Photosensitizers in Medicine, Environment, and Security

1. Design and Conception of Photosensitisers
Fabienne Dumoulin

2. Recent Developments of Synthetic Techniques for Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related Systems
Ayşe Gül Gürek, Catherine Hirel

3. The Contribution of Theoretical Chemistry to the Drug Design in Photodynamic Therapy
Angelo D. Quartarolo, Nino Russo, Emilia Sicilia, Carlo Adamo

4. Photochemical and Photophysical Characterization
Mahmut Durmuş

5. Sensitization of Singlet Oxygen Formation in Aqueous Media
Nina Kuznetsova

6. The Use of Phthalocyanines and Related Complexes in Photodynamic Therapy
Rodica-Mariana Ion

7. Combination Therapy: Complexing of QDs with Tetrapyrrols and Other Dyes
Vladimir Maslov, Anna Orlova, Alexander Baranov

8. Exogenously Induced Endogenous Photosensitizers
Gesine Heuck, Norbert Lange

9. Photocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants with Emphasis on Phthalocyanines and Related Complexes
Alexander B. Sorokin

10. Photosensitisation and Photocatalysis for Synthetic Purposes
Lucia Tonucci, Alessandro Cortese, Mario Bressan, Primiano D’Ambrosio, Nicola d’Alessandro

11. Photosensitizers in Solar Energy Conversion
Katja Willinger, Mukundan Thelakkat

12. Chromophores for Optical Power Limiting
Yann Bretonnière, Chantal Andraud

Nyckelord: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Environment, general