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List of works by Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

"Turn-on" fluorescence sensing of volatile organic compounds using a 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base functionalised triazine organic polymer

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based Tröger's bases as high affinity DNA targeting fluorescent supramolecular scaffolds

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

A Lanthanide Luminescent Cation Exchange Material Derived from a Flexible Tricarboxylic Acid 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) Tecton

scientific article published on 06 March 2018

A dinuclear lanthanide complex for the recognition of bis(carboxylates): formation of terbium(III) luminescent self-assembly ternary complexes in aqueous solution.

scientific article published in November 2006

A folded [2 × 2] metallo-supramolecular grid from a bis-tridentate (1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-picolinamide (tzpa) ligand.

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A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) chemosensor for Zn(II).

scientific article published in October 2003

A resilient and luminescent stimuli-responsive hydrogel from a heterotopic 1,8-naphthalimide-derived ligand

scientific article published on 01 May 2017

A supramolecular Tröger's base derived coordination zinc polymer for fluorescent sensing of phenolic-nitroaromatic explosives in water.

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Anion recognition and anion-mediated self-assembly with thiourea-functionalised fused [3]polynorbornyl frameworks

scientific article published on 14 May 2007

Anion recognition and sensing in organic and aqueous media using luminescent and colorimetric sensors

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Balancing connectivity with function in silver(i) networks of pyridyltriazole (tzpa) ligands results in the formation of a metallogel

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Bidirectional photoinduced electron-transfer quenching is observed in 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based fluorescent anion sensors

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Cd(II) sensing in water using novel aromatic iminodiacetate based fluorescent chemosensors

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Chemical nano-gardens: growth of salt nanowires from supramolecular self-assembly gels

scientific article published on 17 May 2013

Chiral luminescent lanthanide complexes possessing strong (samarium, SmIII) circularly polarised luminescence (CPL), and their self-assembly into Langmuir-Blodgett films

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Chiroptical Probing of Lanthanide-Directed Self-Assembly Formation Using btp Ligands Formed in One-Pot Diazo-Transfer/Deprotection Click Reaction from Chiral Amines

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

Circularly polarized lanthanide luminescence from Langmuir-Blodgett films formed from optically active and amphiphilic Eu(III)-based self-assembly complexes

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Colorimetric "naked eye" sensing of anions in aqueous solution

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Colorimetric Recognition of Anions Using Preorganized Tetra-Amidourea Derived Calix[4]arene Sensors

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

Colorimetric and fluorescent anion sensors: an overview of recent developments in the use of 1,8-naphthalimide-based chemosensors

scientific article published on 06 September 2010

Colorimetric sensing of anions in aqueous solution using a charge neutral, cleft-like, amidothiourea receptor: tilting the balance between hydrogen bonding and deprotonation in anion recognition

scientific article published on 3 October 2008

Coordination chemistry of flexible benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide derived carboxylates; notable structural resilience and vaguely familiar packing motifs.

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Cross-Linking the Fibers of Supramolecular Gels Formed from a Tripodal Terpyridine Derived Ligand with d-Block Metal Ions

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Cyclen lanthanide-based micellar structures for application as luminescent [Eu(iii)] and magnetic [Gd(iii)] resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Demonstration of bidirectional photoinduced electron transfer (PET) sensing in 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide based thiourea anion sensors.

scientific article published on 6 July 2009

Design, synthesis and photophysical studies of simple fluorescent anion PET sensors using charge neutral thiourea receptors

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Detailed Biological Profiling of a Photoactivated and Apoptosis Inducing pdppz Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex in Cancer Cells.

scientific article

Detecting microdamage in bone

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Direct observation by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of the bright and the dark excited states of the [Ru(phen)(dppz)] light-switch compound in solution and when bound to DNA

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Displacement assay detection by a dimeric lanthanide luminescent ternary Tb(III)-cyclen complex: high selectivity for phosphate and nitrate anions

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Effect on pKa of metal-bound water molecules in lanthanide ion-induced cyclen "cavities"

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Efficient Quenching of TGA-Capped CdTe Quantum Dot Emission by a Surface-Coordinated Europium(III) Cyclen Complex

scientific article published on 25 March 2013

Enantiomeric Conformation Controls Rate and Yield of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in DNA Sensitized by Ru(II) Dipyridophenazine Complexes.

