TY - CHAP
T1 - Newest approaches to singlet oxygen photosensitisation in biological media
AU - Planas, Oriol
AU - Boix-Garriga, Ester
AU - Rodríguez-Amigo, Beatriz
AU - Torra, Joaquim
AU - Bresolí-Obach, Roger
AU - Flors, Cristina
AU - Viappiani, Cristiano
AU - Agut, Montserrat
AU - Ruiz-González, Rubén
AU - Nonell, Santi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Production of singlet molecular oxygen by photosensitisation remains the most common and convenient means of producing this non-radical yet highly-reactive oxygen species that participates in many chemical and biological processes. The details of singlet oxygen photosensitisation by organic dyes are well understood as well as its limitations. Novel materials and biomaterials with unprecedented optical, photophysical, and biological properties, as well as novel chemical and biological technologies have recently emerged that provide new opportunities for the controlled generation and delivery of singlet oxygen in biological media as well as for its detection and monitoring. This review summarises such novel contributions, ranging from stimulus-responsive switchable molecular photosensitisers to proteins as novel photoactive biotherapeutic drugs to metallic nanostructures as plasmonic antennas for singlet oxygen.
AB - Production of singlet molecular oxygen by photosensitisation remains the most common and convenient means of producing this non-radical yet highly-reactive oxygen species that participates in many chemical and biological processes. The details of singlet oxygen photosensitisation by organic dyes are well understood as well as its limitations. Novel materials and biomaterials with unprecedented optical, photophysical, and biological properties, as well as novel chemical and biological technologies have recently emerged that provide new opportunities for the controlled generation and delivery of singlet oxygen in biological media as well as for its detection and monitoring. This review summarises such novel contributions, ranging from stimulus-responsive switchable molecular photosensitisers to proteins as novel photoactive biotherapeutic drugs to metallic nanostructures as plasmonic antennas for singlet oxygen.
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U2 - 10.1039/9781782624547-00233
DO - 10.1039/9781782624547-00233
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84925458982
T3 - Photochemistry
SP - 233
EP - 278
BT - Photochemistry
A2 - Fasani, Elisa
A2 - Albini, Angelo
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
ER -