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Table 6 Optical absorption of porphyrins and E-SWCNT

From: The application of titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, fullerene, and graphene nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy

Compoundsa

Absorption bands (nm)b

POR

521, 556, 587, and 641

MYR

530 and 570

VER (commercial, reference)

575, 630, and 695

E-SWCNT

572 and 992c

  1. POR meso-tetrakis(4-pyridyl)porphyrin tosylate salt, MYR meso-tetrakis(N-myristyl-4-pyridinium)porphyrin tosylate salt, VER verteporfin, E-SWCNT chirality-enriched (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotube
  2. aPorphyrin aqueous solutions at 55 μM and aqueous suspension of E-SWCNT
  3. bFor all porphyrins, another weak band can be observed from 900 to 1000 nm
  4. cBands attributed to E22 and E11 optical transitions (Weisman and Bachilo 2003)
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Cancer Nanotechnology

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