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Double-click synthesis of polysiloxane third-order nonlinear optical polymers with donor–acceptor chromophores

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Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3046-3053
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01771B, Paper
Zhitao Li, Dong Wang, Daniele Ramella, Hong Gao, Hui Cao, Yuzhen Zhao, Zongcheng Miao, Zhou Yang, Wanli He
A series of third-order nonlinear polysiloxane polymer materials were prepared by thiol–ene click polymerization and [2 + 2] click chemistry. All the polymers exhibit good electron transfer capabilities and nonlinear optical properties.
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Two-stage thiol-based click reactions for the preparation and adhesion of hydrogels

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Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2986-2994
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01503E, Paper
Wen Jing Yang, Wenya Xu, Xi Tao, Wen Wang, Yaqin Hu, Xue Li, En-Tang Kang, Lianhui Wang
Two-stage thiol-based click reactions have been employed as a facile strategy for hydrogel preparation and self-adhesion.
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Synthesis, thermoresponsivity and multi-tunable hierarchical self-assembly of multi-responsive (AB)mC miktobrush-coil terpolymers

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Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3003-3017
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00245C, Paper
Xiaomin Zhu, Jian Zhang, Cheng Miao, Siyu Li, Youliang Zhao
Stimuli-responsive miktobrush-coil terpolymers can exhibit unique physical properties and hierarchical self-assembly behaviors dependent on composition, concentration and external stimuli.
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Secondary structure drives self-assembly in weakly segregated globular protein–rod block copolymers

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Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3032-3045
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01680E, Paper
Helen Yao, Kai Sheng, Jialing Sun, Shupeng Yan, Yingqin Hou, Hua Lu, Bradley D. Olsen
Imparting secondary structure to the polymer block can drive self-assembly in globular protein–helix block copolymers, increasing the effective segregation strength between blocks with weak or no repulsion.
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Post-polymerization modification of polymethacrylates enabled by keto–enol tautomerization

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Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2955-2958
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00383B, Communication
Charles P. Easterling, Guilhem Coste, Jose E. Sanchez, Gail E. Fanucci, Brent S. Sumerlin
We report a post-polymerization modification strategy to functionalize methacrylic copolymers through enol-ester transesterification.
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Gold nanoparticles standing on PEG/PAMAM/thiol-functionalized nanographene oxide as aqueous catalysts

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00471E, Paper
Bingjie Hao, Guolin Lu, Sen Zhang, Yongjun Li, Aishun Ding, Xiaoyu Huang
Gold nanoparticles were aptly in situ grown on PEG/PAMAM/thiol-functionalized nanographene oxide platforms for aqueous catalysis.
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Construction of polyphosphoesters with the main chain of rigid backbones and stereostructures via organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00262C, Paper
Yu-Jia Zheng, Guan-Wen Yang, Bo Li, Guang-Peng Wu
A highly stereoregular polyphosphoester with a rigid cyclohexylene structure in the main chain was constructed via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) in the presence of an organic catalyst system.
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Polymerization-induced self-assembly for the fabrication of polymeric nano-objects with enhanced structural stability by cross-linking

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00368A, Review Article
Wen-Jian Zhang, Jamshid Kadirkhanov, Chang-Hui Wang, Sheng-Gang Ding, Chun-Yan Hong, Fei Wang, Ye-Zi You
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been established as a robust strategy to synthesize block copolymer nano-objects with varying morphologies, size, and surface chemistry, which greatly enlarges the library of functional nano-objects...
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Effect of the side, ethylene glycol and hydroxyl groups on the polymerization kinetics of oligo(ethylene glycol methacrylates). An experimental and modeling investigation

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00498G, Paper
Mohammad Siddiqui, Dimitris Achilias, Halim Hamid Redhwi
Polymers based on methacrylates bearing short oligo(ethylene glycol) side parts constitute a modern class of stimuli-responsive, biocompatible materials exhibiting several important biological applications. A study of their polymerization kinetics considering...
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Light and Latex: Advances in the photochemistry of polymer colloids

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00349B, Review Article
Philip Scott, Christopher Kasprzak, Keyton Feller, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Christopher Williams, Timothy Long
Unparalleled temporal and spatial control of colloidal chemical processes introduces immense potential for the manufacturing, modification, and manipulation of latex particles. This review highlights major advances in photochemistry, both as...
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Morphological Evolution and Mechanical Properties of "Anchor Chain" Nanodomain Structure of Reactive Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer in Epoxy Resin

