SCIENTIFIC PRODUTION
Citation Report:
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H-index: 21
A search in the ISI Web of Knowledge database, carried out in January of 2018, resulted in 67 articles with citation data and a total of 1209 citations (19.5 citations per article).
The citation metrics, relating to the above publication list, is updated weekly and can be found in the Researcher Profile João Pina (Researcher ID: H-9948-2013) at the “Thomson Reuters” website, under the following link:
URL: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-9948-2013
Scientific Production
Patents
[1] Hugh D. Burrows, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, Arménio C. Serra, Nelson A. M. Pereira, Liliana Martelo, Marta Piñeiro, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, M. Filomena Botelho, Ana M. Abrantes, Mafalda Laranjo, “Platinum(II) Ring-Fused Chlorins, Methods and Uses Thereof”. University of Coimbra. International Patent Application nº WO 2017/145092, published 31 August 2017.
[2] Hugh D. Burrows, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, Arménio C. Serra, Nelson A. M. Pereira, Liliana Martelo, Marta Piñeiro, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, M. Filomena Botelho, Ana M. Abrantes, Mafalda Laranjo, “Clorinas Fundidas de Platina(II), seus Métodos e Usos” University of Coimbra. Nacional Patent application nº 109182, published 24 August 2017.
Chapters in Books
[1] Seixas de Melo, J.; Pina, J., Burrows, H. D., “Estados excitados em polímeros conjugados em Química de polímeros”; Seixas de Melo, J.; Moreno, M. J.; Burrows, H. D.; Gil, M. H., Eds.; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra: Coimbra, 2004; pp 407-471. ISBN: 972-8704-22-4
[2] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, F. Galbrecht, T. Bünnagel and U. Scherf "Spectral and Photophysical Studies of Poly[a,w-(1,1’-binaphthyl)]thiophenes: a New Class of Naphthalene-Thiophene Copolymers" pp- 539-546 in " Book Proc. Colloids & Interfaces", Ed. A Valente & J. Seixas de Melo, SPQ, 2007, 539-546.ISBN: 978-989-8124-01-2
[3] T. Costa, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, "Photophysical processes in polymers and oligomers" pp 44-71, in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry Ed. Angelo Albini vol. 37., 2009, ISBN: 978-0-85404-455-9.DOI:10.1039/b908480k.
[4] J. Pina, T. Costa, J. Seixas de Melo, "Dynamics and Photophysics of polymers and oligomers", in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry Ed. Angelo Albini 2011, vol. 38., 67-109. ISBN: 978-1-84755-054-5. DOI: 10.1039/9781849730860-00067.
[5] João Pina, Hugh Burrows, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo “Excited state dynamics in p‑conjugated polymers” in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry Ed. Angelo Albini 2011, vol. 39, 30-64.ISBN: 978-1-84973-165-2; DOI: 10.1039/9781849732826-00030
[6] J. S. Seixas de Melo, João Pina, Fernando B. Dias, António L. Maçanita “Experimental Techniques for excited state characterization”, Chapter 15, in “Applied Photochemistry”, R. C. Evans, P. Douglas, H. D. Burrows (Eds.), Springer, 2013, pp. 533-585.ISBN: 978-90-481-3830-2
[7] J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows, João Pina “Triplet states on p-conjugated polymers, oligomers and related materials” in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry, Photochemistry, 2016, 43, 83–102.DOI: 10.1039/9781782622772-00083
Articles
(Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees)
2001
[1] J. Seixas de Melo, G. Quinteiro, J. Pina, S. Breda, R. Fausto, “Spectroscopic characterization of a- and g-pyrones and their substituted 4-hydroxy and 4-methoxy derivatives: an integrated infrared, photophysical and theoretical study” J. Mol. Struct. 2001, 565, 59. DOI: 0022-2860/01/$
2003
[2] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, F. Pina, C. Lodeiro, A. J. Parola, J. C. Lima, M. Teresa Albelda, Enrique Garcia-España, Conxa Soriano, “Energetics and dynamics of naphthalene polyaminic derivatives. Influence of structural design in the balance static vs. dynamic excimer formation” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003 107, 11307. DOI: 10.1021/jp036149p
2004
[3] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, H. D. Burrows, S. Brocke, O. Herzog, E. Thorn-Csányi, “The effect of substitution and isomeric imperfection on the photophysical behaviour of p-phenylenevinylene trimers” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 388, 236. DOI::10.1016/j.cplett.2004.02.093
[4] A. Bencini, E. Berni, A. Bianchi, P. Fornasari, C. Giorgi, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, M. J. Melo, J. S. Melo, A. J. Parola, F. Pina, J. Pina, B. Valtancoli, “A fluorescence chemosensor for Zn(II). Exciplex formation in solution and the solid state” Dalton Trans. 2004, 2180. DOI: 10.1039/b403743j
