Mohammad Dashteh was born in 1994 in Dashteh/ Hamedan, Iran. Having graduated in the field of Pure Chemistry (2016) from Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, he continued his M.Sc. in 2018 in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol and Professor Ardeshir Khaza...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new treatment modality of tumours. The photochemical interactions of sensitizer, light, and molecular oxygen produce singlet oxygen and other forms of active oxygen, such as peroxide, hydroxyl radical and superoxid anion. Phthalocyanine ClAlPcS(2), belonging among the promising second generation of sensitizers, was tested as an inducer of photodamage. We report t...

The influence of albumin and amino acids (L-serine, glycine, L-histidine, L-tryptophan, L-cysteine) on the properties of aluminum octacarboxyphthalocyanine hydroxide (Al(OH)PcOC) was investigated in a phosphate buffer (pH 8.0). Particular attention was paid to the spectroscopic properties and photostability of Al(OH)PcOC. The effect of albumin or amino acids on the photodegradation of Al(OH)PcO...

In this study we present the effect of elevated temperatures from 300K to 400K on the electrical properties of copper Phthalocyanine (CuPc) based organic field effect transistors (OFET). Thin films of organic semiconductor CuPc (40nm) and semitransparent Al (20nm) were deposited in sequence, by vacuum evaporation on a glass substrate with previously deposited Ag source and drain electrodes with...

A novel donor-acceptor bisphthalocyanine (bis-Pc, 1) in which two different Pc units (Zn(II)-Pc and Ni(II)-Pc) are linked via vinylene spacers to the pseudopara positions of a central [2.2]paracyclophane moiety is described. The synthesis of 1 is achieved by two successive Heck reactions of pseudopara-divinyl[2.2]paracyclophane 9 with, sequentially, a zinc(II)- and a nickel(II)-iodophthalocyani...

The solution phase behaviour of non-peripherally substituted octa-hexyl cadmium phthalocyanine 3 and peripherally substituted octa-2-ethylhexyl cadmium phthalocyanine has been investigated in fresh solutions of CH(2)Cl(2), CHCl(3)-d(1) and THF/THF-d(8) using (1)H NMR spectrometry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry and linear sweep voltammetry. The compounds show a...

In this study, the preparation of some novel metallophthalocyanine (MPcs) complexes substituted with octakis(mercaptopropylisobutyl-POSS) functional group was achieved. By the reaction of [1-(3-mercapto)propyl-3,5,7,9,11,13,15-isobutylpentacyclo[9.5.1.1(3,9).1(5,15).1(7,13)]octasiloxane 1 with 4,5-dichloro-1,2-dicyanobenzene 2 in THF as the solvent in the presence of K2CO3 as the base, the phth...

Phthalocyanines, naphthalocyanins, and their derivatives are frequently used as light modulating materials. These compounds, with their stable planar square structure and highly delocalized π-electron system, are being used in numerous technological applications, such as pigments in chemical sensors, and more recently as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. The nonlinear optical propertie...

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for tri-O-acetyladenosine (TOAA), PPM(TOAA), was prepared by the combined use of methacrylic acid (MAA) and Zn(II)tetra(4'-methacryloxyphenoxy) phthalocyanine as functional monomers. This MIP exhibited a higher binding ability for TOAA compared to the MIP prepared using only MAA, PM(TOAA), in batch rebinding tests. Scatchard analysis gave a higher associati...