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00365D, Paper
Quan Zhou, Qi Liu, Yueru Yu, Yuxiao Zhuang, Yizhe Lv, Hanliang Xiao, Ning Song, Lizhong Ni
A novel epoxy-reactive amphiphilic poly(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block-poly(3,4-epoxy cyclohexylmethyl methacrylate) (PMETHB-b-PDMS-b-PMETHB) triblock polymer was synthesized via atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with a controlled molecular chain length and low dispersion,...
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Controlling the crystal structure of precisely spaced polyethylene-like polyphosphoesters

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00272K, Paper
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Tobias Haider, Oksana Suraeva, Miriam Leslie O'Duill, Julian Mars, Markus Mezger, Ingo Lieberwirth, Frederik R Wurm
Understanding polymer crystallization is important for polyethylene-like materials. A small fraction of monomers with functional groups within the polyethylene chain can act as crystallization “defects”. Such defects can be used...
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Organocatalyzed ring opening polymerization of regio-isomeric lactones: reactivity and thermodynamics considerations

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01777A, Paper
Marie A. F. Delgove, Ola Wróblewska, Jules Stouten, Christian A. M. R. van Slagmaat, Jurrie Noordijk, Stefaan de Wildeman, Katrien V. Bernaerts
Organocatalysts are increasingly gaining attention for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactones due to numerous advantages. In this work, the goal is to expand the scope of catalysts for...
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Design of new phenothiazine derivatives as visible light photoinitiators

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00497A, Paper
Mahmoud Rahal, Mira Abdallah, Thanh-Tuân Bui, Fabrice Goubard, Bernadette Graff, Frédéric Dumur, Joumana Toufaily, Tayssir Hamieh, Jacques Lalevée
In this article, four new phenothiazine derivatives (denoted as PT1, PT2, PT3 and PT4) are specifically in silico designed by molecular modelling for good light absorption properties @405 nm.
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Alicyclic Polyesters from a Bicyclic 1,3-Dioxane-4-one

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00448K, Paper
Yuechao Xu, Theona Șucu, Mitchell Perry, Michael Patrick Shaver
Alicyclic polymers with in-chain aliphatic rings promote improved thermal and optical performance due to backbone rigidity but remain limited in their functional diversity. In this paper we report the first...
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Online Tracing of Molecular Weight Evolution during Radical Polymerization via high-resolution FlowNMR spectroscopy

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00475H, Communication
Jeroen Hendrik Vrijsen, Isabel Anna Thomlinson, Martin Levere, Catherine L Lyall, Matthew G Davidson, Ulrich Hintermair, Tanja Junkers
High-resolution FlowNMR was coupled to a continuous flow reactor to monitor polymer molecular weight evolution online by diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy. Polymers were synthesized by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer...
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A Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Click Chemistry Approach towards Multifunctional Two-Way Shape-Memory Actuators

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00217H, Paper
Zhong-Cheng Liu, Bo Zuo, Hai-Feng Lu, Meng Wang, Shuai Huang, Xu-Man Chen, Baoping Lin, Hong Yang
Nowadays, two-way shape memory polymeric materials with reversible shape-morphing capability, exhibit extraordinary application prospects in robotic, biomedical and intelligent material technologies, and have attracted extensive scientific attention. However, exploration of...
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Polymerization of epoxide monomers promoted by tBuP4 phosphazene base: A comparative study of kinetic behavior.

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00437E, Paper
Valentin Puchelle, Haiqin Du, Nicolas Illy, Philippe Guegan
Kinetics of the anionic ring-opening polymerizations (AROP) of epoxide monomers, 1,2-epoxybutane (BO), 1,2-epoxypropane (PO), tert-butyl glycidyl ether (tBuGE), allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), benzyl glycidyl ether (BnGE), ethoxyethyl glycidyl ether (EEGE)...
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Influence of the polymer matrix on the viscoelastic behaviour of vitrimers

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00114G, Paper
Yann Spiesschaert, Christian Taplan, Lucas Stricker, Marc Guerre, Johan M. Winne, Filip Du Prez
Vitrimer materials are a rapidly growing field of research, in which still many fundamental aspects of material design remain to be explored. In this study, we report a systematic study...
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Synthetic strategies for raspberry-like polymer composite particles

