Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based luminescent and electrochemical sensors for food contaminant detection

B Mohan, G Singh, A Chauhan, AJL Pombeiro… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing population, food toxicity has become a prevalent concern due to the
growing contaminants of food products. Therefore, the need for new materials for toxicant …

Revisiting the non-fluorescence of nitroaromatics: presumption versus reality

YM Poronik, B Sadowski, K Szychta… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electronically excited singlet states of nitroaromatic compounds are often presumed to
be essentially non-fluorescent. Nonetheless, a growing number of reports in the literature …

Conformation of the Ester Group Governs the Photophysics of Highly Polarized Benzo[g]coumarins

K Szychta, B Koszarna, M Banasiewicz, A Sobolewski… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photosensitizers that display “unusual” emission from upper electronically excited states
offer possibilities for initiating higher-energy processes than what the governing Kasha's rule …

The magic of biaryl linkers: the electronic coupling through them defines the propensity for excited-state symmetry breaking in quadrupolar acceptor–donor–acceptor …

JA Clark, D Kusy, O Vakuliuk, M Krzeszewski… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge transfer (CT) is key for molecular photonics, governing the optical properties of
chromophores comprising electron-rich and electron-deficient components. In photoexcited …

Boosted carbon electrocatalytic effect towards sensing and green energy applications by tailoring the catalyst-support interface on a nature-inspired solution

MH de Sá, R Costa, CM Pereira - Electrochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon electrodes are widely accepted as very versatile platforms, with applications ranging
from electrocatalysis to sensors and other devices, like fuel cells and water electrolyzers …

How Do Liquid-Junction Potentials and Medium Polarity at Electrode Surfaces Affect Electrochemical Analyses for Charge-Transfer Systems?

MF Mayther, O O'Mari, P Flacke, D Bhatt… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The importance of electrochemical analysis for charge-transfer science cannot be
overstated. Interfaces in electrochemical cells present certain challenges in the …

Optical Window to Polarity of Electrolyte Solutions

O O'Mari, VI Vullev - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medium polarity plays a crucial role in charge-transfer processes and electrochemistry. The
added supporting electrolyte in electrochemical setups, essential for attaining the needed …

A simulation-based analysis of optical read-out for electrochemical reactions using composite vortex beams

N Kumar, A Arora, A Krishnan - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We propose an optical read-out method for extracting faradaic current in electrochemical
(EC) reactions and analyze its performance using opto-EC simulations. Our approach …

How Rigid Are Anthranilamide Molecular Electrets?

O O'Mari, MY Yang, W Goddard… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
As important as molecular electrets are for electronic materials and devices, conformational
fluctuations strongly impact their macrodipoles and intrinsic properties. Herein, we employ …

Anomalous Fluorescence Quenching in Fluorous Solvent-Added Media

Deepika, S Sharma, D Yadav… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Due to the inherent high electronegativity of fluorine, perfluorocarbons have the potential to
exhibit unusual characteristics. Fluorous solvents, in this context, may afford an anomalous …