“…Interest in this class of compound is associated with a wide range of applications in various fields of medicine and technology, due to their unique photophysical properties (intense absorption in the visible and near-infrared regions, fluorescence properties, efficient generation of singlet oxygen, etc.) and their chemical and thermal stability [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. Natural porphyrins and their synthetic analogues are widely used as photosensitizers for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of neoplasms [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ] and the photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of microorganisms, such as viruses [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ], bacteria [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ] and fungi [ 39 , 40 ].…”