Traditionally, Type II heterogeneous photo-oxidations produce singlet oxygen via external irradiation of a sensitizer and external supply of ground-state oxygen. A potential improvement is reported here. A hollow-core fiber-optic device was developed with an ‘‘internal’’ supply of light and flowing oxygen, and a porous photosensitizer-end capped configuration. Singlet oxygen was delivered throu...

A new sensitizer motif for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) has been developed. A heteroaromatic moiety containing a pyrazine ring links two porphyrin chromophores to the metal oxide surface via two carboxylic acid attachment groups. A test DSSC sensitized with the new molecule was 3.5 times more efficient than a similar cell sensitized by a single porphyrin model compound. The open circuit ph...

As a continuation of a previous controlled trial using "high-dose" metronidazole as a specific sensitizer of hypoxic cells, we used a more efficient nitroimidazole derivative (misonidazole, MISO) in combination with higher doses of radiation in patients with supratentorial high-grade astrocytomas. Sixty-six patients were stratified according to functional level and histological grading, and ran...

While chloroaluminum phthalocyanine is a highly effective photosensitizer of murine leukemia P388 or L1210 cells, the mode of cell death varies as a function of the PDT dose. When cells were incubated with 0.3 microM of the sensitizer, a light dose of 45 mJ cm-2 (670 +/- 5 nm) yielded a 90% apoptotic cell population within 60 min. The sensitizer localized throughout the cytoplasm and catalyzed ...

-5-Phenoxysulphonyl-l-methyl-4-nitroimidazole (NSC 38087) can act as a sensitizer of hypoxic mammalian cells to radiation in vitro. The degree of sensitization achieved is greater than would be predicted from the drug's electron affinity. Cytotoxicity studies have shown that 5pM NSC 38087 can reduce the surviving fraction of log-phase V79 cells in air at 37°C to 10-2 after 2 h exposure. This to...

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Organic Light-Emitting Diodes In article number 2212237, Zujin Zhao and co-workers report an efficient sensitizing system consisting of a thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizer with low polarity high steric hindrance, based on which high-performance hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes color purity, record-breaking efficiencies, long operational lifetimes are achieved.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer is a promising technique based on the formation of singlet oxygen following irradiation of a sensitizer with visible light. In the present work we investigated the role of calpains in PDT, using the human lymphoblastoid CCRF-CEM cells and bisulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine (AlPcS2) as a sensitizer. Photosensitization induced apoptotic cell death and a time...