List of abbreviations RI - Raman imaging PDD - Photodynamic diagnostics PDT - Photodynamic therapy PS photosensitizer – ISC - intersystem crossing ZnPcS4 - zinc tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine tetrasodium salt AlPcS4 (salt)– aluminum tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine tetrasodium salt AlPcS4 (acid)– aluminum phthalocyanine chloride tetrasulphonic acid NA - numerical aperture UHTS - Ultra High Throughput Spectrometer VB - vibronic band ZnPc - zinc phthalocyanine AlPc - aluminum phthalocyanine TERS tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy – STED microscopy stimulated emission depletion microscopy – SERS surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy – [AlPcN(4)] - tetra-substituted cationic aluminum phthalocyanine PCR– polymerase chain reaction Her2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 – FPPTAS femtosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy – ESA - excited state absorption
List of abbreviations RI - Raman imaging PDD - Photodynamic diagnostics PDT - Photodynamic therapy PS – photosensitizer ISC - intersystem crossing ZnPcS4 - zinc tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine tetrasodium salt AlPcS4 (salt)– aluminum tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine tetrasodium salt AlPcS4 (acid)– aluminum phthalocyanine chloride tetrasulphonic acid NA - numerical aperture UHTS - Ultra High Throughput Spectrometer VB - vibronic band ZnPc - zinc phthalocyanine AlPc - aluminum phthalocyanine TERS – tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy STED microscopy – stimulated emission depletion microscopy SERS – surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy [AlPcN(4)] - tetra-substituted cationic aluminum phthalocyanine PCR– polymerase chain reaction Her2 – human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 FPPTAS – femtosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy ESA - excited state absorption