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Delayed fluorescence of Protoporphyrin IX for medical diagnosis
Vinklárek, Ivo ; Scholz, Marek (advisor) ; Alster, Jan (referee)
The aim of this work is to analyse mechanisms of delayed fluorescence in solutions of protoporphyrin IX mainly through measurements of time-resolved spectroscopy. Delayed fluorescence is a type of fluorescence in which luminophore undergoes reversed intersystem crossing from triplet state to singlet state which is subsequently brought to the ground state by emission of photon. One of the applications of delayed fluorescence is a measurement of oxygen partial tension in mitochondria in vivo. For the right interpretation of the data it is necessary to understand the processes of generation of delayed fluorescence. A new experimental setup for simultaneous time-resolved measurements in infra-red and visible spectral regions was developed and tested as a part of the work. Absorption and fluorescence spectra of protoporphyrin IX were measured under different conditions in dimethylformamide and ethylenglycol solutions. The influence of photodegradation was regarded as well. Then we measured kinetics of protoporphyrin IX with the main focus on the influence of singlet oxygen-sensitized delayed fluorescence. Our research indicates that it participates together with thermal delayed fluorescence, which could be helpful in further interpretation and analysis of the experimental data. The research was carried out in...
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Fluorescence Detection of Skin Tumours
Stíbal, Adam ; Dědic, Roman (advisor) ; Hála, Jan (referee)
This thesis discusses the photodynamic therapy (PDT) and it's application for dia- gnostics of tumours. The PDT is based on production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from the molecules of photosensitizers (PS). PS are preferentially accumulated in disea- sed tissues, where ROS are produced and cause selective destruction of the target tissue, while surrounding healthy tissue remains intact. The photodynamic diagnostics uses the fluorescence of PS for digital and spectral imaging. This thesis is focused on detection of tumours from spectral characteristics of protoporphyrin IX fluorescence induced in tis- sue by methyl-aminolevulinate. The main part of the research was realised on rats' scars in vivo, the solutions of homogenized mouse fibroblasts were also studied. The way to distinguish between diseased and healthy tissue was found using measurements of fluo- rescence bleaching kinetics.
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Methods of Study of Photosensitizer-Photophysics with Application on Thiazolyl-porphyrins
Scholz, Marek
Title: Methods of Study of Photosensitizer-photophysics with Application on Thiazolyl-porphyrins Author: Marek Scholz Department: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics Supervisor: RNDr. Roman Dědic, Ph.D. Supervisor's e-mail address: Roman.Dedic@mff.cuni.cz Abstract: Photodynamic therapy for oncologic and various chronic diseases is a rapidly emerging method of treatment. It is based on the production of highly reactive singlet oxygen and free radicals by excitation energy transfer from the molecules of photosensitizers. Photosensitizers are preferentially accumulated in the target tissues and locally illuminated. This way produced reactive species cause apoptosis or necrosis of the cells leading to the desired therapeutic effect. Synthesis and subsequent photophysical characterization of photosensitizing dyes is a fundamental part of the development of photodynamic methods. The main aim of the work is to explain the most widely used methods of photophysical study of photosensitizers and apply them to new synthesized photosensitizers: thiazolyl-porphyrins. Methods of absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, flash- photolysis, time- and spectral-resolved detection of luminescence, optoacoustic spectroscopy and other spectroscopic methods were used. Thiazolyl-porphyrins proved to be promising new...
