Nearly one third of the eukaryotic proteome traverses the secretory pathway and most of these proteins are N-glycosylated in the lumen… Continue reading N-glycosylation Triggers a Dual Selection Pressure in Eukaryotic Secretory Proteins
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
This paper reports a novel and adaptable hollow nanoreactor system containing a solution of cucurbituril (CB) inside a silica nanoparticle… Continue reading Confined Nucleation and Growth of PdO Nanocrystals in a Seed-Free Solution inside Hollow Nanoreactor
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
In the present study, we developed a multi-functional guanine derivative, 8FG, as a G-quadruplex stabilizer, a fluorescent probe for the detection… Continue reading A multi-functional guanine derivative for studying the DNA G-quadruplex structure
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Fluorescent hydrogels (FH) have a variety of potential applications in the field of soft electronics. However, fabrication of mechanically stable… Continue reading Printable Fluorescent Hydrogels Based on Self-Assembling Peptides
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Nanocomposite wet gels and aerogels, combining the novel properties of transition/lanthanide metal ions with unique properties of wet gels and… Continue reading Functional nanocomposite wet gels and aerogels induced by transition/lanthanide metal ions coordination
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A low molecular weight gelator with a fluorescent 1,8-naphthalimide unit forms micro- and nanoparticles in aqueous media. Slow addition of… Continue reading Sizing Down a Supramolecular Gel into Micro- and Nanoparticles
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
The spin label Çm and the fluorophore Çmf are close isosteric relatives: the secondary amine Çmf can be easily oxidized to a nitroxide group to form Çm.… Continue reading Spin the light off: rapid internal conversion into a dark doublet state quenches the fluorescence of an RNA spin label
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Multimodal light-harvesting soft systems able to absorb UV-to-NIR radiations and convert into visible emissions have drawn much attention in the… Continue reading Multimodal Light-Harvesting Soft Hybrid Materials: Assisted Energy Transfer upon Thermally Reversible Gelation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Eight new 2D isostructural lanthanide coordination polymers (Ln-CPs), [Ln(HL)(H2O)2(NO3)]·NO3 (1-Ln), Ln = NdIII, SmIII, EuIII, GdIII, TbIII, DyIII, HoIII, and… Continue reading 2D carboxylate-bridged LnIIIcoordination polymers: displaying slow magnetic relaxation and luminescence properties in the detection of Fe3+, Cr2O72− and nitrobenzene
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
The periplasmic conversion of ferribactin to pyoverdine is essential for siderophore biogenesis in fluorescent pseudomonads, such as pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosaor plant… Continue reading The periplasmic transaminase PtaA of Pseudomonas fluorescens converts the glutamic acid residue at the pyoverdine fluorophore to α-ketoglutaric acid
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
The aggregation of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and Aβ oligomers are considered… Continue reading Rational design of a “sense and treat” system to target amyloid aggregates related to Alzheimer’s disease
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
We describe herein the synthesis of new profluorescent nitroxides based on 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles as fluorescent moieties and the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl radical (TEMPO)… Continue reading Synthesis of novel profluorescent nitroxides as dual luminescent-paramagnetic active probes
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A novel Ti/111In-heterometallic radiotheranostic along with non-radioactive Ti/In, Ti/Lu, and Ti/Y analogues has been reported, thanks to the design of… Continue reading In vitro and in vivo trackable titanocene-based complexes using optical imaging or SPECT
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A series of copolymers based on thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and thiophene-phenyl-thiophene with varying degrees of fluorination on the phenyl unit was synthesized… Continue reading Fluorination in thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione copolymers leading to electron transport, high crystallinity and end-on alignment
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Physical methodologies such as electroporation and the gene-gun technology have been widely used for transfection; however, their applicability is limited… Continue reading Freezing-Assisted Gene Delivery Combined with Polyampholyte Nanocarriers
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
We synthesised a series of dissymmetric bistolane derivatives and evaluated their liquid-crystalline (LC) and photoluminescence properties in detail. In measuring… Continue reading Fluorine-containing bistolanes as light-emitting liquid crystalline molecules
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
π-Conjugated cooligomers consisted of 2,6-dialkoxynaphthalene-1,5-diyl (RNap), 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl, and 1,4-phenylenediethynylene units were synthesized by Pd-complex-catalyzed condensation reactions. The UV–Vis, photoluminescence, and… Continue reading Chemical properties and self-assembled-ordered structures of π-conjugated cooligomers consisted of 2,6-dialkoxynaphthalene-1,5-diyl, 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl, and 1,4-phenylenediethynylene units
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Fluoran dyes have been widely used as chromogenic reagents in piezochromic and thermochromic materials due to their intrinsic halochromic properties.… Continue reading Fluoran salicylaldehyde hydrazone Zn(II) complexes: reversible photochromic systems both in solution and in a solid matrix
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018