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00394H, Review Article
Hua Zou, Shuxia Zhai
The strategies used for the preparation of raspberry-like polymer composite particles are summarized comprehensively.
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Diphenyl Functional Porphyrins and Their Metal Complexes as Visible-Light Photoinitiators for Free-Radical, Cationic and Thiol-Ene Polymerizations

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00468E, Paper
Davy-Louis Versace, Yusuf Yagci, Agata Blacha-Grzechnik, Nicolas Bogliotti, V. Brezova, Jean-Pierre Malval, Marc Presset, Hugo Marcille
This investigation demonstrates the excellent photoinitiating properties of novel visible-light absorbing diphenylporphyrins (DPPs) for the free-radical (FRP), cationic (CP) and thiol-ene polymerizations under visible LEDs irradiation (405 and 530 nm)...
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Precise Tracking and Modulating Aggregation Structures of Conjugated Copolymers in Solutions

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00456A, Paper
Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Li Ding, Zi-Di Yu, Hao-Yang You, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Lin Zou, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei
The effects of the backbone shape of the conjugated polymers on the aggregation features in solutions, and further on the morphology in solid states are rarely reported. Herein, four copolymers,...
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Alkene-Azide Chemistry: A Facile, One-Step, Solvent- and Catalyst-Free Approach for Developing New Functional Monomers and Polymers

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00346H, Paper
Santimukul Santra, Ren Bean, Blaze Heckert, Zachary Shaw, Vedant Jain, Lok Shrestha, Raghunath Narayanam, Quentin Austin
In this study, a one-step Hüisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, alkene-azide chemistry, was explored using a solvent and catalyst free method forming 1,2,3-triazoline ring-containing molecules. This facile method was utilized by...
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Ring-opening copolymerization of cyclic epoxide and anhydride using a five-coordinate chromium complex with a sterically demanding amino triphenolate ligand

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00155D, Paper
Ho Kyun Ryu, Dae Young Bae, Hyeongi Lim, Eunsung Lee, Kyung-sun Son
An alternating ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides (cyclohexene oxide, limonene oxide) and anhydrides (phthalic anhydride, naphthalic anhydride and maleic anhydride) was performed using a chromium complex containing a sterically demanding...
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Highly conductive mechanically robust high Mw polyfluorene anion exchange membrane for alkaline fuel cell and water electrolysis application

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Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00334D, Paper
Shoji Miyanishi, Takeo Yamaguchi
New, high molecular weight poly-(fluorene-alt-tetrafluorophenylene) anion exchange membranes were synthesized by a Pd-catalyzed C–H activation method. The synthesized membranes exhibited high OH− conductivity over 100 mS/cm, and membrane swelling could...
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Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition

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Instant Pot Cookbook For Dummies

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Over 100 Quick and Easy Recipes  

Wondering how get the most out of your Instant Pot or your favorite multi-cooker? This one-of a kind guide will walk you through what you need to know to start cooking with your Instant Pot today. It covers what you can cook to setting functions to keeping your pot looking (and smelling!) like new, plus what will happen step-by-step through the cooking process. You will also get over 100 tasty, family-friendly recipes



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The Tourist Places of the World

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Formerly a largely Western practice, leisure travel is today the most dynamic industry in the world in terms of growth. Developments in transport and communication systems mean tourism is now an integral part of our understanding of the world, and involved in the exponential increase of links between societies and different cultures.

The Tourist Places of the World has comprehensive data on the number of international visitors annually. It also includes



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310 nm UV-LED Attenuates Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-like Skin Lesions in C57BL/6 Mice and Inhibits IL-22-Induced STAT3 Expression in HaCaT Cells

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00444K, Paper
Tae-Rin Kwon, Sung-Eun Lee, Jong-Hwan Kim, Yu Na Jang, Su-Young Kim, Seok Kyun Mun, Chan Woong Kim, Jungtae Na, Beom Joon Kim
Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) are a novel light source for phototherapy. This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of UV-LEDs on psoriasis. Importantly, 310 nm UV-LEDs have not been...
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Purple bacteria photo-bioelectrochemistry: enthralling challenges and opportunities

