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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Ombinda-Lemboumba, S., du Plessis, A., Botha, L.R. et al. 2010. Femtosecond pump-probe studies of zinc phthalocyanine in DMSO. CSIR 3rd Biennial Conference 2010. Science Real and Relevant. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August – 01 September 2010, pp 1
Ombinda-Lemboumba, S., du Plessis, A., Botha, L., Rohwer, E., & Steenkanp, C. (2010). Femtosecond pump-probe studies of zinc phthalocynine in DMSO. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4306
Ombinda-Lemboumba, Saturnin, A du Plessis, LR Botha, EG Rohwer, and CM Steenkanp. "Femtosecond pump-probe studies of zinc phthalocynine in DMSO." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4306
Ombinda-Lemboumba S, du Plessis A, Botha L, Rohwer E, Steenkanp C, Femtosecond pump-probe studies of zinc phthalocynine in DMSO; CSIR; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4306 .
CSIR 3rd Biennial Conference 2010. Science Real and Relevant. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August – 01 September 2010
