Spectroscopic study of the loading of cationic porphyrins by carbon nanohorns as high capacity carriers of photoactive molecules to cells-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Spectroscopic study of the loading of cationic porphyrins by carbon nanohorns as high capacity carriers of photoactive molecules to cells

Published:2019 Issue:23 Volume:7 Page:3670-3678
ISSN:2050-750X
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry B
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. B

Author:

Devereux Stephen J.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Massaro Marina¹²³⁴,Barker Andrew¹²³⁴,Hinds David T.¹²³⁴,Hifni Badriah¹²³⁴⁵,Simpson Jeremy C.⁵³⁴^ORCID,Quinn Susan J.¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry

2. University College Dublin

3. Dublin 4

4. Ireland

5. School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield

Abstract

Spherical carbon nanohorns have great potential as drug delivery agents. Here a detailed study of the loading of porphyrin molecules is reported and the influence on their stability described. An optimally loaded sample is shown to cause photoactivated cell death.

Funder

Irish Research Council

Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau in London

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Biomedical Engineering,General Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/TB/C9TB00217K

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