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Enhanced photolabelling of luminescent Eu(III) centres with a chelating antenna in a micellar nanodomain

scientific article published on 26 January 2010

Europium directed synthesis of enantiomerically pure dimetallic luminescent "squeezed" triple-stranded helicates; solution studies

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Europium-directed self-assembly of a luminescent supramolecular gel from a tripodal terpyridine-based ligand

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Exploring the Effect of Ligand Structural Isomerism in Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Chiral Luminescent Eu(III) Self-Assemblies.

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Exploring the reversible host-guest chemistry of a crystalline octanuclear Ag(i) metallosupramolecular macrocycle formed from a simple pyrazinylpyridine ligand

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Fluorescent chemosensors: the past, present and future.

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Fluorescent sensing of pyrophosphate and bis-carboxylates with charge neutral PET chemosensors

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Fluorescent supramolecular hierarchical self-assemblies from glycosylated 4-amino- and 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimides

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Formation of Enantiomerically Pure Luminescent Triple-Stranded Dimetallic Europium Helicates and Their Corresponding Hierarchical Self-Assembly Formation in Protic Polar Solutions

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Formation of Self-Templated 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine [2]Catenanes by Triazolyl Hydrogen Bonding: Selective Anion Hosts for Phosphate

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Formation of luminescent terbium(III) self-assemblies from pyridyl bis-amidothioureas based ligands in MeOH and in water-DMSO solutions and their use in anion sensing application

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Functionalisation of gold nanoparticles with ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes for their application in cellular imaging

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Glycosidase activated release of fluorescent 1,8-naphthalimide probes for tumor cell imaging from glycosylated 'pro-probes'.

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Glycosylated lanthanide cyclen complexes as luminescent probes for monitoring glycosidase enzyme activity

scientific article published in September 2016

Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Halide-Controlled Extending-Shrinking Motion of a Covalent Cage

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Healable luminescent self-assembly supramolecular metallogels possessing lanthanide (Eu/Tb) dependent rheological and morphological properties.

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Hetero-metallic, functionalizable polyoxomolybdate clusters via a "top-down" synthetic method

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Highlights of the development and application of luminescent lanthanide based coordination polymers, MOFs and functional nanomaterials

scientific article published on 22 December 2020

Highly effective DNA photocleavage by novel "rigid" Ru(bpy)(3)-4-nitro- and -4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide conjugates

scientific article published on 14 December 2007

Highly selective 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide based fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) chemosensors for Zn(II) under physiological pH conditions

scientific article published on 16 November 2006

Highly selective colorimetric naked-eye Cu(II) detection using an azobenzene chemosensor

scientific article published in May 2004

Imaging agents

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Inosine Can Increase DNA's Susceptibility to Photo-oxidation by a RuII Complex due to Structural Change in the Minor Groove.

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Lanthanide Ion Complexes as Chemosensors

Lanthanide directed self-assembly formations of Tb(III) and Eu(III) luminescent complexes from tryptophan based pyridyl amide ligands

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Lanthanide directed self-assembly of highly luminescent supramolecular "peptide" bundles from α-amino acid functionalized 2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) ligands.

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Lanthanide directed self-assembly synthesis and photophysical evaluation of chiral Eu(III) luminescent "half-helicates"

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Lanthanide luminescent anion sensing: evidence of multiple anion recognition through hydrogen bonding and metal ion coordination

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Lanthanide luminescent displacement assays: the sensing of phosphate anions using Eu(III)-cyclen-conjugated gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

Lanthanide luminescent logic gate mimics in soft matter: [H(+)] and [F(-)] dual-input device in a polymer gel with potential for selective component release.

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

Lanthanide luminescent switches: modulation of the luminescence of bis-macrocyclic based Tb(III) conjugates in water by H+, Na+ and K+.

scientific article published on 23 August 2005

Lanthanide macrocyclic quinolyl conjugates as luminescent molecular-level devices

scientific article published in December 2001

Lanthanide-directed synthesis of luminescent self-assembly supramolecular structures and mechanically bonded systems from acyclic coordinating organic ligands

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Lanthanide-functionalized nanoparticles as MRI and luminescent probes for sensing and/or imaging applications.

