“…The hydrophilic molecules that can be bonded with BODIPY, include polyethylene glycol (Kolate et al, ; W. Li, Zhan, De Clercq, Lou, & Liu, ; Lin et al, ; Yu Zhu et al, ), zwitterions (Debayle et al, ; Ji et al, ; Sinclair et al, ; Su et al, ), peptides (T. Li, Li, et al, ; Y. Sun, Liang, et al, ), dextran (Heo et al, ; W. S. Kim et al, ; Lv et al, ; Siewert et al, ), and so on. These hydrophilic compounds can reduce the negative effect of ions like NaCl in water on the stability of BDP NPs and increase blood circulation time of BDP NPs.…”