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Two‐photon excitation of bright diaza[4]helicenes for isotropic and circularly polarized emission (2025)
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Fabri, B., De Rosa, D. F., Black, D. J., Mucci, R., Krimovs, A., Pal, R., & Lacour, J. (2025). Two‐photon excitation of bright diaza[4]helicenes for isotropic and circularly polarized emission. Chemistry: A European Journal, 31(32), Article e202501212. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501212

Helicenes are chiral organic dyes that are attracting growing attention due to the high tunability of their (chir)optical and electronic properties. In this work, a series of functionalized cationic diaza[4]helicenes based on dimethoxyquinacridinium... Read More about Two‐photon excitation of bright diaza[4]helicenes for isotropic and circularly polarized emission.

A switch-on luminescent europium(III) probe for selective and time-resolved detection of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) (2025)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. E., Stachelek, P., Rehman, U., Plasser, F., Pal, R., & Butler, S. J. (online). A switch-on luminescent europium(III) probe for selective and time-resolved detection of adenosine diphosphate (ADP). Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc07188c

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) is a key product of two essential classes of biological reactions, catalysed by ATPases and kinases. This makes ADP a highly appealing target for supramolecular detection. However, doing so selectively is exceedingly diffi... Read More about A switch-on luminescent europium(III) probe for selective and time-resolved detection of adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch (2025)
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Hartmann, D., Penty, S. E., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Pal, R., & Barendt, T. A. (2025). A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch. Angewandte Chemie, 64(15), Article e202501122. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501122

Helical assemblies of organic dyes are ubiquitous chiral organic materials, with valuable properties including chiroptical switching due to the dynamic nature of supramolecular chirality. Herein, we report a novel chiral bis‐perylene diimide macrocyc... Read More about A Bis‐Perylene Diimide Macrocycle Chiroptical Switch.

Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations (2025)
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McGonigle, R., Glasgow, J., Houston, C., Cameron, I., Homann, C., Black, D. J., Pal, R., & MacKenzie, L. E. (2025). Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations. Communications Chemistry, 8, Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01415-3

Autoclave reactors are widely used across chemical and biological sciences, including for the synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and other nanomaterials. Yet, the details of how autoclave reactors are used in such synthesis are rarely re... Read More about Autoclave reactor synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles, unreported variables, and safety considerations.

Self-assembling Depsipeptides on Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: A New Way to Create Programmable Nanovesicles and Soft Nanocarriers. (2025)
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Hernando-Muñoz, C., Revilla-Cuesta, A., Abajo-Cuadrado, I., Andreini, C., Torroba, T., Busto, N., Fernández, D., Perdomo, G., Acosta, G., Royo, M., Gutierrez Reguera, J., Spinello, A., Barone, G., Black, D., & Pal, R. (2025). Self-assembling Depsipeptides on Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: A New Way to Create Programmable Nanovesicles and Soft Nanocarriers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17(6), 8751-10192. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c19123

We introduce the proof of concept of a new methodology to produce robust hollow nanovesicles stable in water or mixtures of water and organic solvents. The bottom-up produced nanovesicles are formed by the self-assembly of depsipeptide chains of natu... Read More about Self-assembling Depsipeptides on Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: A New Way to Create Programmable Nanovesicles and Soft Nanocarriers..