| Literature DB >> 21506537 |
Melanie Brasch1, Andrés de la Escosura, Yujie Ma, Charlotte Uetrecht, Albert J R Heck, Tomás Torres, Jeroen J L M Cornelissen.
Abstract
We report herein the encapsulation of a water-soluble phthalocyanine (Pc) into virus-like particles (VLPs) of two different sizes, depending on the conditions. At neutral pH, the cooperative encapsulation/templated assembly of the particles induces the formation of Pc stacks instead of Pc dimers, due to an increased confinement concentration. The Pc-containing VLPs may potentially be used as photosensitizer/vehicle systems for biomedical applications such as photodynamic therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21506537 DOI: 10.1021/ja110752u
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419