Chlorophylls make Earth green, are the central constituents in the engine of photosynthesis,
and not surprisingly have garnered immense attention. A chlorin, the core chromophore of a …

Bacterichlorins possess a characteristic intense electronic absorption in the near-infrared
part of the electromagnetic radiation (NIR) from 700 nm up to 900 nm, where endogenous …

Chlorophyll a (Chl a) serves a dual role in oxygenic photosynthesis: in light harvesting as
well as in converting energy of absorbed photons to chemical energy. No other Chl is as …

De Novo Synthesis of Gem-Dialkyl Chlorophyll Analogues for Probing and Emulating Our Green
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Ten naturally occurring chlorophylls (a, b, c 2, d) and bacteriochlorophylls (a, b, c, d, e, g)
were purified and studied using the optical spectroscopic techniques of both steady state …

Photodynamic inactivation is a rapidly developing antimicrobial treatment that employs a
nontoxic photoactivatable dye or photosensitizer in combination with harmless visible light to …

Tetrapyrrole macrocycles are central to photosynthesis yet a single macrocycle does not
carry out photosynthesis; rather, assemblies of tetrapyrrole macrocycles work in concert in …

Cutaneous malignant melanoma remains a therapeutic challenge, and patients with
advanced disease have limited survival. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been successfully …

The near-infrared (NIR) spectral region has been comparatively under-utilized for diverse
materials and medical applications owing to the lack of chromophores that afford stability …

The distinct features of chlorophylls in photosynthesis have led to the formation of numerous
derivatives for applications encompassing solar energy conversion, molecular photonics …