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Photoelectrochemical biosensors: New insights into promising photoelectrodes and signal amplification strategies
Publication date: Available online 26 June 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Anitha Devadoss , Pitchaimuthu Sudhagar , Chiaki Terashima , Kazuya Nakata , Akira Fujishima The photoelectrochemical (PEC) process is a promising low-cost approach to convert chemical energy to electricity under light illumination and applied potential. PEC biosensing has attracted huge attention because of its ability to detect biomolecules through the photocurrent generated from biomolecule oxidation. However, important factors in the mechanism of PEC biosensing, particularly ph...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - June 27, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Review of material design and reactor engineering on TiO2 photocatalysis for CO2 reduction
Publication date: Available online 23 June 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Oluwafunmilola Ola , M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer The continuous combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels and depletion of existing resources is intensifying the research and development of alternative future energy options that can directly abate and process ever-increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Since CO2 is a thermodynamically stable compound, its reduction must not consume additional energy or increase net CO2 emissions. Renewable sources like solar energy provide readily ava...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - June 24, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Primary Reactions in the Photochemistry of Hexahalide Complexes of Platinum Group Metals: A Minireview
Publication date: Available online 15 May 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Evgeni M. Glebov , Ivan P. Pozdnyakov , Victor F. Plyusnin , Igor Khmelinskii We review the results obtained for PtIVCl6 2−, PtIVBr6 2−, IrIVCl6 2−, IrIVBr6 2−, and OsIVBr6 2− complexes in aqueous and alcoholic solutions using ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy, laser flash photolysis, ESR, and photoelectron spectroscopy. We discuss the correlations between the photophysics and the photochemistry of these complexes. The key reaction for PtIVCl6 2− is the inner-sphere elect...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 16, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Aggregation-induced phosphorescence enhancement (AIPE) based on transition metal complexes—An overview
Publication date: June 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, Volume 23 Author(s): Veerasamy Sathish , Arumugam Ramdass , Pounraj Thanasekaran , Kuang-Lieh Lu , Seenivasan Rajagopal Aggregation-induced emission (enhancement) (AIE(E)) is an extraordinary phenomenon in the field of photochemistry and offers a new platform for researchers to investigate the light-emitting process from nanoaggregates. Non- or weakly emissive molecules are induced to emit efficiently through nanoaggregate formation, which are referred to as aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and aggregation-in...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 15, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Enhancing photodynamic therapy of refractory solid cancers: combining second-generation photosensitizers with multi-targeted liposomal delivery
Publication date: Available online 11 May 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Ruud Weijer , Mans Broekgaarden , Milan Kos , Remko van Vught , Erik A.J. Rauws , Eefjan Breukink , Thomas M.van Gulik , Gert Storm , Michal Heger Contemporary photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the last-line treatment of refractory cancers such as nasopharyngeal carcinomas, superficial recurrent urothelial carcinomas, and non-resectable extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas yields poor clinical outcomes and may be associated with adverse events. This is mainly attributable to three fact...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 12, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Supramolecular Photochemistry Concepts Highlighted with Select Examples
Publication date: Available online 5 May 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): V. Ramamurthy , Barnali Mondal ‘Supramolecular Photochemistry’ (SP) deals with a study of the properties of molecules in their excited states where the medium plays a significant role. While ‘Molecular Photochemistry’ (MP) deals with studies in isotropic solution, the SP deals with reactant molecules that interact weakly with their surroundings. The surroundings in general are highly organized assemblies such as crystals, liquid crystals, micelles, host-guest structures etc. The...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 6, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Tunable One-dimensional Photonic Crystals from Soft Materials
Publication date: Available online 5 May 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Youfeng Yue , Jian Ping Gong Photonic crystals are periodic dielectric nanostructures that can affect the propagation of light. Polymer-based photonic crystals have attracted great attentions for their potential application as sensors or optical switches due to their stimuli-responsive properties. This review summarizes the recent developments in one-dimensional (1-D) polymer-based photonic crystals, including the inspiration of the material from nature, principles for design and fabric...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 6, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Aggregation-induced phosphorescence enhancement (AIPE) based on transition metal complexes – An overview
