Aggregation-induced emission: From small molecules to polymers—historical background, mechanisms and Photophysics

ACB Rodrigues, JSS de Melo - Aggregation-Induced Emission, 2021 - Springer
The enhancement of photoluminescence through formation of molecular aggregates in
organic oligomers and conjugated organic polymers is reviewed. A historical …

Interaction of two commercial azobenzene food dyes, amaranth and new coccine, with human serum albumin: Biophysical characterization

OA Chaves, RJS Loureiro, A Costa-Tuna… - ACS Food Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Food processing and storage cause natural food color to diminish, leading to the addition of
synthetic dyes by the industry. Unfortunately, these dyes have potential health risks, such as …

Interaction between a water-soluble anionic porphyrin and human serum albumin unexpectedly stimulates the aggregation of the photosensitizer at the surface of the …

A Costa-Tuna, OA Chaves, RJS Loureiro… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis (2, 6-difluoro-3-sulfophenyl) porphyrin (TDFPPS 4) was
reported as a potential photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy. The capacity of the …

Insights into the effect of glucose on the binding between human serum albumin and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide

MAG Soares, PA de Aquino, T Costa, C Serpa… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glucose interacts with human serum albumin (HSA, the main protein responsible for the
biodistribution of drugs in the bloodstream) and consequently affects the binding capacity of …

Revisiting and updating the interaction between human serum albumin and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and ketorolac

RS Cunha, PF Cruz, T Costa, ZL Almeida, MEF Lima… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ketoprofen (KTF) and ketorolac (KTL) are among the most primarily used non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in humans to alleviate moderate pain and to treat …

Excited-state proton transfer in indigo

J Pina, D Sarmento, M Accoto, PL Gentili… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) in Indigo and its monohexyl-substituted derivative (Ind
and NHxInd, respectively) in solution was investigated experimentally as a function of …

Profiling the interaction between human serum albumin and clinically relevant HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors

A Costa-Tuna, OA Chaves, ZL Almeida, RS Cunha… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Tenofovir (TFV) is the active form of the prodrugs tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and
tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), both clinically prescribed as HIV reverse transcriptase …

Excited-state dynamics and self-organization of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) in solution and thin films

B Ferreira, PF da Silva, JS Seixas de Melo… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The fluorescence decays of a stereoregular head-to-tail RR-HT poly (3-hexylthiophene),
P3HT, in methylcyclohexane (MCH) are described by sums of three or four exponential …

Deep in blue with green chemistry: influence of solvent and chain length on the behaviour of N-and N, N′-alkyl indigo derivatives

D Pinheiro, M Pineiro, AM Galvão, JSS de Melo - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Using green chemistry procedures the synthesis of N-alkyl (NCnInd) and N, N′-dialkyl (N,
N′ CnInd) indigo derivatives, with n= 1–3, 6, 8, 12 and 18, was undertaken, leading to …

Aggregation-induced emission in phenothiazine–TPE and− TPAN polymers

ACB Rodrigues, J Pina, W Dong, M Forster… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two phenothiazine-based polymers—tetraphenylethylene-(PTzTPE) and
triphenylacrylonitrile-substituted (PTzTPAN) polyphenothiazines—were studied in organic …