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Cover Feature: Improvement of Photodynamic Activity of Lipid–Membrane‐Incorporated Fullerene Derivative by Combination with a Photo‐Antenna Molecule (Chem. Eur. J. 29/2018)
Author(s) -
Antoku Daiki,
Satake Shuhei,
Mae Tomoya,
Sugikawa Kouta,
Funabashi Hisakage,
Kuroda Akio,
Ikeda Atsushi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201801526
Subject(s) - fullerene , derivative (finance) , dyad , photochemistry , photosensitizer , molecule , antenna (radio) , photosynthesis , chemistry , lipid bilayer , membrane , photodynamic therapy , materials science , biophysics , biology , organic chemistry , physics , biochemistry , telecommunications , computer science , acoustics , financial economics , economics
A dyad system consisting of light‐harvesting antenna molecules and a fullerene derivative coexisting in a lipid membrane bilayer displays high photodynamic activity toward human cancer cells. It is very important for the photosensitizer using the dyad system that energy transfer between the antenna molecules and the fullerene derivative occurs effectively. The dyad system was chosen to mimic photosynthesis of green plants. The cover picture shows how a ladybug (fullerene derivative) on the leaf eats photoenergy absorbed by the antenna molecule. More information can be found in the Communication by A. Ikeda et al. on page 7335.