Titanium dioxide nanoparticles: prospects and applications in medicine

D Ziental, B Czarczynska-Goslinska, DT Mlynarczyk… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), including titanium dioxide NPs, among
polymeric NPs, liposomes, micelles, quantum dots, dendrimers, or fullerenes, are becoming …

Recent advances in strategies for overcoming hypoxia in photodynamic therapy of cancer

B Pucelik, A Sułek, A Barzowska, JM Dąbrowski - Cancer Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
The selectivity of photodynamic therapy (PDT) derived from the tailored accumulation of
photosensitizing drug (photosensitizer; PS) in the tumor microenvironment (TME), and from …

Photoresponsive materials for antibacterial applications

Y Ren, H Liu, X Liu, Y Zheng, Z Li, C Li… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2020 - cell.com
Recently, photoactivated sterilization, as a rapid, effective, and antibiotic-free antibacterial
method, has attracted increasing attention from researchers. Many outstanding …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriochlorins and their metal complexes as NIR-absorbing photosensitizers: Properties, mechanisms, and applications

B Pucelik, A Sułek, JM Dąbrowski - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Photodynamic inactivation of bacteria with porphyrin derivatives: effect of charge, lipophilicity, ROS generation, and cellular uptake on their biological activity in vitro

A Sułek, B Pucelik, M Kobielusz, A Barzowska… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics has led to research on various therapeutic
strategies with different mechanisms of action, including photodynamic inactivation (PDI). In …

Upconversion nanoparticle-induced multimode photodynamic therapy based on a metal–organic framework/titanium dioxide nanocomposite

Z Shi, K Zhang, S Zada, C Zhang, X Meng… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) possesses two pathways depending on the type of high-
toxicity reactive oxygen species (ROS), superoxide anion radical (O2·–) and hydroxyl radical …

Photocatalytic TiO2-Based Nanostructured Materials for Microbial Inactivation

I De Pasquale, C Lo Porto, M Dell'Edera, F Petronella… - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic microorganisms can spread throughout the world population, as the current
COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically demonstrated. In this scenario, a protection against …

Photosensitive hybrid nanostructured materials: The big challenges for sunlight capture

G Luciani, C Imparato, G Vitiello - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Solar radiation is becoming increasingly appreciated because of its influence on living
matter and the feasibility of its application for a variety of purposes. It is an available and …

Photodegradation of Antibiotics by Noncovalent Porphyrin-Functionalized TiO2 in Water for the Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Risk Management

M Gaeta, G Sanfilippo, A Fraix, G Sortino… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics represent essential drugs to contrast the insurgence of bacterial infections in
humans and animals. Their extensive use in livestock farming, including aquaculture, has …

TiO2‐Based Photocatalysis at the Interface with Biology and Biomedicine

M Tomás‐Gamasa, JL Mascareñas - ChemBioChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of sunlight into chemical energy by using photosynthetic machinery is at the
heart of nature and life. Scientists have also learned to use light energy to promote a great …