Cellulose membranes containing nanoparticles for upconversion of energy. fundamentals and applications

• Grant number: 11/15759-7
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Sidney José Lima Ribeiro
• Grantee: Karina Nigoghossian
• Home Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/01226-2 - Core-shell upconverting nanoparticles for applications in nanomedicine, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Cellulose membranes will be prepared containing nanoparticles compounds with lanthanide ions Yb3+ - Er3+ showing properties to convert infrared energy to visible and consequent activation of photosensitive drugs derived from phthalocyanine. The emission properties will be optimized and the membranes thus prepared will be tested as sensitizing photoactivated processes with the aim of applications in biological systems. In this work, the membranes will be tested in the process of photodynamic therapy (PDT).

Scientific publications

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MARISTELA F. S. PERES; KARINA NIGOGHOSSIAN; FERNANDO L. PRIMO; SYBELE SASKA; TICIANA S. O. CAPOTE; RAQUEL M. S. CAMINAGA; YOUNES MESSADDEQ; SIDNEY J. L. RIBEIRO; ANTONIO C. TEDESCO. Bacterial Cellulose Membranes as a Potential Drug Delivery System for Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancer. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 27, n. 11, p. 1949-1959, Nov. 2016. Web of Science Citations: 4.

Academic Publications

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NIGOGHOSSIAN, Karina. Membranas de celulose bacteriana contendo nanopartículas de 'YVO IND. 4': 'YB POT. 3+': 'ER POT. 3+''HO POT. 3+' para aplicações envolvendo conversão ascendente de energia. 2013. 130 f. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" Instituto de Quimica.