@article{c6d294b334a145469f0a32650a6deca3,
title = "Synthesis, photophysical studies and 1O2 generation of carboxylate-terminated zinc phthalocyanine dendrimers",
abstract = "Highly water-soluble dendrimers have been prepared consisting of a central zinc phthalocyanine moiety and dendritic wedges with terminal carboxylate groups. The biggest polyelectrolyte comprises 32 negative charges at the dendrimer surface. The photophysical studies reveal a strong correlation between the degree of dendritic environment, the extent of aggregation, and the ability to generate singlet oxygen in aqueous media. Compared to dendrimers having an axial derivatization the functionalization on the outer rim also significantly improves the phthalocyanine's ability to photosensitize singlet oxygen.",
keywords = "Dendrimers, Phthalocyanines, Singlet oxygen generation",
author = "Francesca Setaro and Rub{\'e}n Ruiz-Gonz{\'a}lez and Santi Nonell and Uwe Hahn and Tom{\'a}s Torres",
note = "Funding Information: F.S. thanks the Universidad Aut{\'o}noma de Madrid, Spain, for a PhD fellowship FPI-UAM. R.R.-G. thanks the Generalitat de Catalunya (DURSI) and Fons Social Europeu for a predoctoral fellowship. Financial support for this research was obtained from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MEC) and the MICINN ( CTQ2010-20870-C03-01 , CTQ-2011-24187/BQU , Consolider-Ingenio, Nanociencia Molecular CSD2007-00010 ) and the Comunidad de Madrid ( MADRISOLAR-2 , S2009/PPQ/1533 ).",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.02.007",
language = "English",
volume = "136",
pages = "170--176",
journal = "Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry",
issn = "0162-0134",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}