Formation, structural characterization, stability and in vitro bioaccessibility of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone loaded zein-/sophorolipid composite nanoparticles: effect of sophorolipid under two blending sequences

2020 / Food & Function

Anti-solvent co-precipitation (ASCP) is the most commonly used method of fabricating food-grade nanoparticles, while the impact of the blending sequence… Continue reading Formation, structural characterization, stability and in vitro bioaccessibility of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone loaded zein-/sophorolipid composite nanoparticles: effect of sophorolipid under two blending sequences

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Effects of substituents on absorption and fluorescence properties of trimethylsilylethynyl- and tert-butylethynyl-pyrenes

2020 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Effects of substituents introduced at 1-position of trimethylsilylethynyl- and tert-butylethynyl-pyrenes on absorption and fluorescence properties were investigated. Fluorescence intensities of 1.0 × 10–5 M… Continue reading Effects of substituents on absorption and fluorescence properties of trimethylsilylethynyl- and tert-butylethynyl-pyrenes

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Structural and conformational behavior of MurE ligase from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi at different temperature and pH conditions

2020 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

MurE ligase is known to play a significant role in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. It catalyzes the addition of meso-diaminopimelic acid to nucleotide… Continue reading Structural and conformational behavior of MurE ligase from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi at different temperature and pH conditions

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Limonene magic: noncovalent molecular chirality transfer leading to ambidextrous circularly polarised luminescent π-conjugated polymers

2010 / New Journal of Chemistry

Solvent chirality transfer using (S)- and (R)-limonenes, which are candidates for renewable volatile bioresources (bp 176 °C/760 Torr or bp 94… Continue reading Limonene magic: noncovalent molecular chirality transfer leading to ambidextrous circularly polarised luminescent π-conjugated polymers

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Circularly Polarized Blue Luminescent Spherulites Consisting of Hierarchically Assembled Ionic Conjugated Polymers with a Helically π‐Stacked Structure

2012 / Advanced Materials

Cationic π‐conjugated polymers form an interchain helically π‐stacked assembly with anionic chiral compounds that is stabilized by both electrostatic and π−π… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Blue Luminescent Spherulites Consisting of Hierarchically Assembled Ionic Conjugated Polymers with a Helically π‐Stacked Structure

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

pH Dependent Chiroptical Properties of (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-trans-Cyclohexane Diesters and Diamides from VCD, ECD, and CPL Spectroscopy

2016 / Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Diesters of (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-cyclohexanediols and diamides of (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-diaminocyclohexane with p-hydroxycinnamic acid have been known for some time to… Continue reading pH Dependent Chiroptical Properties of (1R,2R)- and (1S,2S)-trans-Cyclohexane Diesters and Diamides from VCD, ECD, and CPL Spectroscopy

Leah Pandiscia, PhD