The use of visible light to produce highly selective and potent drugs through photodynamic
therapy (PDT) holds much potential in the treatment of cancer. PDT agents can be designed …

This review will cover the developments in the chemistry of phenanthroline-based ligands in
the last 10–15 years. 1, 10-Phenanthroline (phen) is a classic ligand in coordination …

Increasing numbers of DNA structures are being revealed using biophysical, spectroscopic
and genomic methods. The diversity of transition metal complexes is also growing, as the …

Considerable attention has focused on new DNA-binding and-modifying agents, from
natural products to wholly synthetic designs, as probes of DNA structure and as po-tential …

Ruthenium compounds, particularly Ru (II) polypyridine complexes, are the class of
transition metal complexes which has been most deeply investigated from a photochemical …

The binding of enantiomers of Ru (bpy) 2 (ppz) 2+(bpy= 2, 2'-bipyridine; ppz= 4, 7-
phenanthrolino [6, 5-¿>]-pyrazine) to calf thymus DNA is investigated using absorption …

Luminescent transition metal complexes are currently revolutionizing many areas of
photochemistry and photophysics. In particular, they are proving useful as molecular probes …

The DNA binding geometries for a series of enantiomerically pure substitution-inert
ruthenium (II) complexes, containing 1, 10-phenanthroline (phen) and 2, 2 '-bipyridine (bpy) …

Since the mid 1970's interest in the chemistry and applications of ruthenium polypyridyl
complexes has increased steadily. In this perspective, the development of this area is …

An important property of the Ru (II) complexes that contain polyazaaromatic ligands such as
TAP (1, 4, 5, 8-tetraazaphenanthrene) and HAT (1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12-hexaazatriphenylene) is the …