Abstract
Asymmetric Mg (II) or Al (III) phthalocyanine (containing a COOH group and 3-pyridylsulfanyl units) was conjugated via an amide bond to amino functionalized magnetic nanoparticle (AIMN) to form MgPc-AIMN or AlPc-AIMN conjugate, and characterized. The photophysicochemical behaviour of the phthalocyanine–AIMN conjugates was investigated and compared to the asymmetric Pcs and to the simple mixture of Pc with AIMNs without a chemical bond, (MPc-AIMN (mixed)). The directed covalent linkage of AIMNs to the asymmetrical metallopthalocyanines afforded improvements in the singlet oxygen (ФΔ) and triplet state quantum yield (ФT) as well as singlet oxygen lifetimes for the MPcs–AIMN-linked conjugates compared to MPc-AIMN (mixed) and MPcs alone. The asymmetric phthalocyanines and their conjugates showed effective antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli bacteria under illumination.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 407-414 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy |
| Volume | 193 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Funding
This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa through DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative for Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology ( UID 62620 ), as well as Rhodes University . MI thanks FUNAAB for leave. YA thanks Istanbul Technical University, DPT and TUBITAK for leave. This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa through DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative for Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology (UID 62620), as well as Rhodes University. MI thanks FUNAAB for leave. YA thanks Istanbul Technical University, DPT and TUBITAK for leave.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| DST/NRF | UID 62620 |
| National Research Foundation | |
| National Research Foundation | |
| Rhodes University | |
| Department of Science and Technology, Government of Kerala |
Keywords
- Asymmetric phthalocyanine
- Magnetite
- Nanoparticles
- Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT)
- Singlet oxygen