Photodynamic properties and photoantimicrobial action of electrochemically generated porphyrin polymeric films

M D FUNES; D. A. CAMINOS; M. G. ALVAREZ; F. FUNGO; L. A. OTERO; E. N. DURANTINI

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Año: 2009 vol. 43 p. 902 - 902

p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Abstract Spectroscopic and photodynamic properties of polymeric films bearing porphyrin units have been studied in both solution containing photooxidizable substrates and in vitro on Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. The films were formed by electrochemical polymerization of 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-N,N-diphenylaminophenyl)porphyrin (H2P-film) and its complex with Pd(II) (PdP-film) on optically transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes. Absorption spectroscopic studies show the characte