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Luminescent Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes: developing lanthanide luminescent-based devices.

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Luminescent Lanthanide Cyclen-Based Enzymatic Assay Capable of Diagnosing the Onset of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Both in Solution and within Polymeric Hydrogels.

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Luminescent Sensing of Dicarboxylates in Water by a Bismacrocyclic Dinuclear Eu(III) Conjugate

scientific article published on 21 April 2007

Luminescent lanthanide (Eu(iii)) cross-linked supramolecular metallo co-polymeric hydrogels: the effect of ligand symmetry

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Luminescent lanthanide-binding peptides: sensitising the excited states of Eu(iii) and Tb(iii) with a 1,8-naphthalimide-based antenna

scientific article published on October 31, 2011

Luminescent lanthanide-functionalized gold nanoparticles: exploiting the interaction with bovine serum albumin for potential sensing applications

scientific article published on August 30, 2011

Luminescent ruthenium polypyridyl complexes with extended 'dppz' like ligands as DNA targeting binders and cellular agents

scientific article published on 31 October 2016

Luminescent ruthenium(II) polypyridyl functionalized gold nanoparticles; their DNA binding abilities and application as cellular imaging agents

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

Luminescent self-assembly formation on a gold surface observed by reversible 'off-on' switching of Eu(III) emission

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Luminescent sensing and formation of mixed f-d metal ion complexes between a Eu(iii)-cyclen-phen conjugate and Cu(ii), Fe(ii), and Co(ii) in buffered aqueous solution.

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Metal-directed synthesis of enantiomerially pure dimetallic lanthanide luminescent triple-stranded helicates.

scientific article published in July 2009

Microdamage in bone: surface analysis and radiological detection

scientific article published on 31 May 2005

Mixed d-f3 coordination complexes possessing improved near-infrared (NIR) lanthanide luminescent properties in aqueous solution

scientific article published on September 2010

Mixed f-d coordination complexes as dual visible- and near-infrared-emitting probes for targeting DNA.

scientific article

Molecular logic gates: the past, present and future

scientific article published in March 2018

Monitoring guanine photo-oxidation by enantiomerically resolved Ru(II) dipyridophenazine complexes using inosine-substituted oligonucleotides

scientific article published on October 2015

Monitoring one-electron photo-oxidation of guanine in DNA crystals using ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

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Near infrared (NIR) lanthanide emissive Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers formed using Nd(III) directed self-assembly synthesis of chiral amphiphilic ligands

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

New trick for an old ligand! The sensing of Zn(II) using a lanthanide based ternary Yb(III)-cyclen-8-hydroxyquinoline system as a dual emissive probe for displacement assay

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

Norbornene chaotropic salts as low molecular mass ionic organogelators (LMIOGs).

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

One-pot facile synthesis of 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derived Tröger's bases via a nucleophilic displacement approach

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Photophysical and biological investigation of novel luminescent Ru(II)-polypyridyl-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's bases as cellular imaging agents

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Preface: supramolecular chemistry of anionic species themed issue

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Probing the effects of ligand isomerism in chiral luminescent lanthanide supramolecular self-assemblies: a europium "Trinity Sliotar" study

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Pushing the limit: synthesis, photophysical and DNA binding studies of a NIR-emitting Ru(II)-polypyridyl probe with 'light switch' behaviour

scientific article published on 03 May 2012

Quantifying the formation of chiral luminescent lanthanide assemblies in an aqueous medium through chiroptical spectroscopy and generation of luminescent hydrogels.

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Recent advances in the development of 1,8-naphthalimide based DNA targeting binders, anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents.

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Recent advances in the development of luminescent lanthanide-based supramolecular polymers and soft materials

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Recent advances in the development of synthetic chemical probes for glycosidase enzymes

scientific article published on 08 June 2015

Recent advances in the formation of luminescent lanthanide architectures and self-assemblies from structurally defined ligands

scientific article published on 30 April 2007

Recognition and sensing of biologically relevant anions in alcohol and mixed alcohol-aqueous solutions using charge neutral cleft-like glycol-derived pyridyl-amidothiourea receptors.

