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PHOTO‐PROPERTIES OF A SILICON NAPHTHALOCYANINE: A POTENTIAL PHOTOSENSITIZER FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY*

P. A. Firey, Michael A. J. Rodgers

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Abstract— The photoproperties of derivatized silicon naphthalocyanine have been investigated in order to assess its potential as a photosensitizer for photo‐dynamic therapy. Absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescence and triplet absorption spectra have been measured. Oxygen quenching of the triplet state formed singlet oxygen in significant yields.

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Key concepts: Photosensitizer, Photodynamic therapy, Silicon, Photochemistry, Chemistry, Optoelectronics, Materials science, Organic chemistry