Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms are crucial for life on Earth as they provide food and oxygen and
are at the basis of most energy resources. They have a large variety of light-harvesting …

De Novo Synthesis of Gem-Dialkyl Chlorophyll Analogues for Probing and Emulating Our Green World

JS Lindsey - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
De Novo Synthesis of Gem-Dialkyl Chlorophyll Analogues for Probing and Emulating Our Green
World | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my institution Log In …

Antimicrobial photosensitizers: drug discovery under the spotlight

R Yin, M R. Hamblin - Current medicinal chemistry, 2015 - benthamdirect.com
Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) was discovered over a hundred years ago by its
ability to destroy microorganisms, it has been developed mainly as a cancer therapy. In …

Modifications of porphyrins and hydroporphyrins for their solubilization in aqueous media

M Luciano, C Brückner - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The increasing popularity of porphyrins and hydroporphyrins for use in a variety of
biomedical (photodynamic therapy, fluorescence tagging and imaging, photoacoustic …

Beyond green with synthetic chlorophylls–Connecting structural features with spectral properties

M Taniguchi, DF Bocian, D Holten… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The distinct features of chlorophylls in photosynthesis have led to the formation of numerous
derivatives for applications encompassing solar energy conversion, molecular photonics …

Strong coupling of localized surface plasmons to excitons in light-harvesting complexes

A Tsargorodska, ML Cartron, C Vasilev, G Kodali… - Nano Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Gold nanostructure arrays exhibit surface plasmon resonances that split after attaching light
harvesting complexes 1 and 2 (LH1 and LH2) from purple bacteria. The splitting is attributed …

Application of cow milk-derived carbon dots/Ag NPs composite as the antibacterial agent

S Han, H Zhang, Y Xie, L Liu, C Shan, X Li, W Liu… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cow milk-derived carbon dots (CMCDs) were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of cow
milk, and the as-prepared CMCDs were further extracted by ethyl acetate to obtain …

Photodynamic treatment of pathogens

P Delcanale, S Abbruzzetti, C Viappiani - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2022 - Springer
The current viral pandemic has highlighted the compelling need for effective and versatile
treatments, that can be quickly tuned to tackle new threats, and are robust against mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Stable synthetic mono-substituted cationic bacteriochlorins mediate selective broad-spectrum photoinactivation of drug-resistant pathogens at nanomolar …

L Huang, M Krayer, JGS Roubil, YY Huang… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Three stable synthetic mono-substituted cationic bacteriochlorins (BC37, BC38 and BC39)
were recently reported to show exceptional activity (low nanomolar) in mediating …

Photodynamic therapy evaluation of methoxypolyethyleneglycol-thiol-SPIONs-gold-meso-tetrakis (4-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin conjugate against breast cancer cells

OJ Fakayode, CA Kruger, SP Songca… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Magnetic field enhanced photodynamic therapy is an effective non-invasive technique for
the eradication of cancer diseases. In this report, magnetic field enhancement of the …