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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)
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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..

Circularly Polarized Luminescence Bioimaging Using Chiral BODIPYs: A Model Scaffold for Advancing Unprecedented CPL Microscopy Using Small Full-Organic Probes. (2024)
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Stachelek, P., Serrano-Buitrago, S., Maroto, B. L., Pal, R., & de la Moya, S. (2024). Circularly Polarized Luminescence Bioimaging Using Chiral BODIPYs: A Model Scaffold for Advancing Unprecedented CPL Microscopy Using Small Full-Organic Probes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(49), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c14127

Unprecedented circularly polarized luminescence bioimaging (CPL-bioimaging) of live cells using small full-organic probes is first reported. These highly biocompatible and adaptable probes are pivotal to advance emerging CPL Laser-Scanning Confocal M... Read More about Circularly Polarized Luminescence Bioimaging Using Chiral BODIPYs: A Model Scaffold for Advancing Unprecedented CPL Microscopy Using Small Full-Organic Probes..

Exerting control of self-assembly pathways via morphological switching and patterning in amino-acid-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide conjugates (2024)
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Savyasachi, A. J., Kotova, O., Luis, E. T., Lynes, A. D., Mills, S., Bright, S. A., McManus, G. J., Möbius, M. E., Williams, D. C., Pal, R., Boland, J. J., & Gunnlaugsson, T. (2025). Exerting control of self-assembly pathways via morphological switching and patterning in amino-acid-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide conjugates. Chem, 11(2), Article 102321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.09.020

Small structural changes to benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) dictate its self-assembly behavior and morphological outcome. Functionalization with an α-amino acid close to the BTA core, which also possesses a terminal terpyridine (tpy) unit, led to... Read More about Exerting control of self-assembly pathways via morphological switching and patterning in amino-acid-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide conjugates.

Ligand Chirality Transfer from Solution State to the Crystalline Self‐Assemblies in Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) Active Lanthanide Systems (2024)
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Caffrey, D. F., Gorai, T., Rawson, B., Martínez‐Calvo, M., Kitchen, J. A., Murray, N. S., …Gunnlaugsson, T. (2024). Ligand Chirality Transfer from Solution State to the Crystalline Self‐Assemblies in Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) Active Lanthanide Systems. Advanced Science, 11(18), Article 2307448. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202307448

The synthesis of a family of chiral and enantiomerically pure pyridyl‐diamide (pda) ligands that upon complexation with europium [Eu(CF3SO3)3] result in chiral complexes with metal centered luminescence is reported; the sets of enantiomers giving ris... Read More about Ligand Chirality Transfer from Solution State to the Crystalline Self‐Assemblies in Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) Active Lanthanide Systems.

A Chirally Locked Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle: Consequences for Chiral Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence (2024)
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Penty, S. E., Orton, G. R., Black, D., Pal, R., Zwijnenburg, M. A., & Barendt, T. A. (2024). A Chirally Locked Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle: Consequences for Chiral Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(8), 5470-5479. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c13191

Macrocycles containing chiral organic dyes are highly valuable for the development of supramolecular circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) materials, where a preorganized chiral framework is conducive to directing π–π self-assembly and delivering a... Read More about A Chirally Locked Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle: Consequences for Chiral Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

Unlocking same‐sign CPL: solvent effects on spectral form and racemisation kinetics in nine‐coordinate chiral europium(III) complexes (2023)
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De Rosa, D. F., Starck, M., Parker, D., & Pal, R. (2024). Unlocking same‐sign CPL: solvent effects on spectral form and racemisation kinetics in nine‐coordinate chiral europium(III) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(9), Article e202303227. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303227

Understanding the factors that shape the circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) emission profiles of europium(III)-based CPL emitters to have specific sign properties, e. g. monosignate individual CPL transitions, is key to design novel complexes fo... Read More about Unlocking same‐sign CPL: solvent effects on spectral form and racemisation kinetics in nine‐coordinate chiral europium(III) complexes.