• Photosensitizing proteins for antibacterial photodynamic inactivation 

      Nonell, Santi; Hally Garcia, Cormac Elías; Delcanale, Pietro; Viappiani, Cristiano; Abbruzzetti, Stefania (Translational Biophotonics. Vol.2, n.1-2 (2020) e201900031, 2020-05)
      We review recent applications of water‐soluble proteins as carriers for photosensitizing molecules in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). The low water solubility of photosensitizers and their ...
    • Subdiffraction localization of a nanostructured photosensitizer in bacterial cells 

      Agut Bonsfills, Montserrat; Nonell, Santi; Delcanale, Pietro; Pennacchietti, Francesca; Maestrini, Giulio; Rodríguez Amigo, Beatriz; Bianchini, Paolo; Diaspro, Alberto; Iagatti, Alessandro; Patrizi, Barbara; Foggi, Paolo; Abbruzzetti, Stefania; Viappiani, Cristiano (Scientific Reports. Vol.5, 15564 (2015), 2015-10)
      Antibacterial treatments based on photosensitized production of reactive oxygen species is a promising approach to address local microbial infections. Given the small size of bacterial cells, identification ...