Phthalocyanines are new class of photosensitiser
used for photodynamic therapy. These drugs are used to treat small
and superficial tumours. In recent years, a particular attention
has been given to phthalocyanine in order to search suitable
photosensitisers that can be clinically used as photodynamic cancer
drug. The zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) has been reported to have
suitable photophysical properties in photodynamic therapy. Recent
work done on zinc phthalocyanine dynamic has proven that the energy
transfer from singlet state to triplet state occurs on ultrafast
timescale and the determination of the ultrafast component remains
a challenge
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CSIR 3rd Biennial Conference 2010. Science Real and
Relevant. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South
Africa, 30 August – 01 September 2010