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Methods of Study of Photosensitizer-Photophysics with Application on Thiazolyl-porphyrins
Scholz, Marek ; Dědic, Roman (advisor) ; Hála, Jan (referee)
Title: Methods of Study of Photosensitizer-photophysics with Application on Thiazolyl-porphyrins Author: Marek Scholz Department: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics Supervisor: RNDr. Roman Dědic, Ph.D. Supervisor's e-mail address: Roman.Dedic@mff.cuni.cz Abstract: Photodynamic therapy for oncologic and various chronic diseases is a rapidly emerging method of treatment. It is based on the production of highly reactive singlet oxygen and free radicals by excitation energy transfer from the molecules of photosensitizers. Photosensitizers are preferentially accumulated in the target tissues and locally illuminated. This way produced reactive species cause apoptosis or necrosis of the cells leading to the desired therapeutic effect. Synthesis and subsequent photophysical characterization of photosensitizing dyes is a fundamental part of the development of photodynamic methods. The main aim of the work is to explain the most widely used methods of photophysical study of photosensitizers and apply them to new synthesized photosensitizers: thiazolyl-porphyrins. Methods of absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, flash- photolysis, time- and spectral-resolved detection of luminescence, optoacoustic spectroscopy and other spectroscopic methods were used. Thiazolyl-porphyrins proved to be promising new...
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The study of sulphonated polystyrene nanofabrics with encapsulated sensitizer
Hrdinková, Veronika ; Mosinger, Jiří (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis is dedicated to the exploitation of sulphonated polystyrene nanofibres as ion exchange nanomaterial. Ion exchange capacity of these nanomaterials has been determined by titration method and AAS. The effect of sulphonation on photophysical, photooxidative and photocytotoxic properties of sensitizer 5,10,15,20-meso- tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) encapsulated in polystyrene nanofibres has been studied as well. Properties of TPP have been examined with time-resolved spectroscopy, photooxidation of uric acid as substrate and bactericidal tests on Escherichia coli DH5α with pGEM11Z plasmid. It has been discovered that following the sulphonation of the nanofabrics, the encapsulated sensitizer is partly present even in aggregation form. The polystyrene nanofabrics with encapsulated sensitizer keep its bactericidal efficiency also after sulphonation.
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Photooxidative and photodisinfective polymeric nanofabrics: The effect of oxygen permeability
Jesenská, Soňa ; Lang, Kamil (referee) ; Mosinger, Jiří (advisor)
The diploma thesis compares the photophysical, photooxidative and photocytotoxic properties of four polymer nanofabrics with encapsulated 5,10,15,20 - meso - tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP). The main focus of the work lies especially in the study of the effect of polymer oxygen permeability on the ability of nanofabrics to produce singlet oxygen and the utilization of nanofabrics for measurement of the polymer oxygen permeability and polymer oxygen diffusion coefficients. A possible application of nanofabrics in the framework of oxygen detection, photooxidation of substrates and photodesinfection has been studied as well.
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Tuning the Photophysical Properties of Anti-B18H22 [1]
Braborec, Jakub ; Černá, H. ; Benkocká, M. ; Kolská, Z. ; Londesborough, Michael Geoffrey Stephen
The tuning of the photophysical properties of the highly fluorescent boron hydride cluster anti-B18H22 (1), by straight-forward chemical substitution to produce 4,4'-(HS)(2)-anti-B18H20 (2), facilitates intersystem crossing from excited singlet states to a triplet manifold.[1] This subsequently enhances O-2((1)Delta(g)) singlet oxygen production from a quantum yield of Phi(Delta) similar to 0.008 in 1 to 0.59 in 2. This contribution describes the synthesis and full structural characterization of the new compound 4,4'-(HS) 2-anti-B18H20 (2) and uses UV-vis spectroscopy coupled with DFT and ab initio computational studies to delineate and explain its photophysical properties. Additionally, we will report on new fluorescent derivatives of anti-B18H22 and their immobilisation on solid nanostructured substrates.
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Nanotextilie produkující singletní kyslík
Mosinger, J. ; Jirsák, O. ; Kubát, Pavel ; Lang, Kamil ; Mosinger, B.
Medicine is facing many challenges today. One of them is that more and more bacterial strains are becoming resistant to antibiotics. In addition, antibiotics and antiseptics are potentially polluting our environment and are, or should be, restricted from common use. We developed a material with bactericidal properties that are activated by light and are confined to the narrow space defined by its surface and shape. This material is nanopolluting and its active substance is non-toxic and biodegradable.
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