Web spiders synthesize silk fibres, nature’s toughest biomaterial, through the controlled assembly of fibroin proteins, so-called spidroins. The highly conserved… Continue reading Conservation of folding and association within a family of spidroin N-terminal domains
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Photocatalytic selective organic transformation using photoexcited holes and electrons has attracted worldwide interest. Although extensive studies have made significant progress… Continue reading Simultaneous dehydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of aromatic alcohols in one reaction system via visible-light-driven heterogeneous photocatalysis
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Three rhodamine derivatives exhibiting electrofluorochromic properties were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and UV–Vis/fluorescence spectroelectrochemistry. Rhodamine 101 (Rh101, compound 1) was used… Continue reading Electrochemical switching fluorescence emission in rhodamine derivatives
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Serum albumin is exposed to numerous structural modifications which affect its stability and activity. Glycation is one of the processes… Continue reading In Vitro Investigation of the Interaction of Tolbutamide and Losartan with Human Serum Albumin in Hyperglycemia States
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
CdTe core and CdTe/CdSe core/shell quantum dots (QD) are investigated with steady state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods. The coating of… Continue reading A thin CdSe shell boosts the electron transfer from CdTe quantum dots to methylene blue
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A luminescent Pt(II) complex [Pt(CN)2(H4dpbpy)] (1P; H4dpbpy = 2,2′-bipyridine-4,4′-diphosphonic acid) bearing a phosphonic-acid-functionalized bipyridine ligand was successfully synthesized and its… Continue reading Two-way vapochromism of a luminescent platinum(II) complex with phosphonic-acid-functionalized bipyridine ligand
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
The development of intrinsically multicolor-emitting carbon nanodots (CNDs) has been one of the great challenges for their various fields of… Continue reading Dual-Color-Emitting Carbon Nanodots for Multicolor Bioimaging and Optogenetic Control of Ion Channels
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Six novel donor–acceptor–donor organic dyes containing a Si–Si moiety based on triarylamine functionalities as donor units were prepared by Pd-catalyzed… Continue reading Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement from Disilane-Bridged Donor–Acceptor–Donor Luminogens Based on the Triarylamine Functionality
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
The development of new fluorescent probes for cellular imaging is currently a very active field because of the large potential… Continue reading A Red-Emitting, Multidimensional Sensor for the Simultaneous Cellular Imaging of Biothiols and Phosphate Ions †
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
We discuss whether electron transfer from a photoexcited polymer donor to a fullerene acceptor in an organic solar cell is… Continue reading The Impact of Driving Force and Temperature on the Electron Transfer in Donor–Acceptor Blend Systems
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Three Schiff-base-type nickel(II) complexes (1a–3a) and the corresponding noninnocent-type complexes (1b–3b) were synthesized, and the equilibria between these valence isomers… Continue reading Photo- and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using Valence Isomers of N2S2-Type Nickel Complexes
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A novel colorimetric probe (L) was prepared and its metal ion sensing properties were investigated. Probe L exhibited obvious colorimetric response toward… Continue reading 1,10-Phenanthroline based colorimetric and fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ in water: Experimental and DFT study
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A pair of optically pure triptycene derivatives ((R,R)- and (S,S)-3) containing fluorescent pyrene-based π-conjugated pendant groups attached through amide spacers… Continue reading Chiral Triptycene-Pyrene π-Conjugated Chromophores with Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 24, 2018
A new strategy to modulate the detection range of a molecular beacon aptamer (MBA)/conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE)-based adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay… Continue reading Control of electrostatic interaction between a molecular beacon aptamer and conjugated polyelectrolyte for detection range-tunable ATP assay
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Homopolymers and copolymers containing phenylenevinylenes and naphthylenevinylenes can be synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of strained monomers such as tetraoctyloxy-substituted… Continue reading Synthesis of phenylenevinylene and naphthylenevinylene homopolymers and block copolymers by ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
In the present work, the interaction of Isoxsuprine (ISX) with Calf thymus DNA (ct-DNA) under physiological conditions (Tris–HCl buffer of… Continue reading Binding Studies of Isoxsuprine Hydrochloride to Calf Thymus DNA Using Multispectroscopic and Molecular Docking Techniques
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A major goal of synthetic biology is the development of rational methodologies to construct self-assembling non-natural membranes, which could enable… Continue reading In Situ Lipid Membrane Formation Triggered by Intramolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Recently, Si quantum dots (QDs) with porous and amorphous characteristics have shown tremendous potential applications in photovoltaics and biomedical fields.… Continue reading Blue Light-Emitting Si Quantum Dots with Mesoporous and Amorphous Features: Origin of Photoluminescence and Potential Applications
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Tetrazolium salts are exploited in various fields of research by virtue of their low reduction potentials. Increasingly, associated applications also… Continue reading Ultrafast Dynamics of a Fluorescent Tetrazolium Compound in Solution
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018