Table 2.
Some SCNPs (nanoscintillators and photosensitizers) used in X-PDT. The energy required to activate them is also presented. Adapted from [29,64].
| X-ray Scintillator (Emission) |
Photosensitizer (Absorption) |
X-ray Energetics |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| CeF3 (340 nm) | Verteporfin (370, 420 nm) | 6 MeV, 30 keV, 1–6 Gy | [65] |
| SrAl2O4:Eu2+ (520 nm) | Merocyanine (540 nm) | 50 keV, 1–10 Gy | [66] |
| LaF3:Ce3+ (520 nm) | PpIX 1 (409 nm) | 90 keV, 3 Gy | [67] |
| LaF3:Tb (544 nm) | Rose Bengal (560 nm) | 75 keV | [61] |
| LaF3:Tb silica coated (540 nm) | Rose Bengal (560 nm) | 75 keV | [68] |
| LaF3:Tb (540 nm) | MTPC 2 (516 nm) | 80 keV | [69] |
| GdEuC12 (595 nm) | Hypericin (590 nm) | 15 keV | [70] |
| Hf-nMOL (500 nm) | Ir[bpy(ppy)2]+ (355 nm) or [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (450 nm) | 225 keV, 2 Gy | [71] |
| ZnS:Cu,Co (510 nm) | TBrRh123 (518 nm) | 120 keV, 2 Gy | [72] |
| LiYF4:Ce (305 nm) | ZnO (290 nm) | 220 keV, 8 Gy | [73] |
| LiGa5O8:Cr (720 nm) | NC 3 (775 nm) | 50 keV, 5 Gy | [74] |
| NaLuF4:Gd,Eu (543 nm) | Rose Bengal (560 nm) | 160 keV, 5 Gy | [75] |
| Y2.99Pr0.01Al5O12@SiO2 (300–450 nm) | PpIX 1 (408 nm) | 1.48 keV | [76] |
1 Protoporphyrin, 2 Meso-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin, 3 2,3-naphthalocyanine.