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Spectroscopy Used as a Tool to Evaluate Hair Damage and Protection
摘要： OBJECTIVE: Methods that can be used to analyze hair damage and to support a claim of hair protection are important for the cosmetic industry. There are many approaches available, but they are usually laborious and expensive. The researchers propose a simple fluorescence method that is based upon the emissive properties of damaged hair. METHODS: Hair fluorescence was observed when using both fluorimetry and microscopic procedures. The method was developed by comparing native hair with hair that was damaged by UVA and visible light. RESULTS: Spectroscopic properties (absorption and emission) of hair in the visible range are presented. The changes in the emissive properties of hair during irradiation were characterized and they were correlated with photobleaching, which is due to the generation of singlet oxygen. Emissions were also obtained in the hair shafts that had been previously treated with chamomile extract and this treatment was able to avoid hair bleaching. CONCLUSION: The emissive properties of hair in the visible range can be used as a tool for the evaluation of hair damage and protection. This method can be useful as a tool in order to claim
关键词： Hair treatment,singlet oxygen,spectroscopy,claim substantiation,fluorescence,visible
更新于2025-11-21 11:24:58
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Light Controlled In Vitro Gene Delivery Using Polymer-Tethered Spiropyran as a Photoswitchable Photosensitizer
摘要： A gene delivery system using spiropyran as a photoswitchable photosensitizer for controlled photochemical internalization effect was developed by engineering the outer coating of polyethylenimine/DNA complex with a small amount of spiropyran-containing cationic copolymers. The successful binding of cationic polymers by the polyethylenimine coating was detected by the distance-sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer technique that evidenced occurrence of energy transfer between fluorescein-labeled cationic copolymers and polyethylenimine-condensed rhodamine-labeled DNA. The ternary polyplexes feature reversible controllability of singlet oxygen generation based on the dual effect of spiropyrans in photochromism and aggregation-induced enhanced photosensitization, allowing significant light-induced amplification of bPEI-mediated in vitro transgene efficiency (from original 15% to final 91%) at a low DNA dose, with the integrity of supercoiled DNA structure unaffected. The use of spiropyran without the need of other photosensitizers circumvents the issue of uncontrolled long-lasting photocytotoxicity in gene delivery.
关键词： gene delivery,spiropyran,photoswitching,singlet oxygen,fluorescence resonance energy transfer
更新于2025-11-21 11:08:12
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Differential photothermal and photodynamic performance behaviors of gold nanorods, nanoshells and nanocages under identical energy conditions
摘要： Various gold (Au) nanostructures have shown promising near infrared (NIR) light-activated phototherapeutic effects; however, their reported photothermal or photodynamic performance behavior is usually inconsistent or even conflicted, dramatically limiting the improvement of phototherapeutic Au nanostructures. The potential reason for this uncertainty is mainly because the photoactivities of Au nanostructures are not evaluated under identical energy conditions. Herein, three Au nanostructures, Au nanorods (NRs), nanoshells (NSs), and nanocages (NCs), were prepared to provide the same localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peaks at 808 nm. All these Au nanostructures (at the same optical density) could fully exert their photoactivities under the identical and optimal energy condition of 808 nm laser irradiation. It was found that these Au nanostructures could induce similar levels of temperature elevation but different levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, where Au NCs exhibited the highest ROS production, followed by Au NSs and NRs. In vitro and in vivo phototherapeutic assessments further supported that Au NCs could cause the most severe cell death and tumor growth regression. This means that the identical incident energy has different contribution to photothermal and photodynamic performance of Au nanostructures, and the corner angle structures of Au NCs compared with NSs and NCs could more efficiently convert the photon energy into photodynamic property. Taken all together, Au NCs hold great potential for phototherapy due to their efficient energy utilization capability.
关键词： reactive oxygen species,photodynamic therapy,gold nanostructures,photothermal therapy,cancer treatment
更新于2025-11-21 11:08:12
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Dual-action Platinum(II) Schiff Base Complexes: Photocytotoxicity and Cellular Imaging
摘要： Nine photo-stable Pt(II) Schiff base complexes [Pt(O^N^N^O)] (Pt1-Pt9) containing tetradentate salicylaldimine chelating ligands have been synthesized and characterized as potential photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The effects of electron-withdrawing versus electron-donating substituents on their electronic spectral properties are investigated. Pt1-Pt9 show broad absorption bands between 400-600 nm, which makes them useful for green-light photodynamic therapy. The complexes showed intense phosphorescence with emission maxima at ca. 625 nm. This emission was used to track their cellular localization in cancer cells. Confocal cellular imaging showed that the complexes localized mostly in the cytoplasm. In the dark, the complexes were non-toxic to A549 human lung cancer cells, but exhibited high photo-toxicity upon low-dose green light (520 nm, 7.02 J/cm2) irradiation via photo-induced singlet oxygen generation. Thus, these photoactive Pt(II) complexes have the potential to overcome the problem of drug resistance and side effects of current clinical Pt(II) drugs, and to act as both theranostic as well as therapeutic agents.
