Conspectus Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is an emerging technique to treat certain types of
cancer, bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, and skin diseases. In past years, different …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an attractive, complementary medical technique to
chemotherapy. Among the different photosensitizers (PSs) employed, Ru (II) polypyridyl …

The utilization of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of various types of cancer
has gained increasing attention over the last decades. Despite the clinical success of …

Abstract Two [Ru (phen) 2dppz] 2+ derivatives (phen= 1, 10‐phenantroline, dppz= dipyrido
[3, 2‐a: 2′, 3′‐c] phenazine) with different functional groups on the dppz ligand [dppz‐7, 8 …

The use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) against cancer has received increasing attention
over recent years. However, the application of the currently approved photosensitizers (PSs) …

Two Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes, Ru (DIP) 2 (bdt)(1) and [Ru (dqpCO2Me)(ptpy)]
2+(2)(DIP= 4, 7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline, bdt= 1, 2-benzenedithiolate, dqpCO2Me= 4 …

Six substitutionally inert [RuII (bipy) 2dppz] 2+ derivatives (bipy= 2, 2′‐bipyridine, dppz=
dipyrido [3, 2‐a: 2′, 3′‐c] phenazine) bearing different functional groups on the dppz …

The unique photophysical properties of Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes make them very
attractive candidates as photosensitisers in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). However, to date …

The increasing impact of cancer on worldwide mortality makes the research of novel
chemotherapeutic agents a current and challenging issue. In the recent years, transition …

Incorporation of biquinoline ligands into Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes produces light-
activated systems that eject a ligand and photobind DNA after irradiation with visible and …