[5] H. D. Burrows, V. M. M. Lobo, J. Pina, M. L. Ramos, J. Seixas de Melo, A. J. M. Valente, M. J. Tapia, S. Pradhan, U. Scherf, “Fluorescence enhancement of the water soluble poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer in n-dodecyl pentaoxyethylene ether micelles” Macromolecules 2004, 37, 7425. DOI: 10.1021/ma048780+
[6] Mª Paz Clares, Juan Aguilar, Ricardo Aucejo, C. Lodeiro, Mª Teresa Albelda, F. Pina, J. C. Lima, A. Jorge Parola, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Conxa Soriano, Enrique Garcia‑España, “Synthesis and H+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ coordination behavior of a bis(fluorophoric) bibrachial lariat aza-crown” Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 6114. DOI: 10.1021/ic049694t
[7] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, A. P. Monkman, S. Navaratnam, “On the triplet state of poli(N-vinylcarbazole)” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 400, 441. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.11.013
2005
[8] Tapia, M. J.; Burrows, H. D.; Valente, A. J. M.; Pradhan, S.; Scherf, U.; Lobo, V. M. M.; Pina, J.; Seixas de Melo, J.,”Interaction between the water soluble poly{1,4-phenylene- 9,9-bis(4-phenoxy butylsulfonate) fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer and ionic surfactants followed by spectroscopic and conductivity measurements” J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 19108. DOI: 10.1021/jp052233o
[9] H. D. Burrows, L. G. Arnaut, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, N. Chattopadhyay, L. Alcácer, A. Charas, J. Morgado, “Characterisation of the Triplet State of a Fluorene-terthiophene Alternating Copolymer” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2005, 402, 197. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.12.031
[10] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, F. Pina, Carlos Lodeiro, J. C. Lima, A. Jorge Parola, Conxa Soriano, M. Paz Clares, M. Teresa Albelda, Ricardo Aucejo, Enrique García-España, “Spectroscopy and Coordination Chemistry of a New Bisnaphthalene-Bisphenanthroline Ligand Displaying a Sensing Ability for Metal Cations” Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7449. DOI: 10.1021/ic050733q
[11] H.D. Burrows, V.M.M. Lobo, J. Pina, M.L. Ramos, J.Seixas de Melo, A.J.M. Valente, M.J. Tapia, S. Pradhan, U. Scherf, S.I. Hintschich, C. Rothe, A.P. Monkman, “Interactions between surfactants and {1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl}” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2005, 270-271, 61. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.05.037
[12] Ricardo Aucejo, Javier Alarcón, Enrique García-España, José M. Llinares, Katherine L. Marchin, Conxa Soriano, Carlos Lodeiro, M. Alexandra Bernardo, F. Pina, J. Pina, and J. Seixas de Melo, “A New ZnII Tweezer Pyridine-Naphthalene System – An Off-On-Off System Working in a Biological pH Window” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 4301‑4308. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200500403
2006
[13] S. M. Fonseca, J. Pina, L. G. Arnaut, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, N. Chattopadhyay, L. Alcácer, A. Charas, J. Morgado, A. P. Monkman, U. Asawapirom, U. Scherf, R. Edge, S. Navaratnam, “Triplet-State and Singlet Oxygen Formation in Fluorene-Based Alternating Copolymers” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 8278-8283. DOI: 10.1021/jp060251f
[14] J. Pina, H. D. Burrows, R. S. Becker, Fernando B. Dias, A. L. Maçanita, J. Seixas de Melo, “Photophysical Studies of a,w-Dicyano-oligothiophenes NC(C4H2S)nCN (n= 1‑6)” J. Phys. Chem.B 2006, 110, 6499-6505. DOI: 10.1021/jp055455v
[15] Carlos Serpa, Paulo J. S. Gomes, Luis G. Arnaut, S. J. Formosinho, J. Pina, and J. Seixas de Melo, “Electron Transfer in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Ultraexothermic Charge Recombination at the End of the Inverted Region”. Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 5014-5023. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500727
[16] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, A. Bilge, T. Farrell, M. Forster, and U. Scherf, “Spectral and Photophysical Studies on Cruciform Oligothiophenes in Solution and the Solid state” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 15100-15106. DOI: 10.1021/jp060707t
[17] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, H.D. Burrows, R.E. Di Paolo, A.L. Maçanita, “Electronic spectral and photophysical properties of some p-phenylenevinylene oligomers in solution and thin films” Chem Phys. 2006, 330, 449-456. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.09.016
2007
[18] A. Jorge Parola, João Carlos Lima, Fernando Pina, João Pina, João Seixas de Melo, Conxa Soriano, Enrique García-España, Ricardo Aucejo, Javier Alarcón, “Synthesis and photophysical properties of dansyl-based polyamine ligands and their Zn(II) complexes” Inorg. Chim. Acta 2007, 360 1200–1208. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.11.006
