Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stable blue-green porphyrin-based organic dye, C32H18N8, or any of several blue-green derivatives containing chelated metals, used in enamels, printing inks, linoleum, and plastics.
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- noun organic chemistry Any of a family of
macrocyclic compounds having a structure similar to that ofporphyrin ; they are blue/greenpigments that are used inplastics andenamels
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their small size enables them to easily enter cells, and the phthalocyanine is taken up along with them.
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Healthy cells will also internalise the drug-coated nanoparticles, but unlike cancer cells they will excrete the phthalocyanine.
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The common dye found in blue jeans and ballpoint pens is called phthalocyanine and is a light-activated, or photosensitive, agent with cell-destroying properties.
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For some reason, phthalocyanine does not get into the skin – making it more suitable for treating solid tumours within the body.
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If all goes to plan, phthalocyanine nanoparticles could be available for human trials within five years and will be administered either by injection into the bloodstream or directly into a tumour.
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I addressed one aspect of the problem by substituting phthalocyanine dyes for silica, and they worked perfectly, with their effectiveness decreasing as predicted when the particle size was increased by recrystalization from liquid hydrogen fluoride.
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I became interested in the photochemistry of some new phthalocyanine adducts and of quinoneimine dioxides.
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The article, "Lewis acid-catalysed formation of two-dimensional phthalocyanine covalent organic frameworks," appears in the online edition of the journal
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Nanowires of metallo-phthalocyanine molecules have diameters of a mere 10 to 50 nanometers and a length of up to 100 microns.
cellular-news 2010
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The article, "Lewis acid-catalysed formation of two-dimensional phthalocyanine covalent organic frameworks," appears in the online edition of the journal
skipvia commented on the word phthalocyanine
A scary-sounding word for an extraordinarily beautiful pigment.
October 17, 2007