Publication date: Available online 25 April 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Veerasamy Sathish , Arumugam Ramdass , Pounraj Thanasekaran , Kuang-Lieh Lu , Seenivasan Rajagopal Aggregation-Induced Emission (Enhancement) (AIE(E)) is an extraordinary phenomenon in the field of photochemistry and offers a new platform for researchers to investigate the light-emitting process from nanoaggregates. Non- or weakly emissive molecules are induced to emit efficiently through nanoaggregate formation, which are referred to as aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and aggr...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - April 26, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Use of Biomolecular Scaffolds for Assembling Multistep Light Harvesting and Energy Transfer Devices
Publication date: Available online 6 January 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Christopher M. Spillmann , Igor L. Medintz The development of biologically templated artificial light harvesting antennae and energy transfer devices is a highly active research area with exceptional challenges. Natural energy harvesting complexes have exquisite spectrally- and spatially-tuned systems with high redundancy to maximize their ability to gather, channel, and distribute electromagnetic radiation. Attempting to mimic these highly efficient systems requires at the very lea...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - January 8, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Photoactivation of the cryptochrome/photolyase superfamily
Publication date: Available online 26 December 2014 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Jing Wang , Xianli Du , Weisong Pan , Xiaojie Wang , Wenjian Wu The cryptochrome/photolyase superfamily is a class of flavoproteins that can regulate the growth and development in plants, as well as the circadian clock and the potential magnetic navigation in animals, primarily by absorbing UV-A and blue light. It is generally agreed that these functions depend on the photochemical reaction of the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) chromophore, non-covalently binding to cryptoch...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - December 27, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Influence of oxygen nonstoichiometry and doping with 2p-, 3p-, 6p- and 3d-elements on electronic structure, optical properties and photocatalytic activity of rutile and anatase: Ab initio approaches
Publication date: March 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, Volume 22 Author(s): V.M. Zainullina , V.P. Zhukov , M.A. Korotin Among wide-energy-gap semiconductors, doped titanium dioxides (anatase or/and rutile polymorphs) are the most promising materials for designing photocatalysts active in the visible region of solar spectrum, for photodegradation of organic molecules and for photolysis of water. It has been established recently that doping of titanium dioxides with 2p-, 3p-, 6p- and 3d-elements significantly increases their photocatalytic activity. In this review we...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 22, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy toward Application in Plasmonic Photocatalysis on Metal Nanostructures
Publication date: Available online 8 November 2014 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Xue-Jiao Chen , Gema Cabello , De-Yin Wu , Zhong-Qun Tian Among photothermal, photovoltaic and photochemical techniques, photochemistry is superior in energy storage and transportation by converting photons into chemical fuels. Recently plasmonic photocatalysis, based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) generated from noble metal nanostructures, has attracted much attention. It promotes photochemical reaction efficiency by optimizing the solar spectrum absorption and th...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 9, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Unravelling the mysteries of gas phase photocatalytic reaction pathways by studying the catalyst surface: A literature review of different Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic reaction cells used in the field
Publication date: March 2013 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, Volume 14 Author(s): Birger Hauchecorne , Silvia Lenaerts Unlike the profound knowledge of the reaction mechanisms occurring in water phase photocatalysis, still fairly little is known on the reaction mechanisms occurring on the catalyst surface when dealing with gaseous pollutants. Unfortunately, there are some differences between both reactions. For one, there are no abundant hydroxyl radicals present in the gas phase, so that possibly other species prove to be important in abating the pollutant. In order to un...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 4, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Binding of serum albumins with bioactive substances – Nanoparticles to drugs
Publication date: March 2013 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, Volume 14 Author(s): Selvaraj Naveenraj , Sambandam Anandan The interactions of human and bovine serum albumins (HSA and BSA) with various drugs and nanomaterials receive great attention in the recent years owing to their significant impact in the biomedical field. Although there are various techniques available for studying such interactions, fluorescence spectroscopy is the most appealing one due to its high sensitivity and straightforwardness. Detailed information about the interactions of drugs and nanomateri...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 4, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Removal of NOx by photocatalytic processes
Publication date: March 2013 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, Volume 14 Author(s): Janusz Lasek , Yi-Hui Yu , Jeffrey C.S. Wu The photocatalytic methods for nitrogen oxides removal were recently very intense areas of scientific research. Photo-deNO x processes offer interesting ways for abatement of these harmful gases. This review describes several methods for removing NO by photocatalytic reactions. These methods can be classified into three major groups: photo selective catalytic reduction (photo-SCR), photo-oxidation and photo-decomposition. The application of photoca...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 4, 2014 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research