[19] H. D. Burrows, M. J. Tapia, C. L. Silva, A.A.C.C. Pais, S. M. Fonseca, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Y. Wang, E. F. Marques, M. Knaapila, A. P. Monkman, V. M. Garamus, S. Pradhan, U. Scherf “Interplay of electrostatic and hydrophobic effects with binding of cationic gemini surfactants and a conjugated polyanion: experimental and molecular modelling studies”. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 4401-4410. DOI: 10.1021/jp070100s
[20] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. Burrows, F. Galbrecht, B.S. Nehls, T. Farrell, U. Scherf “Spectral and Photophysical Studies of Poly[2,6-(1,5-Dioctylnaphthalene)]Thiophenes” J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 7185-7191. DOI: 10.1021/jp070691m
[21] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. Burrows, Rosa M.F. Batista, Susana P.G. Costa, M. Manuela M. Raposo, “Spectral and photophysical characterization of donor-p-acceptor arylthienyl- and bithienyl-benzothiazole derivatives in solution and solid state” J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 8574-8578. DOI: 10.1021/jp0730646
[22] Roberto E. Di Paolo, J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, Hugh D. Burrows, J. Morgado, and A. L. Maçanita "Conformational Relaxation of p-Phenylenevinylene (PV) Trimers in Solution, studied by Picosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence" Chem. Phys. Chem. 2007, 8, 2657-2664. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200700548
[23] Iñigo X. García-Zubiri, Hugh D. Burrows, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, João Pina, María Monteserín, María J. Tapia, "Effects of the Interaction beta-Carboline-3-carboxylic acid N-Methylamide and Polynucleotides on Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield and DNA Oxidative Damage", Photochem. Photobiol. 2007, 83, 1455–1464. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00187.x
2008
[24] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, L.M. Rodrigues, R.S. Becker, “A comprehensive study of the spectral and photophysical properties of arylthiophenes”J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: chem. 2008, 194, 67-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.07.014
[25] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, F. Galbrecht, A. Bilge, C. J. Kudla, U. Scherf, “Excited State Properties of Oligophenyl and Oligothienyl Swivel Cruciforms” J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 1104-1111. DOI: 10.1021/jp0773280
[26] Bunnagel, T. W.; Nehls, B. S.; Galbrecht, F.; Schottler, K.; Kudla, C. J.; Volk, M.; Pina, J.; de Melo, J. S. S.; Burrows, H. D.; Scherf, U. “Thiophene-Phenylene/Naphthalene-Based Step-Ladder Copolymers” J. Polym. Sci. Pol. Chem. 2008, 46, 7342-7353. DOI: 10.1002/pola.23039
2009
[27] B. Gigante, M. A. Esteves, N. Pires, M. L. Davies, P. Douglas, S. M. Fonseca, H. D. Burrows, R. A. E. Castro, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, “Synthesis, spectroscopy, photophysics and thermal behavior of stilbene-based triarylamines with dehydroabietic acid methyl ester moieties” New J. Chem. 2009, 33, 877-885. DOI: 10.1039/b815711a
[28] Pina, J.; Seixas de Melo, J.; Burrows, H. D.; Maçanita, A. L.; Galbrecht, F.; Bunnagel, T. W.; Scherf, U.; “Alternating binaphthyl-thiophene copolymers: synthesis, spectroscopy and photophysics and their relevance to the question of energy migration versus conformational relaxation” Macromolecules 2009, 42, 1710-1719. DOI: 10.1021/ma802395c
[29] J. Pina and J. Seixas de Melo, “A comprehensive investigation of the electronic spectral and photophysical properties of conjugated naphthalene-thiophene oligomers” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 8706-8703. DOI: 10.1039/b909113k
[30] Pina, J.; Seixas de Melo, J.; Burrows, H. D.; Bunnagel, T. W.; Dolfen D.; Kudla, C. J.; Scherf, U. “Photophysical and spectroscopic investigations on (oligo)thiophene-arylene step-ladder copolymers – The interplay of conformational relaxation and on-chain energy transfer” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 15928-15936. DOI: 10.1021/jp9054022
2010
[31] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, R. M. F. Batista, S. P. G. Costa and M. M. M. Raposo, “Synthesis and characterization of the ground and excited states of tripodal-like oligothienyl-imidazoles” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 4964-4972. DOI: 10.1021/jp9104954
[32] Gutacker A, Koenen N, Scherf U, Adamczyk S, Pina J., Fonseca SM, Valente AJ, Evans RC, de Melo S, Burrows HD, Knaapila M. “Cationic fluorene-thiophene diblock copolymers: Aggregation behaviour in methanol/water and its relation to thin film structures” Polymer, 2010, 51, 1898-1903. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.03.010
