Recent advances in the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of phthalocyanines: A review

M Yahya, Y Nural, Z Seferoğlu - Dyes and Pigments, 2022 - Elsevier
Phthalocyanines (Pcs) are robust macrocycles dyes, exhibiting high thermal, chemical, and
photostability due to the extensive π conjugation. This dye class has found a wide …

Sn (IV) porphyrin-biotin decorated nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots nanohybrids for photodynamic therapy

NB Magaela, R Matshitse, B Babu, M Managa… - Polyhedron, 2022 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure for cancer
treatment. This study focuses on the synthesis, photophysicochemical properties, and PDT …

Photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of chloroindium (III) tetraarylporphyrins and their gold nanoparticle conjugates

RC Soy, B Babu, DO Oluwole, N Nwaji… - Journal of Porphyrins …, 2019 - World Scientific
Novel chloroindium (III) complexes of tetra (4-methylthiophenyl) porphyrin (2a) and tetra-2-
thienylporphyrin (2b) dyes have been synthesized and characterized. The main goal of the …

Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy effect of zinc phthalocyanine-spermine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 breast cancer cell …

RO Ogbodu, JL Limson, E Prinsloo, T Nyokong - Synthetic Metals, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study shows improved photodynamic therapy (PDT) effect of zinc mono carboxy
phenoxy phthalocyanine (ZnMCPPc (1)) upon conjugation to spermine (via amide bond) as …

Physicochemical and antimicrobial photodynamic chemotherapy of unsymmetrical indium phthalocyanines alone or in the presence of magnetic nanoparticles

OL Osifeko, I Uddin, PN Mashazi… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
An AB3 type photosensitiser, consisting of 4-pyridylsulfanyl units (denoted as B3) and one
aminophenoxy (denoted as A) group (complex 3) was synthesized. Complex 3 was then …

The synthesis of 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra pentafluorophenyl porphyrin loaded onto spermine modified carbon nanospheres for enhanced cancer selectivity in photodynamic …

NB Magaela, M Managa, T Nyokong - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon nanospheres (CNS) were synthesized and decorated with spermine (sper-CNS).
These nanoparticles were conjugated to porphyrin complexes:(OH) 2 Sn 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra …

The effect of ascorbic acid on the photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of zinc phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on …

RO Ogbodu, T Nyokong - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Zinc mono carboxy phenoxy phthalocyanine (1) was chemical modified with ascorbic acid
via an ester bond to give ZnMCPPc-AA (2). Complexes 2 and 1 were coordinated to single …

Physicochemical and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy studies of mono-and tetra-pyridyloxy substituted indium (III) phthalocyanines

OL Osifeko, M Durmuş, T Nyokong - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The synthesis and photophysicochemical properties of mono-and tetra-pyridyloxy
substituted indium (III) phthalocyanines (InPcs) are presented in this study. General trends …

Photophysical studies of graphene quantum dots-Pyrene-derivatized porphyrins conjugates when encapsulated within Pluronic F127 micelles

M Managa, OJ Achadu, T Nyokong - Dyes and Pigments, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyrene-derivatized H 2, GaCl, and Zn porphyrins were immobilized on graphene
quantum dots (GQDs) to form (GQDs-H 2 TPrP, GQDs-GaClTPrP, and GQDs-ZnTPrP) …

The effect of charge on Zn tetra morpholine porphyrin conjugated to folic acid-nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots for photodynamic therapy studies

NB Magaela, R Matshitse, T Nyokong - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Zinc tetra morpholine porphyrin (complex 2), and its quaternized derivative (complex 3) were
synthesized and conjugated to folic acid decorated nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots …