Enhancement of the Photofunction of Phosphorescent Pt(II) Cyclometalated Complexes Driven by Substituents: Solid-State Luminescence and Circularly Polarized Luminescence

2019 / Journal of Organic Chemistry

Ligand functionalization is an attractive strategy for enhancing the performance of metal-based phosphorescent emitters. Here, we report the synthesis and… Continue reading Enhancement of the Photofunction of Phosphorescent Pt(II) Cyclometalated Complexes Driven by Substituents: Solid-State Luminescence and Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Dual role of a pyrene derivative as a hole transport material and an emitter in blue fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

2019 / Dyes and Pigments

A pyrene derivative, N1,N6-di([1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-N1,N6-bis(9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)pyrene-1,6-diamine(PyFB), was investigated as a dual function organic material working as a hole transport material and a… Continue reading Dual role of a pyrene derivative as a hole transport material and an emitter in blue fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Calcium Iron Layered Double Hydroxide/Poly(vinyl chloride) Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Cd2+ Removal Behavior

2019 / Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and other thermoplastics have received more attention in the last decades due to their high fire resistance,… Continue reading Calcium Iron Layered Double Hydroxide/Poly(vinyl chloride) Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Cd2+ Removal Behavior

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Binding and photodynamic action of the cationic zinc phthalocyanines with different types of DNA toward understanding of their cancer therapy activity

2019 / Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Two cationic zinc phthalocyanines have been tested for their interactions with several DNA secondary structures. Despite different aggregation properties, both… Continue reading Binding and photodynamic action of the cationic zinc phthalocyanines with different types of DNA toward understanding of their cancer therapy activity

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Insight into the interaction of benzothiazole tethered triazole analogues with human serum albumin: Spectroscopy and molecular docking approaches

2019 / Luminescence

The interaction of four benzothiazole tethered triazole analogues (MS43, MS70, MS71, and MS78) with human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated… Continue reading Insight into the interaction of benzothiazole tethered triazole analogues with human serum albumin: Spectroscopy and molecular docking approaches

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Concept of Stagnant Capillarity Water in the Nanoporous SiO2@(Zn,Ni)(O,S) Nanocomposite Photocatalyst as a Strategy to Improve Hydrogen Evolution

2019 / ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

(Zn,Ni)(O,S) nanoparticles were uniformly deposited on nanoporous SiO2spheres to form SiO2@(Zn,Ni)(O,S) nanocomposites (NCs). To obtain optimum deposition of (Zn,Ni)(O,S) on… Continue reading Concept of Stagnant Capillarity Water in the Nanoporous SiO2@(Zn,Ni)(O,S) Nanocomposite Photocatalyst as a Strategy to Improve Hydrogen Evolution

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

UV-C light inactivation of single and composite microbial populations in tangerine-orange juice blend. Evaluation of some physicochemical parameters

2019 / Food Bioproducts Processing

This study was aimed at investigating the response of single Saccharomyces cerevisiae KE162 or composited with three cocktails in a turbid orange-tangerine… Continue reading UV-C light inactivation of single and composite microbial populations in tangerine-orange juice blend. Evaluation of some physicochemical parameters

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Anticancer altretamine recognition by bovine serum albumin and its role as inhibitor of fibril formation: Biophysical insights

2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Binding of anticancer drug altretamine with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and its inhibitory effect on fibrillation of the protein has… Continue reading Anticancer altretamine recognition by bovine serum albumin and its role as inhibitor of fibril formation: Biophysical insights

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Synthesis and characterization of Zn1-xAcxS (0≤x≤0.1) nanocrystalline quantum dots prepared via soft mechanochemical approach

2019 / Ceramics International

Here, we report a first example of nanocrystalline Zn1-xAcxS (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) quantum dots prepared via soft mechanochemical approach. The incorporation of… Continue reading Synthesis and characterization of Zn1-xAcxS (0≤x≤0.1) nanocrystalline quantum dots prepared via soft mechanochemical approach

Leah Pandiscia, PhD