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,424-435
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00470J, Perspective
Matteo Grattieri
Perspective of research directions exploring purple bacteria photo-bioelectrochemistry: from harvesting photoexcited electrons to bioelectrochemical systems development.
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Conjugating biomaterials with photosensitizers: advances and perspectives for photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,445-461
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00398C, Paper
Nidia Maldonado-Carmona, Tan-Sothea Ouk, Mário J. F. Calvete, Mariette M. Pereira, Nicolas Villandier, Stephanie Leroy-Lhez
In this review we present the most recent examples of biomaterials, for the conjugation of photosensitizers for photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy.
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Effects of lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, sucrose and monosaccharide carbohydrates on soybean physical stem strength and yield in intercropping

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,462-472
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00369J, Paper
Sajad Hussain, Ting Liu, Nasir Iqbal, Marian Brestic, Ting Pang, Maryam Mumtaz, Iram Shafiq, Shuxian Li, Li Wang, Yang Gao, Aaqil Khan, Irshan Ahmad, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Weiguo Liu, Wenyu Yang
To the best of our knowledge, for the first time our research examines a role of secondary cell wall components in lodging resistance and their interaction with yield under intercropping.
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4-(4-Chloro-2-oxo-3(1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-6-yl) benzaldehyde as a fluorescent probe for medical imaging: linear and nonlinear optical properties

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,473-484
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00478E, Paper
Przemysław Krawczyk
This study presents the full theoretical optical and biological characteristics of a new fluorescent probe based on the phenanthroimidazole backbone (PB5).
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The effects of aloe emodin-mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on drug-sensitive and resistant Candida albicans

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,485-494
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00352E, Paper
Wenpeng Ma, Chengcheng Liu, Jiao Li, Ming Hao, Yanhong Ji, Xiaoyan Zeng
Aloe emodin-mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy effectively inactivated drug-sensitive and resistant C. albicans and caused damage to the cell wall, cytoplasm, and nucleus.
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Photophysics of deinoxanthin, the keto-carotenoid bound to the main S-layer unit of Deinococcus radiodurans

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,495-503
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00031K, Paper
František Adamec, Domenica Farci, David Bína, Radek Litvín, Tuhin Khan, Marcel Fuciman, Dario Piano, Tomáš Polívka
An ultrafast transient absorption experiment on the SDBC, which binds the carotenoid deinoxanthin, reveals a non-specific binding site that loosely binds the carotenoid, but protects the carotenoid from the outer environment.
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Near-IR oxime-based solvatochromic perylene diimide probe as a chemosensor for Pd species and Cu2+ ions in water and live cells

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,504-514
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00487D, Paper
Poonam Sharma, Sandeep Kaur, Satwinderjeet Kaur, Prabhpreet Singh
A near-IR colorimetric and fluorescent perylene diimide probe for detection of Pd0 (7.9 × 10−8 M) and Cu2+ (3.4 × 10−7 M) in water and live cells with solvatochromic properties is designed and synthesized.
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Highly sensitive eight-channel light sensing system for biomedical applications

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,524-529
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00017E, Technical Note
Sung Bae Kim, Sharon Seiko Hori, Negar Sadeghipour, Uday Kumar Sukumar, Rika Fujii, Tarik F. Massoud, Ramasamy Paulmurugan
We demonstrate the potential of an eight-channel light sensing platform system, named Black Box I (BBI), for rapid and highly sensitive measurement of low-level light using a nonradioactive optical readout.
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Studying the excited electronic states of guanine rich DNA quadruplexes by quantum mechanical methods: main achievements and perspectives

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,436-444
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00065E, Perspective
Lara Martínez-Fernández, Luciana Esposito, Roberto Improta
Calculations are providing more and more useful insights into the interaction between light and DNA quadruplexes.
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Light-diffractive patterning of Porphyridium purpureum

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,515-523
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00014K, Paper
Moritz Klotz, Steffi Deuerling, Sabine Kugler, Cordt Zollfrank, Daniel Van Opdenbosch
Living structures: By projection of a light pattern from a computer-generated hologram, patterns of the algae Porphyridium purpureum were generated. The obtained pixelated pattern was evaluated and discussed in the context of the organism's phototaxis.
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Retraction: Ni/Co/Ti layered double hydroxide for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B and Acid Red G: a comparative study

