Photodynamic effect of hydrophilic C60-derived nanostructures for catalytic antitumoral antibacterial applications

Appreciable production rate of singlet oxygen (1O2) from water-soluble molecular micelle-like hexa(sulfo-n-butyl)[60]fullerene upon laser irradiation at 500-600 nm was detected via 1O2 emission at 1270 nm, that was correlated to its involvement in photodynamic therapy (PDT) for antitumoral and antibacterial treatments.