Main description:

This book addresses the synthesis of photosensitizers, the main emphasis being on the new methods of synthesis such as microwave, sonochemistry and the use of ionic liquids. It also addresses the photochemistry and photophysics of the photosensitizers alone and in combination with nanoparticles, the use of the photosensitizers in environmental control, safety and medicine. It discusses the common structures of the photosensitizers which are beneficial to these applications.

Contents:

Design and conception of photosensitizers.- Recent developments in the synthesis of porphyrin and phthalocyanine photosensitizers and related systems.- The contribution of theoretical chemistry to the drug design in photodynamic therapy.- Photochemical and photophysical characterization.- Sensitization of singlet oxygen formation in aqueous media.- The use of phthalocyanines and related complexes in photodynamic therapy.- Combination Therapy: Complexing of QDs with tetrapyrrols and other dyes.- Exogenously induced endogenous Photosensitizers.- Photocatalytic degradation of pollutants with emphasis on phthalocyanines and related complexes.- Photocatalysis for synthetic purposes.- Photosensitizers in solar energy conversion.- Chromophores for optical power limiting.