[HTML][HTML] Understanding chlorophylls: central magnesium ion and phytyl as structural determinants

L Fiedor, A Kania, B Myśliwa-Kurdziel, Ł Orzeł… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2008 - Elsevier
Phytol, a C20 alcohol esterifying the C-173 propionate, and Mg2+ ion chelated in the central
cavity, are conservative structural constituents of chlorophylls. To evaluate their …

The role of membranes and lipid-protein interactions in the Mg-branch of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis

K Solymosi, B Mysliwa-Kurdziel - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chlorophyll (Chl) is essential for photosynthesis and needs to be produced throughout the
whole plant life, especially under changing light intensity and stress conditions which may …

V-shaped 4, 6-bis (arylvinyl) pyrimidine oligomers: synthesis and optical properties

S Achelle, I Nouira, B Pfaffinger… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A series of V-shaped 4, 6-bis (arylvinyl) pyrimidines have been efficiently prepared by aldol
condensation between 4, 6-dimethylpyrimidine and the appropriate aromatic aldehyde. The …

Fluorescent carbon dots from birch leaves for sustainable electroluminescent devices

S Tang, Y Liu, H Opoku, M Gregorsson, P Zhang… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shift from depleting petroleum compounds to regenerating biomass as the raw material
for organic semiconductors is a prerequisite if organic electronics is to become truly …

The intrinsic fluorescence spectra of selected pollen and fungal spores

DJ O'Connor, D Iacopino, DA Healy, D O'Sullivan… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAP) are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and recently
the measurement of their fluorescence properties, in real-time, have been used to …

Evaluation of aluminum phthalocyanine chloride and DNA interactions for the design of an advanced drug delivery system in photodynamic therapy

CC Jayme, IR Calori, EMF Cunha… - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction of aluminum phthalocyanine chloride
(AlClPc) with double-stranded DNA. Absorption and fluorescence spectra, resonance light …

2, 1, 3-Benzothiadiazole dyes conjugated with benzothiazole and benzoxazole: Synthesis, solvatochromism and solid-state properties

IM Paczkowski, FL Coelho, LF Campo - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Benzothiadiazole (BTD) dyes are an important class of N, S-containing heterocycles that
have remarkable optical properties. In this work, two new 2, 1, 3-benzothiadiazole dyes …

Vinyl-diazine triphenylamines and their N-methylated derivatives: synthesis, photophysical properties and application for staining DNA

AI Aranda, S Achelle, F Hammerer… - Dyes and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper we describe the synthesis of vinyl-diazine triphenylamines. These compounds
exhibit strong green–yellow fluorescence in dichloromethane solution, important emission …

[HTML][HTML] Explicit solvent effects on the visible absorption spectrum of a photosynthetic pigment: Chlorophyll-c2 in methanol

P Jaramillo, K Coutinho, BJC Cabral, S Canuto - Chemical Physics Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
The explicit solvent effects on the light absorption properties of a photosynthetic pigment are
analyzed from a combined study using Monte Carlo simulation and quantum mechanical …

Control of local structures and photophysical properties of zinc porphyrin-based supramolecular assemblies structurally organized by regioselective ligand …

T Sakuma, H Sakai, Y Araki, T Wada… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-and micro-sized molecular assemblies of zinc porphyrins [5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis (4-
carboxyphenyl) porphyrinato-zinc (II)(ZnTCPP)] utilizing bridging nitrogen ligands such as …