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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Photophysical Properties of a Chiral Iridium-Based Photosensitizer as an Efficient Photodynamic Therapy Agent: A Theoretical Investigation.

Maciej Spiegel

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Maciej SpiegelDepartment of Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211 A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8012-1026

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study employs time-dependent density functional theory to explore the photophysical properties of a chiral iridium(III) complex designed as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy. Key properties analyzed include one-photon absorption energies, singlet-triplet energy gaps, spin-orbit coupling constants, and intersystem crossing rate constants. The potential for operation in a Type I PDT mechanism was assessed through ionization potential and electron affinity calculations. The results demonstrate that the complex is a promising PDT candidate, primarily operating in a Type II mechanism, while offering conditional viability for Type I photoreactivity under specific electronic and environmental conditions.

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Coordination ComplexesIridiumPhotochemotherapyPhotosensitizing AgentsDensity Functional TheoryCoordination ComplexesIridiumPhotosensitizing Agentschiralitydensity functional theoryiridium complexmolecular modelingone-photon absorptionphotodynamic therapyreactive oxygen speciesspin–orbit couplingtype I/II mechanisms

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PMID40507873
PMCPMC12155465

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