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Responsive lanthanide luminescent cyclen complexes: from switching/sensing to supramolecular architectures

scientific article published in June 2005

Reversal of a Single Base-Pair Step Controls Guanine Photo-Oxidation by an Intercalating Ruthenium(II) Dipyridophenazine Complex

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Ru(II)-polypyridyl surface functionalised gold nanoparticles as DNA targeting supramolecular structures and luminescent cellular imaging agents.

scientific article published in January 2016

Selective and tuneable recognition of anions using C(3v)-symmetrical tripodal urea-amide receptor platforms

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Selective detection of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH) over the oxidized (GSSG) form using a combination of glutathione reductase and a Tb(III)-cyclen maleimide based lanthanide luminescent 'switch on' assay

scientific article published on 02 April 2012

Selective imaging of damaged bone structure (microcracks) using a targeting supramolecular Eu(III) complex as a lanthanide luminescent contrast agent.

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Selective mono N-alkylations of cyclen in one step syntheses

article by Julien Massue et al published November 2007 in Tetrahedron Letters

Self-assembly formation of a healable lanthanide luminescent supramolecular metallogel from 2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) ligands.

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Self-assembly formation of mechanically interlocked [2]- and [3]catenanes using lanthanide ion [Eu(III)] templation and ring closing metathesis reactions

scientific article published on 04 February 2014

Self-assembly in inorganic chemistry

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Self-assembly of chiral luminescent lanthanide coordination bundles

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

Self-organization of photo-active nanostructures: general discussion

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Sensing of biologically relevant d-metal ions using a Eu(III)-cyclen based luminescent displacement assay in aqueous pH 7.4 buffered solution

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Sensitized Near-Infrared Lanthanide Luminescence from Nd(III)- and Yb(III)-Based Cyclen−Ruthenium Coordination Conjugates

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Sensor targets

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Solution studies of trimetallic lanthanide luminescent anion sensors: towards ratiometric sensing using an internal reference channel

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

Solution-State Anion Recognition, and Structural Studies, of a Series of Electron-Rich meta-Phenylene Bis(phenylurea) Receptors and Their Self-Assembled Structures

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Spontaneous formation of novel luminescent dinuclear lanthanide complexes that emit in the visible and near-IR regions

scientific article published on 10 March 2011

Structural studies in aqueous solution of new binuclear lanthanide luminescent peptide conjugates.

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Supramolecular Anion Recognition Mediates One-Pot Synthesis of 3-Amino-[1,2,4]-triazolo Pyridines from Thiosemicarbazides

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Mixed f−d Metal Ion Conjugates

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Supramolecular approach to enantioselective DNA recognition using enantiomerically resolved cationic 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based Tröger's bases.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Supramolecular coordination polymers using a close to 'V-shaped' fluorescent 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base scaffold

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Supramolecular pathways: Accessible self-assembly

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Supramolecular pyridyl urea gels as soft matter with antibacterial properties against MRSA and/or E. coli.

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Surface-Modified Gold Nanoparticles Possessing Two-Channel Responsive EuIII /TbIII Cyclen Complexes as Luminescent Logic Gate Mimics

scientific article published in June 2017

Synthesis and characterisation of bis-cyclen based dinuclear lanthanide complexes

scientific article published on 14 March 2006

Synthesis and evaluation of potential CT (computer tomography) contrast agents for bone structure and microdamage analysis

scientific article published on 15 August 2006

Synthesis and photophysical evaluation of a pyridinium 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derivative that upon intercalation displays preference for AT-rich double-stranded DNA.

