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1993-1999

[1] J. Seixas de Melo and A. L. Maçanita "Three interconverting excited species: experimental study and solution of the general photokinetic triangle by time-resolved fluorescence" Chem. Phys. Lett., 204 (5,6), 556 (1993).pdf

 

[2] J. Seixas de Melo, R. S. Becker and A.L. Maçanita "Photophysical Behaviour of Coumarins as a Function of Substitution and Solvent; Experimental Evidence for the Existence of a Lowest Lying 1(n,pi*) State" J. Phys. Chem., 98, 6054-6058 (1994). pdf   eScience

 

[3] Marta L. Borges, Olivia C. Matos, I. Pais, J. Seixas de Melo, Cândido P. Ricardo, A. L. Maçanita and R. S. Becker "Evaluation of a Broad Variety of Coumarins, Chromones, Their Furohomologs and Thione Analogs as Phototoxins Activated by UVA and Visible Light" Pesticide Science, 44, 155-162 (1995).pdf

 

[4] R. S. Becker, J. Seixas de Melo, A. L. Maçanita and F. Elisei. "Comprehensive Investigation of the Solution Photophysics and Theoretical Aspects of Oligothiophenes of 1-7 Rings" Pure & App. Chem. 67, 9-16 (1995). pdf

 

[5] A. Lopes, J. Seixas de Melo, A. J. Martins, A. L. Maçanita, F. S. Pina, H. Wamhoff and E. Melo. "Partition of Pesticides of the Coumarin Family between Water and Amphiphilic Aggregates" Environmental Science & Technology 29, 562-570 (1995). pdf

 

[6] R. S. Becker, J. Seixas de Melo, A. L. Maçanita and F. Elisei "Comprehensive Evaluation of the Absorption, Photophysical, Energy Transfer, Structural, and Theoretical Properties of alpha-Oligothiophenes with One to Seven Rings" J. Phys. Chem. 100, 18683-18695 (1996). pdf eScience

 

[7] J. Seixas de Melo, R. S. Becker, F. Elisei and A. L. Maçanita "The photophysical Behavior of 3-chloro-7-methoxy-4-methylcoumarin related to the energy separation of the two lowest-lying singlet excited states" J. Chem. Phys. 107(16), 6062 (1997). pdf

 

[8] J. Seixas de Melo, L. M. Silva, L. G. Arnaut and R. S. Becker "Singlet and triplet energies of alpha-oligothiophenes: A spectroscopic, theoretical, and photoacoustic study: Extrapolation to polythiophene" J. Chem. Phys. 111, 5427-5433 (1999). pdf

 

2000

[9] Bencini, A., A. Bianchi, C. Lodeiro, A. Masotti, A. J. Parola, F. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo and B. Valtancoli. A novel fluorescent chemosensor exhibiting exciplex emission. An example of an elementary molecular machine driven by pH and by light. Chem. Comm., 1639-1640 (2000). pdf

 

[10] J. Seixas de Melo,  F. Elisei, C. Gartner, G. G. Aloisi and R. S. Becker "Comprehensive investigation of the photophysical behavior of oligopolyfurans" J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 6907-6911 (2000). pdf   eScience

 

2001

[11] M. T. Albelda, M. A. Bernardo, P. Diaz, E. Garcia-Espana, J. Seixas de Melo, F. Pina, C. Soriano and V. L. E. Santiago "Polyamines containing naphthyl groups as pH-regulated molecular machines driven by light" Chem. Comm. 1520-1521 (2001). pdf

 

[12] Bernardo, M. A., S. Alves, F. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, M. T. Albelda, E. Garcia-Espana, J. M. Llinares, C. Soriano and S. V. Luis "Polyamine linear chains bearing two identical terminal aromatic units. Evidence for a photo induced bending movement" Supramol. Chem. 13, 435-445 (2001).pdf

 

[13] Burrows, H. D., J. Seixas de Melo, C. Serpa, L. G. Arnaut, A. P. Monkman, I. Hamblett and S. Navaratnam "S1 ~~> T1 intersystem crossing in pi-conjugated organic polymers" J. Chem. Phys. 115, 9601-9606, (2001). pdf

 

