Polyacrylamide (PAA) and amine-functionalized PAA (AFPAA) nanoparticles with disulfonated 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenantroline ruthenium (Ru(dpp(SO 3 ) 2 ) 3 ) have been prepared. The nanoparticles produced have a hydrodynamic radius of 20-25 nm.The amount of singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) produced by Ru(dpp(SO 3 ) 2 ) 3 as been measured using anthracene-9,10-dipropionic acid (ADPA). A kinetic model for the disappearance of ADPA, by steady state irradiation of Ru(dpp(SO 3 ) 2 ) 3 at 465 nm, has been developed taking also into account a consumption not mediated by 1 O 2 . This direct consumption of ADPA is evaluated by irradiating in the presence of NaN 3 and is about 30% of the total. All the experimental results are very well described by the model developed, both for free Ru(dpp(SO 3 ) 2 ) 3 and with this dye incorporated in the nanoparticles.It is found that the polyacrylamide matrix does not quench the 1 O 2 produced, allowing it to reach the external solution of the nanoparticles and react with ADPA. When the matrix possesses amine groups, AFPAA, the amount of 1 O 2 that reacts with ADPA is slightly reduced, 60%, but most of the 1 O 2 produced can still leave the particles and react with external molecules. The particles produced may therefore be used as sources of 1 O 2 in photodynamic therapy (PTD) of cancers. The fact that those nanoparticles do not quench significantly the 1 O 2 makes possible the future development of 1 O 2 sensors based on PAA nanoparticles with the appropriate sensor molecule enclosed. #