Photoactivatable metal complexes

904 views · Published 15 October 2013 · 11:25 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: The Royal Society · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Photoactivation of metal complexes presents relatively unexplored potential for the discovery of new chemistry with applications in biotechnology and medicine. Philosophical Transactions A has published an issue illustrating the accelerating progress in this highly interdisciplinary and emerging field, including the challenges of introducing metal-based photochemotherapy into the clinic. In this podcast guest editor Peter Sadler explains how light can be used to activate metal complexes and discusses some of the potential uses of these compounds.

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