[14] Chattopadhyay, N., C. Serpa, M. M. Pereira, J. Seixas de Melo, L. G. Arnaut and S. J. Formosinho "Intramolecular charge transfer of p-(dimethylamino) benzethyne: A case of nonfluorescent ICT state" J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 10025-10030 (2001). pdf   eScience

 

[15] Lodeiro, C., F. Pina, A. J. Parola, A. Bencini, A. Bianchi, C. Bazzicalupi, S. Ciattini, C. Giorgi, A. Masotti, B. Valtancoli and J. Seixas de Melo "Exploring the photocatalytic properties and the long-lifetime chemosensor ability of Cl-2 Ru(Bpy)(2)L (L=2,5,8,11,14- pentaaza 15 )-2,2 '-bipyridilophane)" Inorg. Chem. 40, 6813-6819 (2001). pdf    eScience

 

[16] J. Seixas de Melo, L. M. Silva and M. Kuroda "Photophysical and theoretical studies of naphthalene- substituted oligothiophenes" J. Chem. Phys. 115, 5625-5636 (2001). pdf

 

[17] Seixas de Melo, J., G. Quinteiro, J. Pina, S. Breda and R. Fausto "Spectroscopic characterization of alpha- and gamma-pyrones and their substituted 4-hydroxy and 4-methoxy derivatives: an integrated infrared, photophysical and theoretical study" J.Mol. Struct. 565, 59-67 (2001). pdf  eScience

 

[18] J. Seixas de Melo and P. F. Fernandes "Spectroscopy and photophysics of 4-and 7-hydroxycoumarins and their thione analogs" J. Mol. Struct. 565, 69-78 (2001). pdf

 

2002

[19] Albelda, M. T., P. Diaz, E. Garcia-Espana, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, J. Seixas de Melo, A. J. Parola, F. Pina and C. Soriano "Switching from intramolecular energy transfer to intramolecular electron transfer by the action of pH and Zn²⁺ co-ordination" Chem. Phys. Lett. 353, 63-68 (2002). pdf

 

[20] Arranz, P., M. T. Albelda, E. Garcia-Espana, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, J. Seixas de Melo, A. J. Parola and F. Pina "Energy transfer between polyamine chains bearing naphthalene terminal units and K-3 Co(CN)(6): an example of a molecular photoreactor" Journal of the Chemical Society-Dalton Transactions 3024-3028 (2002). pdf

 

[21] Azenha, E. G., A. C. Serra, M. Pineiro, M. M. Pereira, J. Seixas de Melo, L. G. Arnaut, S. J. Formosinho and A. Gonsalves "Heavy-atom effects on metalloporphyrins and polyhalogenated porphyrins" Chem. Phys. 280, 177-190 (2002). pdf

 

[22] Burrows, H. D., J. Seixas de Melo, C. Serpa, L. G. Arnaut, M. d. G. Miguel, A. P. Monkman, I. Hamblett and S. Navaratnam "Triplet State Dynamics on Isolated Conjugated Polymer Chains" Chem. Phys. 285, 3-11 (2002). pdf

 

[23] F. Pina, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, J. Seixas de Melo, P. Diaz, M. T. Albelda and E. Garcia-Espana "Long range electron transfer quenching in polyamine chains bearing a terminal naphthalene unit"  J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 8207-8212 (2002). pdf   eScience

 

[24] Seixas de Melo, J., M. T. Albelda, P. Diaz, E. Garcia-Espana, C. Lodeiro, S. Alves, J. C. Lima, F. Pina and C. Soriano "Ground and excited state properties of polyamine chains bearing two terminal naphthalene units" J. Chem. Society-Perkin Transactions 2, 991-998 (2002). pdf

 

[25] J. Seixas de Melo, F. Elisei and R. S. Becker "Photophysical studies of mixed furan, pyrrole, and thiophene- containing oligomers with three and five rings" Journal of Chemical Physics 117, 4428-4435 (2002). pdf

 

2003

[26] J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, M. Svensson, M. R. Andersson and A. P. Monkman "Photophysics of thiophene based polymers in solution: The role of nonradiative decay processes" J. Chem. Phys. 118, 1550-1556 (2003). pdf

 

