Organic and Biological Photochemistry

Photochemical processes and their applications in organic chemistry, photobiology, environment and femtochemistry 1) Photobiology. Photoinduced reactions of biomolecules (lipids, proteins and nucleic acids). Photochemistry in biomimetic microheterogeneous media. Molecular bases of photosensitization by drugs (phototoxicity, photoallergy, photogenotoxicity). Photoprotection. 2) Environment. Photocatalysis for environmental applications. Efficacy and safety of solar filters. Sunlight-mediated photoreactions. 3) Photochemistry. Photoinduced hydrogen, electron and energy transfer. Chiral recognition in the excited states. Supramolecular photochemistry. Synthetic applications of organic photochemistry. 4) Femtochemistry. The three above mentioned research fields boost their relevance with ultrafast mecanistic information (pico- to femtoseconds). Keywords: organic chemistry, photobiology, phototechnology and femtochemistry