1,2,4-TCB	1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
AcOH	acetic acid
AOT	sodium 1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate
DBSA	p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid
DDQ	2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone
DFT	density functional theory
DMAD	dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
DMF	dimethylformamide
DPBF	1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran
ESI-MS	electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry
ESI-MS/MS	electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
GC	gas chromatography
ISC	intersystem crossing
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
MALDI-TOF-MS	matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
min	minute
MS	mass spectrometry
MW	microwave
NiTPP	(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)nickel(II)
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
o-DCB	1,2-dichlorobenzene
PDT	photodynamic therapy
PMMA	poly(methylmethacrylate)
TCNE	tetracyanoethylene
TFA	trifluoroacetic acid
THF	tetrahydrofuran
TPP	5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin
UV-vis	ultraviolet-visible
β-CHOTPP	2-formyl-5,10,15,20-tetrapenhylporphyrin
β-CHOTPP-m-MeOTPP	2-formyl-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3-methoxyphenyl)porphyrin
β-vinylTPP	2-vinyl-5,10,15,20- tetraphenylporphyrin