[27] J. Seixas de Melo, L. M. Rodrigues, C. Serpa, L. G. Arnaut, I. C. F. R. Ferreira and M.-J. R. P. Queiroz "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Thienocarbazoles" Photochemistry & Photobiology 77, 121-128 (2003). pdf    eScience

 

[28] F. B.Dias, A. Macanita, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, R. Güntner, U. Scherf and A. P. Monkman "Picosecond Conformational Relaxation of Singlet Excited Polyfluorene in Solution" J. Chem. Phys. 118, 7119-7126 (2003). pdf

 

[29] J. Seixas de Melo, T. Costa, M. da G. Miguel, B. Lindman and K. Schillén "Time-Resolved and Steady-State Fluorescence Studies of Hydrophobically Modified Water-Soluble Polymers" J. Phys. Chem B 107, 12605-12621 (2003). pdf

 

[30] M. T. Albelda, E. Garcia-Espana, L. Gil, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, J. Seixas de Melo, M. J. Melo, A. J. Parola, F. Pina and C. Soriano  "Intramolecular Excimer Formation in a Tripodal Polyamine Receptor Containing Three Naphthalene Fluorophores" J. Phys. Chem B 107, 6573-6578 (2003). pdf  eScience

 

[31] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, F. Lodeiro, C., Parola, A. J., Lima, J. C., Albeda, M. T., Clares, M. P., Garcia-Espana, E., Soriana, C. "Energetics and Dynamics of Naphthalene Polyaminic Derivatives. Influence of Structural Design in the Balance Static vs Dynamic Excimer Formation." J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 11307-11318 (2003). pdf    eScience

 

[32] H. D. Burrows, Fernandes, M., Seixas de Melo, J., Monkman, A. P., Navaratnam, S. "Characterization of the Triplet State of Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminium(III) in benzene solution" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 15310-15311 (2003). pdf eScience

 

2004

[33] H. D. Burrows, J. Seixas de Melo, M. Forster, R. Güntner, U. Scherf, A. P. Monkman, S. Navaratnam "Hole formation and transfer in poly[9,9-di(ethylhexyl)fluorene] and an amine end-capped derivative in solution" Chem. Phys. Lett. 385, 105-110 (2004). pdf

 

[34] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, Hugh 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. 388, 236 (2004). pdf

 

[35] 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 and 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-dodecylpentaoxyethylene glycol ether micelles” Macromolecules 37(20), 7425 (2004). pdf  eScience

 

[36] J. Seixas de Melo, A. P. Moura and M. J. Melo “Photophysical and Spectroscopic Studies of Indigo Derivatives in Their Keto and Leuco Forms”. J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 6975-6981 (2004). pdf  eScience

 

[37] A. Bencini, E. Berni, A. Bianchi, P. Fornasari, C. Giorgi, J. C. Lima, C. Lodeiro, M. J.  Melo, J. Seixas de Melo, A. J. Parola, F. Pina, J. Pina, B. Valtancoli “A selective Fluorescent Chemosensor for Zn(II). Exciplex Formation in Solution and Solid State.”  Dalton Trans. 2180 (2004). pdf

 

[38] M. P. Clares, Juan Aguilar, C. Lodeiro, M. Teresa Albelda, F. Pina, J. C. Lima, A. Jorge Parola, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Conxa Soriano, Enrique García-España "Synthesis and H+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ Coordination Behavior of a Bis(fluorophoric) Bibrachial Lariat Aza-Crown" Inorg. Chem. 43, 6114-6122 (2004). pdf  eScience

 

[39] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, A. P. Monkman and S. Navratnam "On the triplet state of PVK", Chem. Phys. Lett. 400, 441-445 (2004). pdf

 

[40] Javier Alarcón, Mª Teresa Albelda, Sérgio Alves, Ricardo Aucejo, Enrique García-España, Carlos Lodeiro, Katherine L. Marchin, Jorge Parola, Fernando Pina, J. Seixas de Melo and Conxa Soriano, “Fluorescent Type II Materials from Naphthylmethyl  Polyamine Precursors” Supramol. Chem. 16(8), 573-580 (2004). pdf

 