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19,530-530
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP90010A, Retraction
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Composition, phosphorylation and dynamic organization of photosynthetic protein complexes in plant thylakoid membrane

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00025F, Perspective
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Marjaana Rantala, Sanna Rantala, Eva-Mari Aro
Here we present an overview of the composition and organization of photosynthetic protein complexes in thylakoid membrane and discuss the consequences of the light-induced protein network re-organization to the thylakoid membrane ultrastructure.
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The role of hydrogen peroxide and singlet oxygen in the photodegradation of melanin

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00481E, Paper
Andrzej Żądło, Shosuke Ito, Michał Sarna, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Krystian Mokrzyński, Tadeusz Sarna
Hydrogen peroxide, formed during the aerobic photolysis of melanin, is not responsible for the accompanying oxidative modifications of this pigment.
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The red chlorophyll catabolite (RCC) is an inefficient sensitizer of singlet oxygen – photochemical studies of the methyl ester of RCC

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00071J, Paper
Steffen Jockusch, Bernhard Kräutler
Red chlorophyll catabolite, generated as an intermediate during chlorophyll breakdown in higher plants, is considered a phototoxic ‘pro-death molecule’. However, its singlet oxygen and fluorescence quantum yields are remarkably low.
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Multifunctional cubic liquid crystalline nanoparticles for chemo- and photodynamic synergistic cancer therapy

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00449A, Paper
Sébastien Jenni, Giacomo Picci, Marco Fornasier, Marianna Mamusa, Judith Schmidt, Yeshayahu Talmon, Angélique Sour, Valérie Heitz, Sergio Murgia, Claudia Caltagirone
Multifunctional lipidic cubic liquid crystalline nanoparticles for potential cancer therapy were engineered by conjugating a porphyrin-based photosensitizer to the block copolymer Pluronic F108 and loading them with the antineoplastic drug Docetaxel.
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Effect of ultraviolet radiation on vertebrate animals: update from ethological and medical perspectives

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00488B, Perspective
Claire Vergneau-Grosset, Franck Péron
Many animals under human care are kept indoors to prevent infectious diseases, to facilitate environment control, or due to the lifestyle of their owners. This article will review published information about ultraviolet effects in vertebrate animals.
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An antipyrine based fluorescent probe for distinct detection of Al3+ and Zn2+ and its AIEE behaviour

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00472F, Paper
Samir Maity, Milan Shyamal, Rakesh Maity, Naren Mudi, Paresh Hazra, Prabhat Kr. Giri, Shashanka Shekhar Samanta, Santanu Pyne, Ajay Misra
A simple antipyrine based fluorescent probe, 4-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzylidene)-amino-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-pyrazol-3-one (OVAP), has been successfully synthesized using a one-step condensation method.
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Ultraviolet-C and other methods of decontamination of filtering facepiece N-95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic

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DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00131G, Perspective
Angeli Eloise Torres, Alexis B. Lyons, Shanthi Narla, Indermeet Kohli, Angela Parks-Miller, David Ozog, Iltefat H. Hamzavi, Henry W. Lim
During global heath emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, the decontamination of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes a necessary means to keep up with the growing demand from...
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Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy for early disease detection in grapefruit plants

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DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00368A, Paper
M. Saleem, Babar Manzoor Atta, Zulfiqar Ali, M. Bilal
Fluorosensor – Non-destructively measures chlorophyll fluorescence directly from leaves which made possible for early disease detection in plants.
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The pigment binding behaviour of water-soluble chlorophyll protein (WSCP)

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Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00043D, Paper
Philipp Girr, Jessica Kilper, Anne-Christin Pohland, Harald Paulsen
Water-soluble chlorophyll proteins (WSCPs) bind chlorophyll with a high affinity in a fast reaction, and other tetrapyrroles with a lower affinity and altered reaction kinetics.
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Photocyclization of diarylethylenes with a boronate moiety: a useful synthetic tool to soluble PAH building blocks

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DOI: 10.1039/C9PP00497A, Paper
Mikhail Feofanov, Arber Uka, Vladimir Akhmetov, Konstantin Amsharov
We describe the oxidative photocyclization of borylated diarylethylenes as a convenient method for the preparation of borylated PAHs as highly soluble precursors for further transformations.
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