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Synthesis and photophysical evaluation of charge neutral thiourea or urea based fluorescent PET sensors for bis-carboxylates and pyrophosphate

scientific article published on 9 November 2004

Synthesis and structural studies of 1,4-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole and its transition metal complexes; a versatile and subtly unsymmetric ligand

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Synthesis of luminescent homo-dinuclear cationic lanthanide cyclen complexes bearing amide pendant arms through the use of copper catalysed (1,3-Huisgen, CuAAC) click chemistry

scientific article published on 09 November 2011

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Profiling of Ruthenium(II)-Based 4-Nitro- and 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide Conjugates

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Synthesis, Structural and Photophysical Evaluations of Urea Based Fluorescent PET Sensors for Anions

Synthesis, crystal structure and EPR spectroscopic analysis of novel copper complexes formed from N-pyridyl-4-nitro-1,8-naphthalimide ligands

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Synthesis, photophysical and cytotoxicity evaluations of DNA targeting agents based on 3-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derived Tröger's bases

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Synthesis, photophysical, and DNA binding studies of fluorescent Tröger's base derived 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide supramolecular clefts.

scientific article published on August 2010

Synthesis, spectroscopic and biological studies of a fluorescent Pt(II) (terpy) based 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate as a DNA targeting agent

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Synthesis, structural, photophysical and electrochemical studies of various d-metal complexes of btp [2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine] ligands that give rise to the formation of metallo-supramolecular gels

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Tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles as versatile and responsive fluorescent linkers in metal-organic frameworks

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

The Selectivity of Reversible Oxy-Anion Binding in Aqueous Solution at a Chiral Europium and Terbium Center: Signaling of Carbonate Chelation by Changes in the Form and Circular Polarization of Luminescence Emission

scholarly article by James I. Bruce et al published October 2000 in Journal of the American Chemical Society

The application of chiroptical spectroscopy (circular dichroism) in quantifying binding events in lanthanide directed synthesis of chiral luminescent self-assembly structures

scientific article published on 10 October 2014

The btp [2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine] binding motif: a new versatile terdentate ligand for supramolecular and coordination chemistry

scientific article published on August 2014

The development of ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes and conjugates for in vitro cellular and in vivo applications.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

The effect of the 4-amino functionality on the photophysical and DNA binding properties of alkyl-pyridinium derived 1,8-naphthalimides.

scientific article published in September 2013

The effect of the linker size in C2-symmetrical chiral ligands on the self-assembly formation of luminescent triple-stranded di-metallic Eu(iii) helicates in solution

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

The effect on the lanthanide luminescence of structurally simple Eu(III) cyclen complexes upon deprotonation of metal bound water molecules and amide based pendant arms

scientific article published on 5 March 2010

The recognition and sensing of anions through "positive allosteric effects" using simple urea-amide receptors

scientific article published in December 2008

The recognition of anions using delayed lanthanide luminescence: the use of Tb(iii) based urea functionalised cyclen complexes.

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Thiourea derived Tröger's bases as molecular cleft receptors and colorimetric sensors for anions

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Towards multifunctional lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks

scientific article published on 01 September 2015

Tri- and tetra-substituted cyclen based lanthanide(III) ion complexes as ribonuclease mimics: a study into the effect of log Ka, hydration and hydrophobicity on phosphodiester hydrolysis of the RNA-model 2-hydroxypropyl-4-nitrophenyl phosphate (HPNP

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Tuning the properties of cyclen based lanthanide complexes for phosphodiester hydrolysis; the role of basic cofactors

scientific article published on 22 August 2006

Unexpected DNA binding properties with correlated downstream biological applications in mono vs. bis-1,8-naphthalimide Ru(II)-polypyridyl conjugates.

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Unexpected linkage isomerism in chiral tetranuclear bis-tridentate (1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-picolinamide (tzpa) grids

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Unexpected self-sorting self-assembly formation of a [4:4] sulfate:ligand cage from a preorganized tripodal urea ligand

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Water-soluble amphiphilic ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes as potential light-activated therapeutic agents

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

White-light emission from discrete heterometallic lanthanide-directed self-assembled complexes in solution

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

pH driven self-assembly of a ternary lanthanide luminescence complex: the sensing of anions using a β-diketonate-Eu(iii) displacement assay

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

pH responsive Eu(III)-phenanthroline supramolecular conjugate: novel "off-on-off" luminescent signaling in the physiological pH range

scientific article published in October 2003

pH-responsive luminescent lanthanide-functionalized gold nanoparticles with "on-off" ytterbium switchable near-infrared emission

scientific article published on 29 August 2012