2005

[41] J. M. Oliva, M.E.D.G. Azenha, H.D. Burrows, R. Coimbra, J. Seixas de Melo, M. Canle L., M.I Fernández, J.A. Santaballa and L. Serrano-Andrés “On the Low-lying Excited States of sym-Triazine-Based Herbicides” ChemPhysChem 6, 306-314 (2005). pdf    eScience

 

[42] T. Costa, M. da G. Miguel, B. Lindman, K. Schillén, J. C. Lima and J. Seixas de Melo "Self-Assembly of a Hydrophobically Modified Naphthalene-Labeled Poly(acrylic acid) Polyelectrolyte in Water:Organic Solvent Mixtures Followed by Steady-State and Time-Resolved Fluorescence" J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 3243 (2005). pdf   eScience

 

[43] 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. 402, 197-201 (2005). pdf

 

[44] J. Seixas de Melo, “The Influence of Oxygen on the Lifetime of Luminescent Probes "A Simple Device for Degassing Solutions for Fluorescence Measurements” The Chemical Educator 10(1), 29-35 (2005). pdf

 

[45]  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 and A.P. Monkman, "Interactions between surfactants and {1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl}" Coll. & Surf. A 270-271, 61-66 (2005). pdf    eScience

 

[46] J. Seixas de Melo, Abílio J.F.N. Sobral, A. M. d’A. Rocha Gonsalves and Hugh D. Burrows "Singlet and Triplet Energy Transfer in a Bichromophoric System with Anthracene Covalently Linked through Sulfonamide to a meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin" J. Photochem. Photobiol.A: Chem. 172(2), 151-160 (2005). pdf   eScience

 

[47] Telma Costa, M. G. Miguel, Björn Lindman, Karin Schillén and J. Seixas de Melo “Dynamics and Energetics of the Self-Assembly of a Hydrophobically Modified Naphthalene-Labeled Poly(acrylic acid) Polyelectrolyte” J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 11478-11492 (2005). pdf    eScience

 

[48] R. Aucejo, J. Alarcón, E. Garcia-España, J. M. Llinares, K. Marchin, C. Soriano, C. Lodeiro, M. A. Bernardo, F. Pina, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo “A New Zn(II) Chemosensor Based on a Tweezer Pyridine-Naphthalene System. An Off-On-Off System Working in a Biological pH window” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 4301-4308 (2005). pdf   eScience

 

[49] João Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Fernando 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 Sensing Ability for Metal Cations” Inorg. Chem 44, 7449-7458 (2005). pdf   eScience

 

[50] M.J. Tapia, H.D. Burrows, A.J.M. Valente, S. Pradhan, U. Scherf, V.M.M. Lobo, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo “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 109(41), 19108 - 19115 (2005). pdf   eScience

 

2006

[51] C. Lodeiro, J. C. Lima, A. J. Parola, J. Seixas de Melo, J. L. Capelo, B. Covelo, A. Tamayo, B. Pedras “Intramolecular Excimer Formation and Sensing Behaviour of new Fluorimetric Probes and Their Interactions with Metal Cations and Barbituric Acids.”  Sensors and Actuators B. Chemistry 115, 276-286 (2006). pdf

 

[52] J. Pina, H. D. Burrows, R. S. Becker, Fernando B. Dias, A. L. Maçanita and J. Seixas de Melo "Photophysical Studies of alpha, omega-Dicyano-oligothiophenes NC(C4H2S)nCN (n= 1 -6)". J. Phys. Chem. B 110(13), 6499-6505 (2006). pdf    eScience

 

[53] C. Serpa, P. J. S. Gomes, L. G. Arnaut, S. J. Formosinho, , J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, “Electron Transfers in Supercritical CO2. Ultra-exothermic Charge Recombinations at the End of the “Inverted Region”. Chem. Eur. J. 12, 5014-5023 (2006). pdf    eScience

 

[54] 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 and S. Navaratnam “Triplet State and Singlet Oxygen Formation in Some Fluorene Based Alternating Copolymers”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, 8278-8283 (2006). pdf    eScience

 

[55] 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” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110(31), 15100-15106 (2006). pdf    eScience

 

[56] M. E. Serra, D. Murtinho and J. Seixas de Melo "Selective Reduction of Hindered Chiral Ketones. Analysis of Diastereoisomeric Products by Gas Chromatography and Polarimetry. An Undergraduate Stereochemistry Experiment" Chem.  Educator  11(6), 406-407 (2006). pdf