关键词： Schiff Base,Platinum(II),Photocytotoxicity,Cellular Imaging,Singlet oxygen
更新于2025-11-21 11:08:12
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A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Insights into the Synergistic Effect of Cerium Doping and Oxygen Vacancies into BaZrO <sub/>3-δ</sub> Hollow Nanospheres for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
摘要： The long-standing debate over the influence of oxygen vacancies and various dopants has been the center point in perovskite-based compounds for their photocatalytic applications. Hydrothermally synthesized Cerium doped BaZrO3 (BZO) hollow nanospheres has been systematically studied by experimental and theoretical calculations to understand the effect of Cerium doping and oxygen vacancies on the photocatalytic properties. Compounds synthesized by a template-free route were composed of hollow nanospheres generated by Ostwald ripening of spherical nanospheres, which were formed by agglomeration of nanoparticles. The high alkaline condition and high temperature during the hydrothermal condition may lead to the formation of local disorders and oxygen vacancies in the compounds, confirmed by ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis and density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations. Combination of oxygen vacancies and progressive doping of Ce onto BZO, BaZr1–xCexO3 (x = 0.00 – 0.04), creates additional energy levels stipulated by vacancy defects and Ce mixed valance states within the band gap of BZO thereby reducing its band gap. The photocatalytic efficacy of the compounds has been examined by photo-driven H2 generation concomitant with oxidation of a sacrificial donor. In this study, BaZr0.97Ce0.03O3 shows the highest efficiency (823 μmol h-1 g-1) with an apparent quantum yield (AQY) of 6% in photocatalytic H2 production among all five synthesized samples. The data obtained from the UV–Vis DRS, XPS, ESR analysis and DFT calculations, the synergistic effect of decreasing the band gap due to Ce doping and the presence of Ce (III)/Ce (IV) pairs along with oxygen vacancies and lattice distortions could be the reasons behind the enhanced photocatalytic efficacy of BaZr1–xCexO3 (x = 0.00 – 0.04) under UV–Visible light.
关键词： Photocatalytic hydrogen production,Cerium doping,Oxygen vacancies,BaZrO3,Hollow nanospheres
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Long-lived triplet excited state in a platinum( <scp>ii</scp> ) perylene monoimide complex
摘要： We report the synthesis and solution based photophysical properties of a new Pt(II)-terpyridine complex coupled to a perylene monoimide (PMI) chromophoric unit through an acetylene linkage. This structural arrangement resulted in quantitative quenching of the highly fluorescent PMI chromophore by introducing metal character into the lowest energy singlet state, thereby leading to the formation of a long-lived PMI-ligand localized triplet excited state (τ = 8.4 μs). Even though the phosphorescence from this triplet state was not observed, highly efficient quenching of this excited state by dissolved oxygen and the observation of singlet oxygen photoluminescence in the near-IR at 1270 nm initially pointed towards triplet excited state character. Additionally, the coincidence of the excited state absorbance difference spectra from the sensitized PMI ligand using a triplet donor and the Pt-PMI complex provided strong evidence for this triplet state assignment, which was further supported by TD-DFT calculations.
关键词： singlet oxygen,perylene monoimide,photophysics,platinum(II) complex,triplet excited state
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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dz2 Orbitals Mediated Bound Magnetic Polarons in Ferromagnetic Ce Doped BaTiO3 Nanoparticles and its Enriched Two Photon Absorption Cross Section
摘要： Enriched ferromagnetism and two photon absorption (TPA) cross section of perovskite BaTiO3 nanoparticles are indispensible for magnetic and optical data storage applications. In this work, the hydrothermally synthesized Ce doped BaTiO3 nanoparticles exhibit the maximum room temperature ferromagnetism (4.26×10-3 emu/g) at 4 mol% due to the increase of oxygen vacancies as evidenced by X-ray photoelectron, electron spin resonance spectroscopies and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Hence, the oxygen vacancy constituted bound magnetic polaron (BMP) model has been invoked to explain the enhancement of ferromagnetism. BMP theoretical model indicates the increase of BMP magnetization (M0, 3.0 to 4.8×10-3 emu/g) and true spontaneous moment per BMP (meff, 4 to 9.88×10-4 emu) on Ce doping. DFT calculations show that BMPs mediate via Ti d orbitals leading to the ferromagnetism. Besides, it is understood that the magnetic moment induced by Ce at Ba site is higher than Ce at Ti site in the presence of oxygen vacancies. Open aperture Z-scan technique displays the highest TPA coefficient β (7.08×10-10 m/W) and TPA cross section σTPA (455×104 GM) at 4 mol% of Ce as a result of robust TPA induced excited state absorption. A large σTPA is attributed to the longer excited state lifetime τ (7.63 ns) of charge carriers created by oxygen vacancies and Ce ions which encounter several electronic transitions in the excited sub-states.
