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  1. Overcoming Solubility and Aggregation: Water-Soluble Porphyrins in Modern Phototherapy

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, September 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Balaji Babu

  2. Molecular Engineering of a cationic Pyrene-Based Photosensitizer for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Against Drug-Resistant Pathogens

    Article • August 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Balaji Babu

  3. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy activity studies of 3-pyridyl substituted tetraarylchlorins and tetraarylbacteriochlorins

    Article • Main Group Chemistry, June 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  4. Triarylphosphonium-conjugated Sn( iv )-porphyrins for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: impact of substituents on lipophilicity, aggregation, and photoantibacterial activity

    Article • RSC Medicinal Chemistry, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu

  5. Photodynamic anticancer and antibacterial properties of a series of Sn(IV) tetraarylporphyrins

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, June 2024, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  6. Blue-Light-Activated Water-Soluble Sn(IV)-Porphyrins for Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) against Drug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  7. The photodynamic activity properties of a series of structurally analogous tetraarylporphyrin, chlorin and N-confused porphyrin dyes and their Sn(IV) complexes

    Article • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  8. Photodynamic Anticancer and Antibacterial Activities of Sn(IV) N-Confused Meso-tetra(methylthiophenyl)porphyrin

    Article • Photochem, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  9. The Photodynamic Anticancer and Antibacterial Activity Properties of a Series of meso-Tetraarylchlorin Dyes and Their Sn(IV) Complexes

    Article • Molecules, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  10. Sn(iv)-porphyrinoids for photodynamic anticancer and antimicrobial chemotherapy

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  11. Novel cationic-chalcone phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy eradication of S. aureus and E. coli bacterial biofilms and MCF-7 breast cancer

    Article • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  12. Photodynamic Antitumor and Antimicrobial Activities of Free‐Base Tetra(4‐methylthiolphenyl)chlorin and Its Tin(IV) Complex

    Article • ChemPlusChem, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  13. Sn(IV) porphyrin-biotin decorated nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots nanohybrids for photodynamic therapy

    Article • Polyhedron, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  14. A Sn(iv) porphyrin with mitochondria targeting properties for enhanced photodynamic activity against MCF-7 cells

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  15. GaIIItriarylcorroles with push–pull substitutions: synthesis, electronic structure and biomedical applications

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  16. The photodynamic activities of the gold nanoparticle conjugates of phosphorus(V) and gallium(III) A3 meso-triarylcorroles

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  17. The photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of Schiff base substituted phthalocyanines doped into silica nanoparticles and conjugated to folic acid

    Article • Polyhedron, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  18. Photodynamic activity and photoantimicrobial chemotherapy studies of ferrocene-substituted 2-thiobarbituric acid

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  19. Photocytotoxicity of heavy-atom-free thiobarbituric acid functionalized pyrene derivatives against MCF-7 cancer cells

    Article • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  20. Naked Eye and Colorimetric Detection of Cyanide with a 1,3‐Diethyl‐2‐thiobarbituric Acid Substituted Ferrocene Chemosensor

    Article • ChemistrySelect, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Balaji Babu

  21. Thien-2-yl substituted chlorins as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  22. A heavy-atom-free π-extended N-confused porphyrin as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  23. Photodynamic activity of Sn(iv) tetrathien-2-ylchlorin against MCF-7 breast cancer cells

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  24. Positively charged styryl pyridine substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy and photoantimicrobial chemotherapy: effect of the number of charges

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  25. Photodynamic activity of 2,6-dibrominated dimethylaminophenylbuta-1,3-dienylBODIPY dyes

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, December 2020, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  26. The photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of In and Zn phthalocyanines when incorporated into individual or mixed Pluronic® micelles

    Article • Polyhedron, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  27. A comparative study of the photophysicochemical and photodynamic activity properties of meso-4-methylthiophenyl functionalized Sn(IV) tetraarylporphyrins and triarylcorroles

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, August 2020, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  28. Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to porphyrin-silver nanoparticle mediated photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

    Article • Journal of Luminescence, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  29. Photodynamic activity of 2,6-diiodo-3,5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPYs and their folate-functionalized chitosan-coated Pluronic® F-127 micelles on MCF-7 breast cancer cells

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, May 2020, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  30. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy of asymmetric porphyrin-silver conjugates towards photoinactivation of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Coordination Chemistry, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Balaji Babu

  31. An octabrominated Sn(iv) tetraisopropylporphyrin as a photosensitizer dye for singlet oxygen biomedical applications

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  32. Non-aggregated lipophilic water-soluble tin porphyrins as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  33. Sn(iv) N-confused porphyrins as photosensitizer dyes for photodynamic therapy in the near IR region

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu, Dr John Mack

  34. Photodynamic activity of Sn(IV) meso-tetraacenaphthylporphyrin and its methyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes on MCF-7 breast cancer cells

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, December 2019, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  35. Corrigendum to “Photocytotoxic oxovanadium(IV) complexes of ferrocenyl-terpyridine and acetylacetonate derivatives” [Eur. J. Med. Chem. 92 (2015) 332-341]

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  36. Preparation of NIR absorbing axial substituted tin(iv) porphyrins and their photocytotoxic properties

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  37. Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic activity of Sn(iv) triarylcorroles with red-shifted Q bands

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  38. Photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of chloroindium(III) tetraarylporphyrins and their gold nanoparticle conjugates

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, January 2019, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Balaji Babu

  39. The investigation of in vitro dark cytotoxicity and photodynamic therapy effect of a 2,6-dibromo-3,5-distyryl BODIPY dye encapsulated in Pluronic® F-127 micelles

    Article • Journal of Coordination Chemistry, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John Mack, Dr Balaji Babu

  40. Photocytotoxic oxovanadium(IV) complexes of ferrocenyl-terpyridine and acetylacetonate derivatives

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  41. Mitochondria‐Targeting Photocytotoxic Ferrocenyl Conjugates of N ‐Alkylpyridinium Salts

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Balaji Babu

  42. Photoactivated cytotoxicity of ferrocenyl-terpyridine oxovanadium(IV) complexes of curcuminoids

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  43. Ferrocenyl-l-amino acid copper(ii) complexes showing remarkable photo-induced anticancer activity in visible light

    Article • Dalton Transactions, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balaji Babu

  44. Photoactivated DNA cleavage and anticancer activity of oxovanadium(IV) complexes of curcumin

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Balaji Babu

  45. Ferrocene‐Conjugated Oxidovanadium(IV) Complexes as Potent Near‐IR Light Photocytotoxic Agents

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Balaji Babu