 

[57] Maria J. Melo, Micaela Sousa, A. Jorge Parola, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Fernando Catarino, Joaquim Marçalo, Fernando Pina “Identification of 7,4’-Dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavylium in “Dragon’s blood”. To be or not to be an Anthocyanin” Chem. Eur. J. 13, 1417-1422 (2007) . pdf

 

[58] J. Seixas de Melo, R. Rondão, H. D. Burrows, M. J. Melo, S. Navaratnam, R. Edge, G. Voss “Spectral and Photophysical Studies of Substituted Indigo Derivatives in their Keto Forms” ChemPhysChem 7, 2303-2311 (2006). pdf   eScience

 

[59] C. Serpa, P.J. S. Gomes, L. G. Arnaut, J. Seixas de Melo and S. Formosinho “Temperature Dependence of Ultra-Exothermic Charge Recombinations” ChemPhysChem 7, 2533-2539 (2006). pdf     eScience

 

[60] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, H. D. Burrows, R. E. Di Paolo and A. L. Maçanita “Electronic Spectral and Photophysical Properties of Some p-phenylenevinylene Oligomers in Solution and Thin Films” Chem. Phys. 330(3), 449-456 (2006). pdf   eScience

 

[61] J. Seixas de Melo, R. Rondão, H. D. Burrows, M. J. Melo, S. Navaratnam, R. Edge, G. Voss “Photophysics of an indigo derivative (keto and leuco structures) with singular properties” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110, 13653-13661 (2006). pdf    eScience

 

2007

[62] J. Seixas de Melo, T. Costa, N. Oliveira, K. Schillén "Fluorescence Studies on the Interaction between Pyrene-labeled Poly(acrylic acid) and Cyclodextrins", Polymer Inter. 56, 882-899 (2007). pdf    eScience

 

[63] 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 photohysical properties of dansyl-based polyamine ligands and their Zn(II) complexes” Inorganica Chimica Acta 360, 1200-1208 (2007). pdf

 

[64] Cidália M. G. dos Santos, Mark Glynn, Tomas McCabe, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson “Synthesis, Structural and Photophysical Evaluations of Urea based Fluorescent PET Sensors” Supramolecular Chemistry 20(4), 407-418 (2008). pdf   eScience

 

[65] J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Carlos Serpa, Hugh D. Burrows, Luís G. Arnaut “The triplet state of Indigo” Angewandte Chemie 46, 2094-2096 (2007)  pdf

 

[66] J. Seixas de Melo, Telma Costa, Alexandra Francisco, António L. Maçanita, Sandra Gago and Isabel S. Gonçalves, “Dynamics of Short as Compared with Long Poly(acrylic acid) Chains Hydrophobically Modified with Pyrene followed by Fluorescence Techniques” , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 1370-1385 (2007).  pdf

 

[67] 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”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 4401-4410 (2007). pdf   eScience

 

[68] 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” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111, 7185-7191 (2007). pdf

 

[69] J. Seixas de Melo, S. Takato, M. Sousa, M. J. Melo and A. J. Parola “Revisiting Perkin’s Dye(s): The Spectroscopy and Photophysics of Two New Mauveine Compounds (B2 and C)”. Chem. Comm. 25, 2624-2626 (2007) pdf

selected as a HOT Article see The mystery of mauve
and Nature Research Highlights, see The colour purple
and in C&EN see Mauveine Reveals A More Colorful Secret

 

[70] 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. 83,  1455–1464 (2007).

 

[71] J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, Rosa M.F. Batista, Susana P.G. Costa, M. Manuela M. Raposo "Spectral and Photophysical Characterization of Donor-pi-Acceptor Arylthienyl- and Bithienyl-Benzothiazole Derivatives in Solution and Solid State" J. Phys. Chem. A. 111, 8574-8578 (2007). pdf   eScience

 

[72] J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Catarina Cabral and Hugh D. Burrows, "Photochemistry and Photphysics in the Laboratory. Showing the Role of Radiationless and Radiative Decay of Excited States"  Chem. Educator 12(6), 403-407 (2007) pdf

 

