A comparative study of the photophysical and phototoxic properties of octakis(decyloxy)phthalocyaninato zinc(ii), incorporated in a hydrophilic polymer, in liposomes and in non-ionic micelles
Abstract
Factors such as charge, aggregation and lipophilicity influence photosensitiser localisation. The lipophilic octasubstituted sensitiser 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octakis(decyloxy)phthalocyaninato zinc(II) was incorporated into liposomes of dimyristoyl-L-α-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), non-ionic micelles of Tween 80 and the hydrosoluble