[33] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Rosa M. F. Batista, Susana P.G. Costa and M. Manuela M. Raposo, “The influence of the relative position of the thiophene and pyrrole rings in Donor-Acceptor thienylpyrrolyl benzothiazole derivatives. A photophysical and theoretical investigation” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 9719-9725. DOI: 10.1039/c002434a
[34] Yaroslav Prostota, Paulo Jorge Coelho, João Pina, João Seixas de Melo, “Fast photochromic sterically hindered benzo[1,3]oxazines” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2010, 216, 59–65. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.006
2011
[35] M. J. Tapia, M. Monteserin, H. D. Burrows, J. S. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, R. A. E. Castro, S. Garcia, J. Estelrich “β-Phase Formation of Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) Induced by Liposome Phospholipid Bilayers” J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115 (19), 5794-5800. DOI: 10.1021/jp2010666
[36] Y. Prostota, P. J. Coelho, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo "Photochromic and photophysical properties of new benzo- and naphtho[1,3]oxazine switches" Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 1346-1354. DOI: 10.1039/c1pp05067b
[37] C. M. Sousa, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, J. Berthet, S.Delbaere and Paulo J. Coelho “Preventing the formation of the long-lived coloured transoid-trans photoisomer in photochromic benzopyrans” Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 4040-4043. DOI: 10.1021/ol201549v
[38] S. R. Gonzalez, J. Orduna, R. Alicante, B. Villacampa, K. A. McGee, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, K. M. Schwaderer, J. C. Johnson, B. A. Blackorbay, J. J. Hansmeier, V. F. Bolton, T. J. Helland, B. A. Edlund, T. M. Pappenfus, J. T. Lopez Navarrete, and J. Casado, "Understanding Optoelectronic Properties of Cyano-Terminated Oligothiophenes in the Context of Intramolecular Charge Transfer" J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115, 10573–10585. DOI: 10.1021/jp2070375
2012
[39] C. M. Sousa, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, J. Berthet, S. Delbaere, P. J. Coelho, “Synthesis of a New Photochromic Fused 2H-Chromene Capable of Generating a Single Coloured Species” Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2012, 1768-1773. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101702.
[40] Bruno Ferreira, Palmira Ferreira da Silva, J. Seixas de Melo, João Pina, António Maçanita, “Excited-State Dynamics and Self-Organization of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) in Solution and Thin Films” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 2347−2355. DOI: 10.1021/jp207418q
[41] Carlos J. P. Monteiro, J. Pina, Mariette M. Pereira, Luis G. Arnaut, “On the singlet states of porphyrins, chlorins and bacteriochlorins and their ability to harvest red/infrared light” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012, 11, 1233-1238. DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25021g
2013
[42] João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Jan-Moritz Koenen, Stefan Jung, Ullrich Scherf, “Excited State Characterization and Energy Transfer in Hyperbranched Polytruxenes and Polytruxene-block-Polythiophene Multiblock Copolymers” J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 3718−3728. DOI: 10.1021/jp308389e
[43] João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Niels Koenen, Ullrich Scherf, “Chain Length Dependent Excited-State Decay Processes of Diluted PF2/6 Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 7370−7380. DOI: 10.1021/jp4017163
[44] João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, D. Breusov, Ullrich Scherf, “Donor–acceptor–donor thienyl/bithienyl-benzothiadiazole/quinoxaline model oligomers: experimental and theoretical studies” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 15204-15213. DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52056K
[45] Raquel Rondao, J. Seixas de Melo, João Pina, Maria João Melo, Tatiana Vitorino, A. Jorge Parola, “Brazilwood Reds: The (Photo)chemistry of Brazilin and Brazilein" J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 10650-10660. DOI: 10.1021/jp404789f
[46] João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo , Rosa M. F. Batista, Susana P. G. Costa, M. Manuela M. Raposo, “Triphenylamine–Benzimidazole Derivatives: Synthesis, Excited-State Characterization, and DFT Studies” J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 11389−11395. DOI: 10.1021/jo401803u
[47] María José Tapia, María Monteserín, João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows, “b-Phase Formation in Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) Promoted by Natural Lecithin Liposomes” J. Colloid Sci. Biotechnol., 2013, 2, 243-248. DOI: 10.1166/jcsb.2013.1059
2014
[48] João Pina, Daniela Pinheiro, Bruno Nascimento, Marta Piñeiro, J. Seixas de Melo, “The effect of polyaromatic hydrocarbons on the spectral and photophysical properties of diaryl-pyrrole derivatives: an experimental and theoretical study” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 18319-18326. DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01797h
