Simple Summary In recent years, numerous general and specific reviews about
photodynamic therapy and related subtopics have been published. The diversity of reviews …

Confusion is a novel concept of isomerism in porphyrin chemistry, delivering a steady
stream of new chemistry since the discovery of N-confused porphyrin, a porphyrin mutant, in …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now a well‐recognized modality for the treatment of cancer.
While PDT has developed progressively over the last century, great advances have been …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality approved for
clinical treatment of several types of cancer and non-oncological disorders. In PDT, a …

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

Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is an endogenous metabolite normally formed in the mitochondria
from succinyl-CoA and glycine. Conjugation of eight ALA molecules yields protoporphyrin IX …

Tautomerization in porphycenes, constitutional isomers of porphyrins, is strongly entangled
with spectral and photophysical parameters. The intramolecular double hydrogen transfer …

5, 10, 15, 20-Tetrakis (3-hydroxyphenyl) chlorin (mTHPC, Temoporfin) is a widely
investigated second generation photosensitizer. Its initial use in solution form (Foscan®) is …

Compared to porphyrin, its isomeric, expanded, and contracted analogues are less well
explored. This contrast is found to be even more drastic in the case of their peripherally …

Abstract Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are important semiconductor materials with
interesting photo-responsive properties. During the past, ZnO-based NPs have received …