Structure and Photosensitaizer Ability of Polymethine Dyes in Photodynamic Therapy: A Review

Influence of plasmons on the luminescence properties of solvatochromic merocyanine dyes with different solvatochromism

“…The obtained results will serve as a scientific basis for the design of photodetectors and active media of tunable dye lasers as well as for construction of plasmon-enhanced solar cells and photocatalysts for efficient generation of singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) used in photodynamic therapy. 130…”

Recent developments in photodynamic therapy and its application against multidrug resistant cancers

“…In the type I pathway, the PS moves electrons to make free radicals [11]. In the type II pathway scenario, it transfers energy to produce the highly reactive singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) and the triplet ground-state molecular oxygen ( 3 O 2 ) [12]. A ground-state PS is propelled into a high-energy electronic state by the absorption of light (photon) [13,14].…”

Molecular phosphorescence enhancement by the plasmon field of metal nanoparticles

“…17 Triplet states are actively used in photosynthetic systems 18 for generating reactive species of molecular oxygen (ROS). Singlet oxygen is employed in photodynamic therapy for the deactivation of cancer cells, 19,20 in antibacterial therapy, 21,22 as well as for treating skin and respiratory diseases. 23 ROS are important in advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of pollutants in various resources, 24 as well as in photocatalytic and photovoltaic reactions.…”