Metal centered ligand field excited states: Their roles in the design and performance of transition metal based photochemical molecular devices

PS Wagenknecht, PC Ford - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Transition metal complexes are vital components in a wide range of photooptical
applications; these range from targeted drug delivery to devices for the conversion of solar …

Photochemically activated carbon monoxide release for biological targets. Toward developing air-stable photoCORMs labilized by visible light

RD Rimmer, AE Pierri, PC Ford - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The potential therapeutic effects of carbon monoxide in several disease states, and new
methodologies for CO delivery to specific targets is a topic of growing interest in mammalian …

Near-infrared photoactivatable nitric oxide donors with integrated photoacoustic monitoring

EY Zhou, HJ Knox, CJ Reinhardt… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photoacoustic (PA) tomography is a noninvasive technology that utilizes near-infrared (NIR)
excitation and ultrasonic detection to image biological tissue at centimeter depths. While …

Chromium complexes for luminescence, solar cells, photoredox catalysis, upconversion, and phototriggered NO release

LA Büldt, OS Wenger - Chemical Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Some complexes of Cr (III) and Cr (0) have long been known to exhibit interesting
photophysical and photochemical properties, but in the past few years important conceptual …

Photochemical delivery of nitric oxide

PC Ford - Nitric oxide, 2013 - Elsevier
There remains considerable interest in developing methods for the targeted delivery of nitric
oxide and other small molecule bioregulators such as carbon monoxide to physiological …

Metal complex strategies for photo-uncaging the small molecule bioregulators nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

PC Ford - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Photochemical release (uncaging) of small molecule bioregulators (SMBs) such as nitric
oxide (NO) or carbon monoxide (CO) at physiological sites offers exquisite control of timing …

Red Light-Triggered CO Release from Mn2(CO)10 Using Triplet Sensitization in Polymer Nonwoven Fabrics

SHC Askes, GU Reddy, R Wyrwa… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Applicability of phototherapeutic CO-releasing molecules (photoCORMs) is limited because
they are activated by harmful and poorly tissue-penetrating near-ultraviolet light. Here, a …

Nitroprusside─ Expanding the Potential Use of an Old Drug Using Nanoparticles

PM da Silva Filho, IA Paz, NRF Nascimento… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For more than 70 years, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) has been used to treat severe
hypertension in hospital emergency settings. During this time, a few other clinical uses have …

Recent advances on the development of NO-releasing molecules (NORMs) for biomedical applications

R Bhowmik, M Roy - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological messenger as well as a signaling molecule that
participates in a broad range of physiological events and therapeutic applications in …

From curiosity to applications. A personal perspective on inorganic photochemistry

PC Ford - Chemical Science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past several decades, the photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal
compounds has blossomed from a relatively niche topic to a major research theme …