Interfacial assembled Langmuir films of isomeric lipid derivative: Effect of hydrogen bond and chirality transfer

2020 / Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

The assembled behaviors of three isomeric L-glutamic lipid derivatives at the water/air interface are different via Langmuir-Blodgett method. Various nanostructures… Continue reading Interfacial assembled Langmuir films of isomeric lipid derivative: Effect of hydrogen bond and chirality transfer

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Pulsed laser based synthesis of polymeric-inorganic nanocomposites as efficient visible light active photo-catalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants in water

2020 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Polymeric-inorganic graphitic carbon nitride-cadmium sulfide (g-C3N4-CdS) nanocomposites, with different mass ratios of CdS (5 %, 10 %, 20 % and… Continue reading Pulsed laser based synthesis of polymeric-inorganic nanocomposites as efficient visible light active photo-catalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants in water

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

One Pot Synthesis of Luminescent Polyoxometalate Supported Transition Metal Complex and biological evaluation as a potential larvicidal and anti-cancer agent

2019 / Journal of Molecular Structure

Silicotungstate cluster coordinated organic-inorganic hybrid material [Cu(dmbpy)]2 [SiW12O40]·8H2O (1) known as polyoxometalate supported transition metal complex (POM-TMC) was synthesized simply in… Continue reading One Pot Synthesis of Luminescent Polyoxometalate Supported Transition Metal Complex and biological evaluation as a potential larvicidal and anti-cancer agent

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Heavy-Metals-Mediated Phospholipids Scrambling by Human Phospholipid Scramblase 3: A Probable Role in Mitochondrial Apoptosis

2019 / Chemical Research in Toxicology

Human phospholipid scramblases are a family of four homologous transmembrane proteins (hPLSCR1–4) mediating phospholipids (PLs) translocation in plasma membrane upon… Continue reading Heavy-Metals-Mediated Phospholipids Scrambling by Human Phospholipid Scramblase 3: A Probable Role in Mitochondrial Apoptosis

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Tuning of Optical Properties and Thermal Cycloreversion Reactivity of Photochromic Diarylbenzene by Introducing Electron-Donating Substituents

2019 / Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Thermally reversible photochromic compounds having excellent physicochemical properties can be exploited for many practical applications, such as ophthalmic lenses, real-time… Continue reading Tuning of Optical Properties and Thermal Cycloreversion Reactivity of Photochromic Diarylbenzene by Introducing Electron-Donating Substituents

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Molecular and macromolecular crowding-induced stabilization of proteins: Effect of dextran and its building block alone and their mixtures on stability and structure of lysozyme

2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Dextran 70 and its building block (glucose) has been used as macromolecular crowder and osmolyte, respectively. The difference in size… Continue reading Molecular and macromolecular crowding-induced stabilization of proteins: Effect of dextran and its building block alone and their mixtures on stability and structure of lysozyme

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Physico-chemical characterization and computational studies of a new organic adduct 3-amino-2-chloropyridine: Benzilic acid, crystal for third order harmonic generation

2020 / Journal of Molecular Structure

Single crystals of 3-amino-2-chloropyridine:benzilic acid, an organic adduct have been grown by slow evaporation technique successfully. The structure of the… Continue reading Physico-chemical characterization and computational studies of a new organic adduct 3-amino-2-chloropyridine: Benzilic acid, crystal for third order harmonic generation

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Insight into the binding and conformational changes of hemoglobin/lysozyme with bimetallic alloy nanoparticles using various spectroscopic approaches

2020 / Journal of Molecular Liquids

This study explores the adsorption and binding interaction of bovine hemoglobin (BHb) and lysozyme (Lys) with gold/silver alloy nanoparticles (Au/Ag… Continue reading Insight into the binding and conformational changes of hemoglobin/lysozyme with bimetallic alloy nanoparticles using various spectroscopic approaches

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Urea Stress: Myo-inositol’s efficacy to counteract destabilization of TIM-β-globin complex by urea is as good as that of the methylamine

2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Do kidney osmolytes counteract the deleterious effects of urea on kidney proteins? To answer this question, we measured guanidinium chloride… Continue reading Urea Stress: Myo-inositol’s efficacy to counteract destabilization of TIM-β-globin complex by urea is as good as that of the methylamine

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Structural Diversity Ranging from Oligonuclear Complexes to 1‐D and 2‐D Coordination Polymers Generated by Tetrasubstituted Adamantane and Spirobifluorene Derivatives

2019 / European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Using tetrahedral and tetragonal spacers, seven new complexes have been obtained: [Co(hfac)2(L1)0.5] 1, [Cu2(hfac)4L2] 2, [Co(hfac)2L2] 3, [Co(hfac)2(L2)0.5]·8H2O 4, [AgL2](SbF6)·CH3COOC2H5 5, [Mn(hfac)2(L3)0.5] 6, [Zn(OAc)2(L3)0.5] 7, {L1 = 1,3,5,7‐tetrakis(4‐cyanophenyl)adamantane,… Continue reading Structural Diversity Ranging from Oligonuclear Complexes to 1‐D and 2‐D Coordination Polymers Generated by Tetrasubstituted Adamantane and Spirobifluorene Derivatives

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Facile sonochemical synthesis of Ag2O-guar gum nanocomposite as a visible light photocatalyst for the organic transformation reactions

2020 / Journal of Hazardous Materials

Silver Oxide (Ag2O)-Guar gum nanocomposite was fabricated via a simple sonochemical co-precipitation method. The obtained photocatalyst was characterized with various… Continue reading Facile sonochemical synthesis of Ag2O-guar gum nanocomposite as a visible light photocatalyst for the organic transformation reactions

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Improved performances of catalytic G-quadruplexes (G4-DNAzymes) via the chemical modifications of the DNA backbone to provide G-quadruplexes with double 3′-external G-quartets

2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Here we report on the design of a new catalytic G-quadruplex-DNA system (G4-DNAzyme) based on the modification of the DNA… Continue reading Improved performances of catalytic G-quadruplexes (G4-DNAzymes) via the chemical modifications of the DNA backbone to provide G-quadruplexes with double 3′-external G-quartets

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Cytotoxic and anti-HIV-1 activities of triterpenoids and flavonoids isolated from leaves and twigs of Gardenia sessiliflora

2020 / Phytochemistry Letters

A new cycloartane triterpenoid, sessiliflorin (1), together with two new flavanones, 5,3′,5′-trihydroxy-6,7,4′-trimethoxyflavanone (10) and 5-hydroxy-6,7,3′,4′,5′-pentamethoxyflavanone (11) were isolated from a… Continue reading Cytotoxic and anti-HIV-1 activities of triterpenoids and flavonoids isolated from leaves and twigs of Gardenia sessiliflora

Leah Pandiscia, PhD