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Supramolecular Photosensitizers with Enhanced Antibacterial Efficiency
Author(s) -
Liu Kai,
Liu Yiliu,
Yao Yuxing,
Yuan Huanxiang,
Wang Shu,
Wang Zhiqiang,
Zhang Xi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201303387
Subject(s) - photosensitizer , singlet oxygen , supramolecular chemistry , photodynamic therapy , porphyrin , photochemistry , chemistry , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , oxygen , molecule , organic chemistry
Photodynamic therapy : A novel supramolecular photosensitizer is efficiently fabricated based on a strong host–guest interaction, which shows an enhanced singlet oxygen generation ability of the porphyrin units and has thus a greatly improved antibacterial efficiency (see picture). The supramolecular photosensitizer is an adaptive system with switchable photophysical properties.