Performance of Square and Trapezoidal photoreactors for solar hydrogen recovery from various industrial sulphide wastewater using CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2

2019 / International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2 powder was synthesized using a sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray Diffraction, UV–vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, FTIR, EDX, Raman,… Continue reading Performance of Square and Trapezoidal photoreactors for solar hydrogen recovery from various industrial sulphide wastewater using CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Plasmonic Silver Nanoprism-Induced Emissive Mode Control between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of a Phosphorescent Palladium Porphyrin Derivative

2019 / ACS Nano

We have succeeded in significantly enhancing fluorescence from intrinsically phosphorescent palladium octaethylporphyrin (Pd-porphyrin) that has an intersystem crossing efficiency of… Continue reading Plasmonic Silver Nanoprism-Induced Emissive Mode Control between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of a Phosphorescent Palladium Porphyrin Derivative

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Fast and stable vapochromic response induced through nanocrystal formation of a luminescent platinum(II) complex on periodic mesoporous organosilica

2019 / Scientific Reports

A hybrid vapoluminescent system exhibiting fast and repeatable response was constructed using periodic mesoporous organosilica with bipyridine moieties (BPy-PMO) and… Continue reading Fast and stable vapochromic response induced through nanocrystal formation of a luminescent platinum(II) complex on periodic mesoporous organosilica

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Synthesis of bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic reaction and for antimicrobial activity by hydrothermal method

2019 / Research on Chemical Intermediates

Bi2WO6 was modified by adding metallic-free polymer graphitic carbon nitrite-g-C3N4 for efficient photocatalytic performance and also for antimicrobial activity. Bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 was synthesized… Continue reading Synthesis of bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic reaction and for antimicrobial activity by hydrothermal method

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Controllable Eu valence based on linear structural evolution in single-phased Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors to realize tunable/white light emissions

2019 / Journal of Alloys and Compounds

A series of Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors based on the elemental co-substitution scheme of [La3++SiO44−] for [Sr2++PO43−] units has been successfully synthesized by… Continue reading Controllable Eu valence based on linear structural evolution in single-phased Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors to realize tunable/white light emissions

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Characterizing the interactions of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine with bovine serum albumin: Probing the drug-protein and drug-drug interactions using multi-spectroscopic approaches

2020 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Trifluoperazine is a potent antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of neurological disorders. The usage of trifluoperazine is often found… Continue reading Characterizing the interactions of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine with bovine serum albumin: Probing the drug-protein and drug-drug interactions using multi-spectroscopic approaches

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Effect of cationic, anionic and non-ionic polymeric surfactants on the stability, photo-catalytic and antimicrobial activities of yttrium oxide nanofluids

2019 / Journal of Molecular Liquids

This work describes the utilization of combining the properties of yttrium oxide as a photoactive metal oxide and the properties… Continue reading Effect of cationic, anionic and non-ionic polymeric surfactants on the stability, photo-catalytic and antimicrobial activities of yttrium oxide nanofluids

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Multi-cationic aminopyrene-based labeling tags for oligosaccharide analysis by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry

2019 / Analytica Chimica Acta

In this work, new multi-cationic aminopyrene-based labeling tags were designed and synthesized for oligosaccharide analysis by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS).… Continue reading Multi-cationic aminopyrene-based labeling tags for oligosaccharide analysis by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Formation of TiO2@Carbon Core/Shell Nanocomposites from a Single Molecular Layer of Aromatic Compounds for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation

2019 / ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In this article, we demonstrate that TiO2@carbon core/shell (TiO2@C) nanocomposite photocatalysts prepared by carbonizing a single molecular layer of aromatic… Continue reading Formation of TiO2@Carbon Core/Shell Nanocomposites from a Single Molecular Layer of Aromatic Compounds for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Investigation of metabolite-protein interactions by transient absorption spectroscopy and in silico methods

2020 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Transient absorption spectroscopy in combination with in silico methods has been employed to study the interactions between human serum albumin (HSA) and… Continue reading Investigation of metabolite-protein interactions by transient absorption spectroscopy and in silico methods

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Paddlewheel‐Type Dirhodium Complexes with Electron Withdrawing Carboxylate Ligands

2019 / ChemCatChem

The photochemical hydrogen evolution capabilities of paddlewheel‐type dirhodium complexes with electron withdrawing carboxylates, [Rh2(O2CR)4(H2O)2] (R=CF3 and CCl3 for [2(H2O)2] and [3(H2O)2], respectively),… Continue reading Experimental and Theoretical Study of Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Paddlewheel‐Type Dirhodium Complexes with Electron Withdrawing Carboxylate Ligands

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Deep-Red Light-up Signaling of Benzo[c,d]indole–Quinoline Monomethine Cyanine for Imaging of Nucleolar RNA in Living Cells and for Sequence-Selective RNA Analysis

2019 / Analytical Chemistry

RNA-binding small probes with deep-red emission are promising for RNA analysis in biological media without suffering from background fluorescence. Here… Continue reading Deep-Red Light-up Signaling of Benzo[c,d]indole–Quinoline Monomethine Cyanine for Imaging of Nucleolar RNA in Living Cells and for Sequence-Selective RNA Analysis

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

A Systematic Study on the Double-Layered Photosensitizing Dye Structure on the Surface of Pt-Cocatalyst-Loaded TiO2 Nanoparticles

2019 / Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

We have systematically prepared three kinds of photosensitizing (PS) double layers on the surface of Pt-cocatalyst-loaded TiO2 (Pt-TiO2) nanoparticles by using… Continue reading A Systematic Study on the Double-Layered Photosensitizing Dye Structure on the Surface of Pt-Cocatalyst-Loaded TiO2 Nanoparticles

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Dual Thermo- and pH-Responsive Behavior of Double Zwitterionic Graft Copolymers for Suppression of Protein Aggregation and Protein Release

2019 / ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Graft copolymers consisting of two different zwitterionic blocks were synthesized via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. These polymers showed… Continue reading Dual Thermo- and pH-Responsive Behavior of Double Zwitterionic Graft Copolymers for Suppression of Protein Aggregation and Protein Release

Leah Pandiscia, PhD