THE MANUFACTURE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF OF PHOTOSENSITIZING NANOMATERIALS AND THEIR USE IN PHOTODYNAMIC TREATMENT

摘要

The present invention discloses a method for the manufacture of a photosensitizing nanomaterial (40) and the products thereof. The present invention discloses the use of the photosensitizing nanomaterial (40) for the photo-induced inactivation of a biological target (50). The photosensitizing nanomaterial (40) is composed of a metal complex tetrapyrrole derivative (10). The metal complex tetrapyrrole derivative (10) is attached by an axial covalent bond (60) to the surface (25) of a solid nanomaterial (20). The solid nanomaterial (20) has at least one dimension in the nanometre and/or the micrometre range.