Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is based on the dye-sensitized photooxidation of biological
matter in the target tissue, and utilizes light activated drugs for the treatment of a wide variety …

Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of Aromatic Compounds is the first book to
collect and classify all available quantitative data on the photochemistry and luminescence …

Ammonium-substituted anthraquinone derivatives have been found to catalyze DNA
cleavage upon irradiation with 350 nm light. Picosecond laser spectroscopy demonstrates …

Plants containing aloin A, aloe emodin, and structurally related anthraquinones have long
been used as traditional medicines and in the formulation of retail products such as …

Time-resolved (fs) spectroscopy allows the direct observation of charge-transfer ion pairs
resulting from the photoexcitation of the electron donor− acceptor (EDA) complexes of …

Data on the effect of a wide diversity of phenol-type inhibitors including their organoelement
derivatives on the radical polymerization of vinyl monomers are analyzed. The prospects of …

The 2‐methyl‐l, 4‐naphthoquinone (MQ) sensitized photooxidation of nucleic acid
derivatives has been studied by laser flash photolysis and steady state methods. Thymine …

FTIR spectroscopy has been used to study the generation of radicals at low temperature
upon UV irradiation of ubiquinones, naphthoquinones, and plastoquinones. Radical …

Photoinduced coupling of an acetylene with a quinone in two wavelength regions (λDB and
λCT) can be regioselective to yield a single quinone methide adduct when various …

The encounter complex between photoexcited quinones Q* and various aromatic donors
(ArH) is observed directly by time-resolved ps spectroscopy immediately before it undergoes …