Books

“Química de Polímeros”, Coimbra - Imprensa da Universidade, 2004, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, M. João Moreno, Hugh D. Burrows e M. Helena Gil, coordenadores/editores.

“Colloids & Interfaces”, Book of Proceedings-RICI2, 2007, A. Valente and J. Seixas de Melo (Editors), SPQ, ISBN: 978-989-8124-01-2.

Book Chapters

[1] “Capítulo I”, J. Seixas de Melo, M. J. Moreno, M. H. Gil e H. D. Burrows em “Química de Polímeros”, Coimbra - Imprensa da Universidade, 2004.

[2] “Capítulo IV – Polímeros Condutores. IV.1. Estados Excitados em Polímeros Condutores”, J. Seixas de Melo, João Pina e Hugh D. Burrows em “Química de Polímeros”, Coimbra - Imprensa da Universidade, 2004.

[3] J. Seixas de Melo, A. Francisco, T. Costa, S. Gago, I. S. Gonçalves "Photophysical studies of short and long chain poly(acrylic acid) polymers hydrophobically modified with pyrene" em Coloides e Interfases; M. M. V. Salicio e M. D. M. Moreno Editores.; Ediciones Universidad Salamanca. Salamanca, 2005; Vol. 88; p 291-298.

[4] T. Costa, K. Schillén, M. da G. Miguel, B. Lindman and J. Seixas de Melo "Study of the interaction between a polyelectrolyte randomly labeled with pyrene and a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer using fluorescence and dynamic light scattering" em Coloides e Interfases; M. M. V. Salicio e M. D. M. Moreno Editores.; Ediciones Universidad Salamanca. Salamanca, 2005; Vol. 88; p 314-319.

[5] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, F. Galbrechtb, 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 "Colloids & Interfaces", Ed. A Valente & J. Seixas de Melo, SPQ, 2007.

[6] T.Costa, J. Seixas de Melo, H.D. Burrows "Fluorescence behaviour of a pyrene-end capped Poly(ethylene oxide) in organic solvents and dioxane-water mixtures" pp. 525-531 in "Colloids & Interfaces", Ed. A Valente & J. Seixas de Melo, SPQ, 2007.

[7] 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; https://doi.org/10.1039/B908480K.

[8] 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, 38, 67-109. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849730860-00067. ISBN: 978-1-84755-054-5.

[9] 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. João Pina, Hugh Burrows, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo Photochemistry, 2011, 39, 30–64.

[10] J. S. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, F. B. Dias and A. L. Maçanita, Experimental Techniques for Excited State Characterisation, Chapter 15, pages 533-585, in Applied Photochemistry, R. C. Evans, P. Douglas, H. D. Burrows (Eds.), Springer, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-9048138296.

 [11] J.  Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Telma Costa, Catherine S. de Castro and António L. Maçanita “Photophysics of fluorescently labeled oligomers and polymers”  in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry Ed. Angelo Albini and Elisa Fasani, 2013, 41, 59–126. DOI: 10.1039/9781849737722-00059.

[12] J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows and João Pina “Triplet states on -conjugated polymers, oligomers and related materials” in Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry Ed. Angelo Albini and Elisa Fasani, 2016, 43, 81–100. DOI: 10.1039/9781782622772-00081.

[13] Maria J. Melo, Joana L. Ferreira, António J. Parola and João Seixas de Melo, "Photochemistry for Cultural Heritage", in Applied Photochemistry: When Light Meets Molecules, Serena Silvi, Giacomo Bergamini (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Chemistry, Springer International Publishing (2016), Chapter 13, pp 499-529.

[14] Seixas de Melo, J. S., The Molecules of Colour. In Photochemistry: Volume 45, Albini, A.; Fasani, E.; Protti, S., Eds. The Royal Society of Chemistry: 2018; Vol. 45, pp 68-100. DOI: 10.1039/9781788010696.

[15] Seixas de Melo, J. S. The molecules of colour and Art. Molecules with history and modern applications. In    Photochemistry: Volume 47 , Albini, A. and Protti, S., Eds. The Royal Society of Chemistry: 2020, vol. 47, 196–216. DOI: 10.1039/9781788016520-00196

[16] Seixas de Melo, J. S., The molecules of colour. The real blue indigo: photostability mechanisms, new functional derivatives, and hybrids. In Photochemistry: Volume 49, The Royal Society of Chemistry: 2022; Vol. 49, pp 31-52. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839165269-00031

[17] Rodrigues, A.C.B., de Melo, J.S.S. (2022). Aggregation-Induced Emission: From Small Molecules to Polymers—Historical Background, Mechanisms and Photophysics. In: Tang, Y., Tang, B.Z. (eds) Aggregation-Induced Emission. Topics in Current Chemistry Collections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89933-2_7 or https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-021-00327-9 or

[18] Cunha, C.; Seixas de Melo, J. S., The molecules of colour. New structural derivatives from indigo: tryptanthrin and indirubin. In Photochemistry: Volume 51, Crespi, S.; Protti, S., Eds. Royal Society of Chemistry: 2023; Vol. 51, pp 45 - 65.

[19]  Carla Cunha, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, “Photophysics and Excited State Decay Mechanism of AIEgens: The Case of Diphenyldibenzofulvene Derivatives (DPBFs)” in Encyclopedia of Aggregation-Induced Emission (Springer Nature Singapore, 2025), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1574-9_173-1

[20] Clementi, C.;  Melo, M. J.;  Romani, A.; Seixas de Melo, J. S., Organic Dyes and Lake Pigments. In Molecular Luminescence in Cultural Heritage, Romani, A.;  Nevin, A.;  Comelli, D.; Melo, M. J., Eds. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2026; pp 1-38.

[21] Seixas de Melo, J. S. The molecules of colour: the purples Mauveine and Shikonin and the indigoid Isoindigo. In Photochemistry: Volume 53, The Royal Society of Chemistry: 2026  (in press).