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Photodynamic therapy with fullerenes.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology - 1 Nov 2007
Mroz Pawel, Tegos George P, Gali Hariprasad, Wharton Tim, Sarna Tadeusz, Hamblin Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Fullerenes are a class of closed-cage nanomaterials made exclusively from carbon atoms. A great deal of attention has been focused on developing medical uses of these unique molecules especially when they are derivatized with functional groups to make them soluble and therefore able to interact with biological systems. Due to their extended pi-conjugation they absorb visible light, have a high triplet yield and...
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