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Eurobic9, 2-6 September, 2008, Wrocław, Poland<br />

SL17. Light and Inorganic Species in Nanomedicine<br />

W. Macyk, K. Szaciłowski, M. Brindell, A. Jańczyk, P. Łabuz, G. Stochel<br />

Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060, Kraków, Poland,<br />

e-mail: stochel@chemia.uj.edu.pl<br />

Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in healthcare, offers numerous very<br />

promising possibilities to significantly improve medical diagnosis and therapy, leading to higher quality of life.<br />

Excited states of metal complexes and nanocrystalline wide bandgap semiconductors offer new physicochemical<br />

properties which can be used for medical purposes. Depending on the type of excited state and its deactivation<br />

pathway (radiative or nonradiative, energy or electron transfer, direct or sensitised process) inorganic or hybrid<br />

(inorganic-organic) nanomaterials can be considered for diagnostic, preventive or therapetic applications.[1]<br />

In this contribution some examples from our latest studies focused on new nanomaterials or strategies for<br />

photomedicine (photodynamic therapy PDT, photodynamic inactivation PDI, photochemiotherapy,<br />

photodiagnosis, phototargeting etc.) will be presented.[2-4]<br />

References:<br />

[1] K. Szaciłowski, W. Macyk, A. Drzewiecka-Matuszek, M. Brindell and G. Stochel, Chem. Rev., <strong>10</strong>5, 2647-<br />

2694 (2005).<br />

[2] A. Jańczyk, A. Wolnicka-Głubisz, K. Urbanska, H. Kisch, G. Stochel, W. Macyk, Free Rad. Biol. Med., 44<br />

(2008) 1120-1130.<br />

[3] D. Mitoraj, A. Jańczyk, M. Strus, H. Kisch, G. Stochel, P.B. Heczko, W. Macyk, Photochem.Photobiol. Sci.,<br />

6 (2007), 642-648.<br />

[4]M. Brindell, E. Kuliś, S.K.C. Elmroth, K. Urbanska, G. Stochel, J. Med. Chem., 48, (2005) 7298 - 7304<br />

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