Properties of singlet oxygen

Título traducido de la contribución: Chapter 2 Properties of singlet oxygen

Ester Boix Garriga, Beatriz Rodríguez Amigo, Oriol Planas Marques, Santiago Nonell Marrugat

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Resumen

Singlet oxygen (1O2) is the first electronic excited state of molecular oxygen (O2). Considered as a distinct chemical entity, its electronic configuration is responsible for its unusual thermodynamic stability but remarkably enhanced reactivity towards other molecules in the singlet state. 1O2 photophysical properties, such as its main pathways of physical deactivation (radiative and nonradiative) and their associated kinetic constants, have gained increased consideration over the last decades. These photophysical processes were first studied in homogeneous solvents, but as 1O2 became relevant as a possible oxidizing agent in polymer sciences or as a photocytotoxic species in photodynamic therapy, the scientific community made an enormous effort to elucidate these processes in such heterogeneous systems. In this chapter, we focus on the 1O2 photophysical properties, reviewing the most relevant observations in homogeneous as well as in heterogeneous microenvironments such as polymers, nanoparticles or cellular systems.
Título traducido de la contribuciónChapter 2 Properties of singlet oxygen
Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaSinglet Oxygen. Applications in Biosciences and Nanosciences
EditorialRoyal Society of Chemistry
Capítulo2
Páginas23-46
Número de páginas23
Volumen1
ISBN (versión digital)978-1-78262-220-8, 978-1-78262-801-9
ISBN (versión impresa)978-1-78262-038-9
DOI
EstadoPublicada - ene 2016

Serie de la publicación

NombreComprehensive Series in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
ISSN (versión impresa)2041-9716
ISSN (versión digital)2041-9724

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