Emerging strategies in enhancing singlet oxygen generation of nano-photosensitizers toward advanced phototherapy

M Tavakkoli Yaraki, B Liu, YN Tan - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
The great promise of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has thrusted the rapid progress of
develo** highly effective photosensitizers (PS) in killing cancerous cells and bacteria. To …

[HTML][HTML] Design consideration of phthalocyanines as sensitizers for enhanced sono-photodynamic combinatorial therapy of cancer

LC Nene, H Abrahamse - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer remains one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality globally.
Conventional treatment modalities have demonstrated threatening drawbacks including …

Folic acid-modified phthalocyanine-nanozyme loaded liposomes for targeted photodynamic therapy

N Nwahara, G Abrahams, E Prinsloo… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hypoxic tumour microenvironment and poor spatiotemporal localization of
photosensitizers are two significant obstacles that limit practical applications of …

Synthesis, characterization, electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical and dye-sensitized solar cell properties of phthalocyanines containing carboxylic acid anchoring …

GK Karaoğlan, A Hışır, YE Maden, MÖ Karakuş… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peripherally tetra-4-carboxyethylphenoxy substituted oxotitanium (IV), cobalt (II), zinc (II) and
metal free phthalocyanines were synthesized to research the sensitizing abilities of these …

Enhancement of the in vitro anticancer photo-sonodynamic combination therapy activity of cationic thiazole-phthalocyanines using gold and silver nanoparticles

LC Nene, T Nyokong - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explores the effects of gold and silver nanoparticles on the in vitro anticancer
photo and sono-dynamic therapy (PDT and SDT) and the combination (PSDT) therapy …

Electrochemical detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 using an aptamer on cobalt phthalocyanines–Cerium oxide nanoparticle conjugate

S Centane, S Mgidlana, Y Openda, T Nyokong - Bioelectrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of the biointerface design towards the development of an impedimetric biosensor
for the electrochemical detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is …

Photodegradation of tetracycline by asymmetrical zinc (II) phthalocyanines conjugated to cobalt tungstate nanoparticles

S Mgidlana, P Sen, T Nyokong - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022 - Elsevier
This work focused on syntheses of novel asymmetrically tetra substituted Zn
phthalocyanines (ZnPc) each containing a single carboxyl group, with the other substituents …

Visible light responsive TiO2-graphene oxide nanosheets-Zn phthalocyanine ternary heterojunction assisted photoelectrocatalytic degradation of Orange G

N Nwahara, O Adeniyi, P Mashazi… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, we report on the successful fabrication of a visible light-responsive TiO 2-graphene
oxide nanosheets–Zn phthalocyanine (TiO 2@ GONS@ ZnPc) ternary structure for the …

Photophysicochemical behaviour of phenoxy propanoic acid functionalised zinc phthalocyanines when grafted onto iron oxide and silica nanoparticles: Effects in …

E Dube, R Soy, M Shumba, T Nyokong - Journal of Luminescence, 2021 - Elsevier
This work reports on the covalent linkage of (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES)
functionalised iron oxide (IONPs–APTES) and silica (SiNPs–APTES) nanoparticles with zinc …