2015
[49] M. J. Tapia, M. Monteserín, H. D. Burrows, J. A. S. Almeida, A. A. C. C. Pais, J. Pina, J. S. Seixas de Melo, S. Jarmelo and J. Estelrich, “From molecular modelling to photophysics of neutral oligo- and polyfluorenes incorporated into phospholipid bilayers” Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 303–317. DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02145b
[50] João Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Anika Eckert, Ullrich Scherf, “Unusual photophysical properties of conjugated, alternating indigo-fluorene copolymers” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 6373–6382. DOI: 10.1039/c4ta06272h
[51] Feng Liu, Guzmán L. Espejo, Shuhai Qiu, María Moreno Oliva, João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Juan Casado, Xiaozhang Zhu, “Multifaceted Regioregular Oligo(thieno[3,4‑b]thiophene)s Enabledby Tunable Quinoidization and Reduced Energy Band Gap” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 10357−10366. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05940
[52] Wenyue Dong, João Pina, Yuyu Pan, Eduard Preis, J.Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Ullrich Scherf, “Polycarbazoles and Polytriphenylamines Showing Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Intramolecular Charge Transfer (ICT) Behavior for the Optical Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds” Polymer, 2015, 76, 173-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.08.064
2016
[53] Silvano R. Valandro, Alessandra L. Poli, Tiago Venâncio, João Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows, Carla C. Schmitt, “A novel biopolymeric photoinitiator based on chitosan and thioxanthone derivative: Synthesis, characterization and efficiency in photopolymerization” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2016, 327, 15–20. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.04.019
[54] J. Pina, M.-J. R. P. Queiroz, J. Seixas de Melo, “Effect of substitution on the ultrafast deactivation of the excited state of benzo[b]thiophene-arylamines” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2016, 15, 1029-1038. DOI: 10.1039/c6pp00140h
[55] Willy G. Santos, João Pina, Douglas H. Burrows, Malcolm D. E. Forbes, Daniel R. Cardoso, “New insight into the photophysics and reactivity of trigonal and tetrahedral arylboron compounds” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2016, 15, 1124–1137.
DOI: 10.1039/c6pp00169f
[56] César A. Henriques, Sara M. A. Pinto, João Pina, Carlos Serpa, Auguste Fernandes, Liane M. Rossi, M. Filipa Ribeiro, Mariette M. Pereira, Mário J. F. Calvete, “Cost-efficient method for unsymmetrical meso-aryl porphyrins and iron oxide-porphyrin hybrids prepared thereof” Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 16211-16220. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02428A
[57] Edjane R. dos Santos, João Pina, Tiago Venâncio, Carlos Serpa, José M. G. Martinho, Rose Maria Carlos, “Photoinduced Energy and Electron-Transfer Reactions by Polypyridine Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing a Derivatized Perylene Diimide” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 22831−22843. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06693
2017
[58] Mihaela Avadanei, Radu Tigoianu, Carlos Serpa, João Pina, Vasile Cozan, “Conformational aspects of the photochromic reactivity of two Nsalicylidene aniline derivatives in a polymer matrix” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry , 2017, 332, 475-485. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.024
[59] J. Pina, Daniela Sarmento, Marco Accoto, Pier Luigi Gentili, Luigi Vaccaro, Adelino Galvão, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, “Excited-State Proton Transfer in Indigo” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121, 2308−2318. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b11020
[60] Ana L Costa, Ana C Gomes, Martyn Pillinger, Isabel S. Gonçalves, João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, “Insights into the photophysics and supramolecular organization of Congo Red in solution and the solid state” ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 564-575. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201601236
[61] Nelson A. M. Pereira, Mafalda Laranjo, João Casalta-Lopes, Arménio C. Serra, Marta Piñeiro, João Pina, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Mathias O. Senge, M. Filomena Botelho, Liliana Martelo, Hugh D. Burrows, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, “Platinum(II) Ring-Fused Chlorins as Near-Infrared Emitting Oxygen Sensors and Photodynamic Agents” ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 310−315. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00476
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