Studying the excited electronic states of Guanine rich DNA quadruplex by quantum mechanical methods: main achievements and perspectives.
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00065E, PerspectiveLara Mart ínez-Fernández, Luciana Esposito, Roberto Improta The main insights on the photoactivated dynamics of Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) recently provided by Quantum Mechanical computations are concisely reviewed here. The experimental steady state absorption and circular dichroism spectra... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 30, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lara Mart ínez-Fernández Source Type: research

Hypericin Photodynamic Activity in DPPC liposome. PART II: Stability and application in melanoma B16-F10 cancer cells
In this study, Hyp photophysical... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 26, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Fl ávia Amanda Pedroso de Morais Source Type: research

Improving Photosensitivity without Changing Thermal Reactivity in Photochromic Diarylbenzenes Based on Accurate Prediction by DFT Calculations
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00024H, PaperDaichi Kitagawa, Naoko Takahashi, Tatsumoto Nakahama, Seiya Kobatake 1,2-Diarylbenzenes (DABs) have been developed as a new family of fast T-type photochromic switches. However, the molecular design strategy for the DAB having desired optical and thermal properties is not... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 25, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Daichi Kitagawa Source Type: research

Revisiting cyanobacterial state transitions
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Pablo I. Calzadilla, Diana Kirilovsky Critical evaluation of “new” and “old” models of cyanobacterial state transitions. Phycobilisome and membrane contributions to this mechanism are addressed. The signaling transduction pathway is discussed. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 13, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Pablo I. Calzadilla Source Type: research

4-(4-Chloro-2-oxo-3(1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-6-yl) benzaldehyde as a fluorescent probe for medical imaging: linear and nonlinear optical properties
This study presents the full theoretical optical and biological characteristics of a new fluorescent probe based on the phenanthroimidazole backbone (PB5). To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 11, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Przemys ław Krawczyk Source Type: research

Highly sensitive eight-channel light sensing system for biomedical applications
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00017E, Technical NoteSung Bae Kim, Sharon Seiko Hori, Negar Sadeghipour, Uday Kumar Sukumar, Rika Fujii, Tarik F. Massoud, Ramasamy Paulmurugan We demonstrate the potential of an eight-channel light sensing platform system, named Black Box I (BBI), for rapid and highly sensitive measurement of low-level light using a nonradioactive optical readout. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 11, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sung Bae Kim Source Type: research

Effects of lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, sucrose and monosaccharide carbohydrates on soybean physical stem strength and yield in intercropping
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00369J, PaperSajad Hussain, Ting Liu, Nasir Iqbal, Marian Brestic, Ting Pang, Maryam Mumtaz, Iram Shafiq, Shuxian Li, Li Wang, Yang Gao, Aaqil Khan, Irshan Ahmad, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Weiguo Liu, Wenyu Yang To the best of our knowledge, for the first time our research examines a role of secondary cell wall components in lodging resistance and their interaction with yield under intercropping. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source...
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 10, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sajad Hussain Source Type: research

Near-IR oxime-based solvatochromic perylene diimide probe as chemosensor for Pd species and Cu2+ ions in water and live cells
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00487D, PaperPoonam Sharma, Sandeep kaur, Satwinderjeet Kaur, Prabhpreet Singh Near-IR perylene diimide probe (OPR-PDI) containing oxime-propargyl hybrid moiety at bay position, was designed and synthesized for detection of Pd species and Cu2+ ions in 90% water, solid state and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 10, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Poonam Sharma Source Type: research

Photophysics of deinoxanthin, the keto-carotenoid bound to the main S-layer unit of Deinococcus radiodurans
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00031K, PaperFrantisek Adamec, Domenica Farci, David Bina, Radek Litvin, Tuhin Khan, Marcel Fuciman, Dario Piano, Tomas Polivka The keto-carotenoid deinoxanthin, which occurs in UV-resistant bacteriumDeinococcus radiodurans, has been investigated by ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopic techniques. We have explored excited-state properties of deinoxanthin in solution and bound to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 6, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Frantisek Adamec Source Type: research

Photodynamic action of Hypericum perforatum hydrophilic extract against Staphylococcus aureus
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00428A, PaperPietro Delcanale, Cormac Hally, Santi Nonell, Silvia Bonardi, Cristiano Viappiani, Stefania Abbruzzetti Hypericin (Hyp) is one of the most effective, naturally occurring photodynamic agents, which proved effective against a wide array of microorganisms. One limitation of its large scale application as a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 5, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Pietro Delcanale Source Type: research

The effects of aloe emodin-mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on drug-sensitive and resistant Candida albicans
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00352E, PaperWenpeng Ma, Chengcheng Liu, Jiao Li, Ming Hao, Yanhong Ji, Xiaoyan Zeng The extensive and repetitive use of antifungal drugs has lead to the development of drug-resistant Candida albicans. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has received considerable attention as an emerging and promising... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 5, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Wenpeng Ma Source Type: research

Fluorescence recovery protein: a powerful yet underexplored regulator of photoprotection in cyanobacteria
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00015A, PaperYury B Slonimskiy, Evgeny Maksimov, Nikolai N. Sluchanko Cyanobacteria utilize an elegant photoprotection mechanism mediated by the photoactive Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP), which upon binding dissipates excess energy from light-harvesting complexes – phycobilisomes. OCP activity is efficiently regulated... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - March 4, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yury B Slonimskiy Source Type: research

High aldehyde dehydrogenase activity does not protect colon cancer cells against TPCS2a-sensitized photokilling
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Judith Jing Wen Wong, P ål Kristian Selbo Overexpression of Aldehyde Dehydrogenases (ALDH) has been linked to cancer therapy resistance. Here we show that high ALDH activity do not cause resistance against photodynamic therapy using the PCI-photosensitizer TPCS2a/fimaporfin. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - February 29, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Judith Jing Wen Wong Source Type: research

4-(4-chloro-2-oxo-3(1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-6-yl)benzaldehyde as fluorescent probe for medical imaging: linear and nonlinear optical properties
This study presents the full optical and biological theoretical characteristics of a new fluorescent probe based on the phenanthroimidazole backbone (PB5). The aldehyde group was selected as the active group,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - February 27, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: P. Krawczyk Source Type: research

Effects of solvent and micellar encapsulation on the photostability of avobenzone
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00483A, PaperKerry M. Hanson, Miles Cutuli, Tiffany Rivas, Miranda Antuna, Jessica Saoub, Nathan T. Tierce, Christopher J. Bardeen Avobenzone, the only UVA-absorbing molecule approved for use in sunscreens by the FDA, degrades to its diketone structure under UV light. We found that this photoisomerization is effectively prevented when avobenzone is sequestered in micelles. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photob...
Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - February 26, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kerry M. Hanson Source Type: research