As deaths from preventable diseases abate, cancer is becoming one of the leading causes
of death in the world. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive treatment for cancer …

The review focuses on the photochemical (singlet oxygen and photobleaching quantum
yields) and photophysical (triplet quantum yields and lifetimes and fluorescence lifetimes) …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

The following sections are included: List of Abbreviations I. Introduction II. Photochemical
and Photophysical Parameters A. Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yields (ΦΔ) B …

Phthalocyanines (Pcs) are interesting molecules offering fascinating chemistry that has
received tremendous interest in the last decade. Certain features, such as high thermal …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is mainly used to destroy cancerous cells; it combines the
action of three components: a photoactivatable molecule or photosensitizer (PS), the light of …

Porphyrin-based molecules are actively studied as dual function theranostics: fluorescence-
based imaging for diagnostics and fluorescence-guided therapeutic treatment of cancers …

The Patai Series publishes comprehensive reviews on all aspects of specific functional
groups. Each volume contains outstanding surveys on theoretical and computational …

A novel water-soluble asymmetrical sugar-phthalocyanine was prepared via a statistical
cross-condensation of tetrakis (1, 2: 3, 4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-galactopyranos-6-yl) …

This chapter highlights the photophysical and photochemical parameters of
photosensitizers, with a focus on the different measuring and calculation methods. Singlet …