Soft matter pH sensing: From luminescent lanthanide pH switches in solution to sensing in hydrogels

CP McCoy, F Stomeo, SE Plush… - Chemistry of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, complexation, and photophysical properties of the Eu (III)-based quinoline
cyclen conjugate complex Eu1 and its permanent, noncovalent incorporation into hydrogels …

Excited-state proton transfer and phototautomerism in nucleobase and nucleoside analogs: A mini-review

J Wierzchowski - Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Intermolecular excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) has been observed in several
fluorescent nucleobase and/or nucleoside analogs. In the present work, some new …

Acid–base equilibriums of lumichrome and its 1-methyl, 3-methyl, and 1, 3-dimethyl derivatives

D Prukała, E Sikorska, J Koput… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Lumichrome photophysical properties at different pH were characterized by UV–vis
spectroscopy and steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques, in four forms of …

The photophysics of alloxazine: a quantum chemical investigation in vacuum and solution

S Salzmann, CM Marian - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
(Time-dependent) Kohn–Sham density functional theory and a combined density
functional/multi-reference configuration interaction method (DFT/MRCI) were employed to …

[HTML][HTML] 5-Deazaalloxazine as photosensitizer of singlet oxygen and potential redox-sensitive agent

M Insińska-Rak, A Golczak, M Gierszewski… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
Flavins are a unique class of compounds that combine the features of singlet oxygen
generators and redox-dependent fluorophores. From a broad family of flavin derivatives …

Structural and thermochemical consequences of prototropy and ionization for the biomolecule xanthine in vacuo

ED Raczyńska, B Kamińska - The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2022 - Elsevier
The complete prototropic tautomeric mixture for xanthine (X), one of intermediates of nucleic
acids degradation, have been investigated for the first time. Fifteen NH and twenty-eight CH …

Ground-and excited-state double proton transfer in lumichrome/acetic acid system: Theoretical and experimental approach

E Sikorska, I Khmelinskii, M Hoffmann… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Experimental time-resolved spectral and photon counting kinetic results confirm formation of
an isoalloxazinic excited state via excited-state double proton transfer (ESDPT) catalyzed by …

QM/MM Study on mechanistic photophysics of alloxazine chromophore in aqueous solution

XP Chang, XY Xie, SY Lin, G Cui - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Compared with isoalloxazine, the core chromophore of biologically important flavins,
alloxazine exhibits much lower fluorescence quantum yield and larger intersystem-crossing …

Electronic structure of lumiflavin and its analogues in their ground and excited states

E Sikorska, IV Khmelinskii, J Koput… - Journal of Molecular …, 2004 - Elsevier
UV–Vis S0–Sn and T1–Tn absorption spectra of a series of isoalloxazines were calculated
using the time-dependent density-functional theory approach. In the calculations, B3LYP …

Solvent and pH-sensitive fluorescence response of alloxazine

M Mal, D Mandal - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fluorescence response of Alloxazine was found to be sensitive to solvent properties like
polarity and H-bonding capacity, which also played a significant role in controlling the …