关键词： Ce doping,oxygen vacancies,bound magnetic polarons,two photon absorption,DFT calculations,Z-scan technique,BaTiO3 nanoparticles,ferromagnetism
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:35
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Triplet-State Photochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter: Triplet-State Energy Distribution and Surface Electric Charge Conditions
摘要： Excited triplet states of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (3CDOM*) are highly reactive species in sunlit surface waters and play a critical role in reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and pollutant attenuation. In the present study, a series of chemical probes, including sorbic acid, sorbic alcohol, sorbic amine, trimethylphenol, and furfuryl alcohol, were employed to quantitatively determine 3CDOM* and 1O2 in various organic matters. Using a high concentration of sorbic alcohol as high-energy triplet states quencher, 3CDOM* can be first distinguished as high-energy triplet states (>250 kJ mol?1) and low-energy triplet states (<250 kJ mol?1). The terrestrial-origin natural organic matter (NOM) was found to mainly consist of low-energy triplet states, while high-energy triplet states were predominant in autochthonous-origin NOM and effluent/wastewater organic matter (EfOM/WWOM). The 1O2 quantum yields and electron transfer quantum yield coefficients (f TMP) generated from low-energy triplet states remained constant in all tested organic matters. External phenolic compound showed quenching effects on triplet-state formation and tended to have a higher quenching efficiency for aromatic ketone triplet states, which are the main high-energy triplet states. In comparison with terrestrial-origin NOM, autochthonous-origin NOM and EfOM/WWOM presented lower reaction rate constants for sorbic amines and higher reaction rate constants for sorbic acid, and these differences are likely due to dissimilar surface electric charge conditions. Understanding the triplet-state photochemistry of CDOM is essential for providing useful insights into their photochemical effects in aquatic systems.
关键词： surface charge,triplet-state photochemistry,energy distribution,dissolved organic matter,reactive oxygen species,chemical probes
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:35
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POSS: A Morphology-Tuning Strategy to Improve the Sensitivity and Responsiveness of Dissolved Oxygen Sensor
摘要： Dissolved oxygen (DO) plays a crucial role in environment, food processing, and biotechnology. Although several physical-doping DO probes have been developed, a sensitive and reliable sensor for real-time and non-invasive DO detection in bioprocess is still challenging. Here we demonstrate a morphology-tuning strategy to improve the sensitivity and responsiveness of DO polymeric sensors (P(Pt-TPP-TFE-Ad) and P(Pt-TPP-TFE-POSS)) by decorating with the same platinum(II) porphyrins and different morphology-tunable moieties in supporting matrix. Experimental results manifest the sensitivity and response of sensors increase with size effect of the morphology-tunable moiety in due that the bulky morphology-tunable moiety facilitates the formation of interconnected and porous network that can promote oxygen permeability. Additionally, P(Pt-TPP-TFE-POSS) features excellent linear Stern-Volmer quenching, superior stability, and reversible response, thereby permitting the real-time and non-invasive quantification of DO during cephalosporin C fermentation. Our work offers an ideal tool for online sensing of DO in industrial and biological applications.
关键词： porphyrin,sensors,biofermentation,morphology-tuning,dissolved oxygen
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:35
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One-step Aqueous Synthesis of Zn-based Quantum Dots as Potential Generators of Reactive Oxygen Species
摘要： The actual incorporation of dopant species into the ZnS Quantum Dots (QDs) host lattice will induce structural defects evidenced by a red shift in the corresponding exciton. The doping should create new intermediate energetic levels between the valence and conduction bands of the ZnS and affect the electron-hole recombination. These trap states would favour the energy transfer processes involved with the generation of cytotoxic radicals, so-called Reactive Oxygen Species, opening the possibility to apply these nanomaterials in cancer research. Any synthesis approach should consider the direct formation of the QDs in biocompatible medium. Accordingly, the present work addresses the microwave-assisted aqueous synthesis of pure and doped ZnS QDs. As-synthesized quantum dots were fully characterized on a structural, morphological and optical viewpoint. UV-Vis analyzes evidenced the excitonic peaks at approximately 310 nm, 314 nm and 315 nm for ZnS, Cu-ZnS and Mn-ZnS, respectively, Cu/Zn and Mn/Zn molar ratio was 0.05%. This indicates the actual incorporation of the dopant species into the host lattice. In addition, the Photoluminescence spectrum of non-doped ZnS nanoparticles showed a high emission peak that was red shifted when Mn2+ or Cu2+ were added during the synthesis process. The main emission peak of non-doped ZnS, Cu-doped ZnS and Mn-doped ZnS were observed at 438 nm, 487 nm and 521 nm, respectively. Forthcoming work will address the capacity of pure and Cu-, Mn-ZnS quantum dots to generate cytotoxic Reactive Oxygen Species for cancer treatment applications.
关键词： Cancer research,ZnS Quantum Dots,Doping,Microwave-assisted synthesis,Reactive Oxygen Species
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39