Appropriate localization of a drug and its structure/functional integrity in a delivery agent essentially dictates the efficacy of the vehicle and the medicinal activity of the drug. In the case of a phototherapeutic drug, its photoinduced dynamics becomes an added parameter. Here, we have explored the photoinduced dynamical events of a model phototherapeutic drug psoralen (PSO) in a potential delivery vehicle called an ethosome. Dynamic light scattering confirms the structural integrity of the ethosome vehicle after the encapsulation of PSO. Steady state and picosecond resolved polarization gated spectroscopy, including the well-known strategy of solvation and Förster resonance energy transfer, reveal the localization of the drug in the vehicle and the environment in the proximity of PSO. We have also investigated the efficacy of drug delivery to various individual bacteria (Gram-negative: ; Gram-positive: ) and bacterial biofilms. Our optical and electron microscopic studies reveal a significant reduction in bacterial survival (∼70%) and the destruction of bacterial adherence following a change in the morphology of the biofilms after phototherapy. Our studies are expected to find relevance in the formulation of drug delivery agents in several skin diseases and biofilm formation in artificial implants.
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