Table 1.

Photosensitizers designed and synthesized for TP-PDT. For each compound, the excitation wavelength (in nanometers), the TP absorption cross section (in GM; 1 GM = 10^-50 cm⁴s.Photon^-1) and the singlet oxygen quantum yield are indicated.

Compound	Excitation wavelength (nm)	TP absorption cross section (GM)	ΦΔ	Ref
Substituted difuranonaphtalene	802	139	0.36	[71]
Substituted distyryl benzene		/	0.46
Dendritic dimers around the PS	887	7600	/	[72]
Modified bare tetrapyrroles
PyP	780	8200	0.84	[73]
yPyyPy		9100	0.54
Porphycenes
PdTPPo	770	1750	0.78	[74]
TPPo		2280	0.23
Conjugated porphyrin dimers	916	17000	0.60	[75]
Symmetric squaraines derivatives	806	17400	0.33	[76]
Quadrupolar chromophores	800	6000	0.51	[77]
Gold Nanorods	835	5.4.109	1.10-2	[78]
Coumarin-based PS	820	1556	0.49	[79]
Porphyrin triphenylamine	830	251	0.80	[80]
Diketopyrrolopyrrole porphyrine conjugates
DPP-ZnP	910	2000	0.58	[81]
DPP-ZnP-DPP		4000	0.50