Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

Photodynamic therapy is witnessing a revival of its origins as a response to the rise of multi-
drug resistant infections and the shortage of new classes of antibiotics. Photodynamic …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective
photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, eg, methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, eg …

One of the most promising alternatives for treating bacterial infections is antimicrobial
photodynamic therapy (aPDT), making the synthesis and application of new photoactive …

Highlights•Cationic phthalocyanine (Pc) dyes to photoinactivate bacteria, fungi, and
virus.•Synthesis of quaternized Pcs, photophysical and photochemical properties, and PDI …

The emergence of nanoscience and its effect on the development of diverse scientific fields,
particularly materials chemistry, are well known today. In this study, a new di-substituted …

With a view to developing highly efficient photosensitizers for both antitumor and
antimicrobial photodynamic therapies, herein, we reported a super cationic zinc (II) …

Phthalocyanine derivatives have been proposed as photosensitizers for the treatment of
several microbial infections. In this review, the progress in the structures of phthalocyanines …

Ultrathin phosphate-modulated zinc phthalocyanine/perylene diimide supermolecule
(ZnPc/P-PDI) heterojunctions have been successfully constructed as efficient wide visible …

In nature, microorganisms can form highly structured complexes designed as biofilms, that
cause severe and chronic infectious in humans. The formation of biofilms provides microbes …