshu Li;Safacan Kolemen;Juyoung Yoon;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Ion sensing coupled to resonance energy transfer: a highly selective and sensitive ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for Ag(I) by a modular approach.

    Ali Coskun;Engin U. Akkaya

  • A Panchromatic Boradiazaindacene (BODIPY) Sensitizer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Sule Erten-Ela;M. Deniz Yilmaz;Burcak Icli;Yavuz Dede

  • Selective Manipulation of ICT and PET Processes in Styryl-Bodipy Derivatives: Applications in Molecular Logic and Fluorescence Sensing of Metal Ions

    O Altan Bozdemir;Ruslan Guliyev;Onur Buyukcakir;Sencer Selcuk

  • Designing excited states: theory-guided access to efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic action.

    Yusuf Cakmak;Safacan Kolemen;Selin Duman;Yavuz Dede

  • Signal Ratio Amplification via Modulation of Resonance Energy Transfer: Proof of Principle in an Emission Ratiometric Hg(II) Sensor

    Ali Coskun;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Thinking outside the silicon box: molecular and logic as an additional layer of selectivity in singlet oxygen generation for photodynamic therapy

    Suriye Ozlem;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Photosensitization and controlled photosensitization with BODIPY dyes

    Abdurrahman Turksoy;Deniz Yildiz;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Chelation-enhanced fluorescence of anthrylazamacrocycle conjugate probes in aqueous solution

    Engin U. Akkaya;Michael E. Huston;Anthony W. Czarnik

  • A Monostyryl-boradiazaindacene (BODIPY) Derivative as Colorimetric and Fluorescent Probe for Cyanide Ions

    Zeynep Ekmekci;M. Deniz Yilmaz;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Reaction-based BODIPY probes for selective bio-imaging

    Safacan Kolemen;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Effective PET and ICT switching of boradiazaindacene emission: A unimolecular, emission-mode, molecular half-subtractor with reconfigurable logic gates

    Ali Coskun;Erhan Deniz;Engin U Akkaya

  • Optimization of distyryl-Bodipy chromophores for efficient panchromatic sensitization in dye sensitized solar cells

    Safacan Kolemen;O. Altan Bozdemir;Yusuf Cakmak;Gokhan Barin

  • Bis(2-pyridyl)-substituted boratriazaindacene as an NIR-emitting chemosensor for Hg(II).

    Ali Coskun;M. Deniz Yilmaz;Engin U. Akkaya

  • A sensitive and selective ratiometric near IR fluorescent probe for zinc ions based on the distyryl-bodipy fluorophore.

    Serdar Atilgan;Tugba Ozdemir;Engin U. Akkaya

  • Tetrastyryl-Bodipy Dyes: Convenient Synthesis and Characterization of Elusive Near IR Fluorophores

    Onur Buyukcakir;O. Altan Bozdemir;Safacan Kolemen;Sundus Erbas

  • A Bifunctional Photosensitizer for Enhanced Fractional Photodynamic Therapy: Singlet Oxygen Generation in the Presence and Absence of Light.

    Ilke Simsek Turan;Deniz Yildiz;Abdurrahman Turksoy;Gurcan Gunaydin

  • Modulation of Boradiazaindacene Emission by Cation-Mediated Oxidative PET

    Bilge Turfan;Engin U Akkaya

  • Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells using red and near-IR absorbing Bodipy sensitizers.

    Safacan Kolemen;Yusuf Cakmak;Sule Erten-Ela;Yigit Altay

  • Water soluble distyryl-boradiazaindacenes as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

    Serdar Atilgan;Zeynep Ekmekci;A. Lale Dogan;Dicle Guc

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Coskun
Ali Coskun University of Fribourg
Juyoung Yoon
Juyoung Yoon Ewha Womans University
Anthony W. Czarnik
Anthony W. Czarnik Illumina (United States)
Mukundan Thelakkat
Mukundan Thelakkat University of Bayreuth
Tony D. James
Tony D. James University of Bath
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jun-Ho Yum
Jun-Ho Yum École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Trinity College Dublin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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