Supramolecular Confinement within Chitosan Nanocomposites Enhances Singlet Oxygen Generation

Khalid Naim; Sreejisha T Nair; Pranjali Yadav; Asifkhan Shanavas; Prakash P Neelakandan

doi:10.1002/cplu.201800041

Supramolecular Confinement within Chitosan Nanocomposites Enhances Singlet Oxygen Generation

Chempluschem. 2018 May;83(5):418-422. doi: 10.1002/cplu.201800041. Epub 2018 Apr 26.

Authors

Khalid Naim¹, Sreejisha T Nair¹, Pranjali Yadav¹, Asifkhan Shanavas¹, Prakash P Neelakandan¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Habitat Centre, Phase 10, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India.

PMID: 31957367
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800041

Abstract

The synthesis of water-soluble chitosan nanocomposites incorporating BODIPY and the investigation of their photosensitization properties is reported. It was observed that the singlet oxygen generation capability of nanocomposites containing a mixture of BODIPY and iodine-containing molecules are higher than that of the nanocomposites containing BODIPY alone. It is hypothesized that the supramolecular interactions between BODIPY and iodine-containing molecules confined within the nanocomposites lead to the enhanced singlet oxygen generation.

Keywords: BODIPY; nanotechnology; photosensitizers; supramolecular chemistry.

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