Non-Oncologic Applications of Nanomedicine-Based Phototherapy
Biomedicines, 2021 Phototherapy is widely applied to various human diseases. Nanomedicine-based phototherapy can be classified into photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT).
Su Woong Yoo +3 more
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Effect of photosensitizers photosens, photodithazine and hypericin on glioma cells and primary neuronal cultures : a comparative analysis [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of the study was to compare the effect of photosensitizers photosens, photodithazine, and hypericin on primary brain cell cultures, and assess their toxic effect on tumor and normal nervous cells in order to choose the optimal photodynamic agent ...
Alzeibak, Rozan +6 more
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Liposomal photosensitizers: potential platforms for anticancer photodynamic therapy
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2011 Photodynamic therapy is a well-established and clinically approved treatment for several types of cancer. Antineoplastic photodynamic therapy is based on photosensitizers, i.e., drugs that absorb photons translating light energy into a chemical potential
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Immobilized photosensitizers for antimicrobial applications [PDF]
, 2015 Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiotics for the efficient inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms; this is due to the fact that it is virtually impossible for resistant strains to ...
Boyle, Ross W. +2 more
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First examples of pyran based colorants as sensitizing agents of p-Type Dye-Sensitized solar cells [PDF]
, 2017 Three different pyran based dyes were synthesized and tested for the first time as photosensitizers of NiO based p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (p-DSSC).
Bonomo, Matteo +4 more
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Sensors, 2015 Fluorescence spectra and fluorescence lifetime images of talaporfin sodium and sodium-pheophorbide a, which can be regarded as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, were measured in normal and cancer cells.
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Detail Synthetic Study of Infrared Fluorescent Dyes: Design, Synthesis and Chemical Properties of their Photodynamic Therapy Probes [PDF]
Chemical Review and Letters, 2022 Dipyrromethene boron difluoride (BODIPY) derivatives can be used as effective photosensitizers (PS’s) to eradicate a broad spectrum of microbes that threaten the global population health.
Lavanya Gopala +2 more
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Development of Heterogeneous Photosensitized Transition Metal Oxide Water-Splitting Catalysts on Silica Support [PDF]
, 2015 The research presented in this manuscript describes the development of photosensitized inexpensive catalysts based on readily available materials. The investigation covers synthesis and characterization of photosensitizers based on porphyrins, mechanical
Crane, H. J. +2 more
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Frontiers in Catalysis, 2022 Genetically encoded photosensitizers are able to produce reactive oxygen species upon illumination and are exploited in a wide range of applications, especially in the medical field.
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The d(10) route to dye-sensitized solar cells: step-wise assembly of zinc(II) photosensitizers on TiO2 surfaces [PDF]
, 2012 Dye-sensitized solar cells have been assembled using a sequential approach: a TiO2 surface was functionalized with an anchoring ligand, followed by metallation with Zn(OAc)(2) or ZnCl2, and subsequent capping with a chromophore functionalized 2,2`:6`,2 ``
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