2008

[73] J. Seixas de Melo, J. Pina, L. M. Rodrigues, R. S. Becker, "A Comprehensive Study of the Spectral and Photophysical Properties of Arylthiophenes"  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 194(1), 67-75 (2008). pdf   eScience

 

[74] Ana Claro, Maria J. Melo, Stephan Schäfer, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Fernando Pina, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Aviva Burnstock, "The use of Microspectrofluorimetry for the characterization of lake pigments" Talanta 74, 922-929  (2008). pdf   eScience

 

[75] Roberto E. Di Paolo, João Seixas de Melo, João Pina, Hugh D. Burrows,Jorge Morgado, and António L. Maçanita "Conformational Relaxation of p-Phenylenevinylene (PV) Trimers in Solution, studied by Picosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence" ChemPhysChem 8, 2657-2664 (2007). pdf

 

[76] Telma Costa and J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo “The Effect of g-cyclodextrin Addition in the Self-Assembly Behaviour of Pyrene Labelled Poly(acrylic) Acid with Different Chain Sizes” Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry   46, 1402-1415 (2008). pdf

 

[77] Pina, J.; Seixas de Melo, J.; Burrows, H.; Galbrecht, F.; Bilge, A.; Kudla, C. F. .; Scherf, U. "Excited State Properties of Oligophenyl and Oligothienyl Swivel Cruciforms" J. Phys. Chem. B. 112, 1104-1111 (2008). pdf    eScience

 

[78] Sandra Gago, Telma Costa, J. Seixas de Melo, Isabel S. Gonçalves and Martyn Pillinger "Preparation and photophysical characterisation of Zn-Al layered double hydroxides intercalated by anionic pyrene derivatives" Journal of Materials Chemistry 18, 894-904 (2008). pdf

 

[79] Iñigo X. García-Zubiri, Hugh D. Burrows, Joao S. Seixas de Melo, María Monteserín, Antonio Arroyo, María J. Tapia "A Spectroscopic Study of the Interaction of the Fluorescent β-Carboline-3-carboxylic Acid N-methylamide with DNA Constituents: Nucleobases, Nucleosides and Nucleotides", J. Fluorescence 18(5), 961-972  (2008). pdf

 

[80] M. Emília Azenha,  Hugh D. Burrows, Sofia M. Fonseca, M. Luísa Ramos, José Rovisco, J. Seixas de Melo, Abilio J. F. N. Sobral and Ksenija Kogej, "Luminescence from cerium(III) acetate complexes in aqueous solution: considerations on the nature of carboxylate binding to trivalent lanthanides" New J. Chem. 32, 1531–1535 (2008). pdf

 

[81] Micaela M. Sousa, Maria J. Melo, A. Jorge Parola, Peter J. T. Morris, Henry S. Rzepa, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo "A study in Mauve. Unveiling Perkin's Dye in Historic Samples", Chem. Eur. J. 14, 8507– 8513 (2008). pdf

 

[82]M. M. Sousa, C. Miguel, I. Rodrigues, A. J. Parola, F. Pina,  J. S. Seixas de Melo and M. J. Melo "A photochemical study on the blue dye indigo: from solution to ancient Andean textiles" Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences   7, 1353–1359 (2008). pdf

 

[83]  Melo, Maria João; Sousa, Micaela; Parola, A. Jorge; Pina, Fernando; Seixas de Melo, J.; Catarino, Fernando; Lopes, João; Simmonds, Monique; Cook, Frances “On natural flavylium chromophores as species markers for Dragon's blood resins from Dracaena and Daemonorops trees”. J. Chromat. A 1209, 153-161 (2008). pdf

 

[84] T. W. Bünnagel, B. S. Nehls, F. Galbrecht, K. Schottler, C. J. Kudla, M. Volk, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows and U. Scherf “Thiophene-Phenylene/Naphthalene-Based Step-Ladder Copolymers”  J. Pol. Sci. A: Chem 46,  7342-7353 (2008).  pdf

 

[85]  “Picosecond structural relaxation of abietic acid based amine  end capped p-phenylenevinylene trimers in solution." R. Di Paolo, B. Gigante, M. A. Esteves, N. Pires, C. Santos, M. H. Lameiro, J. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, A. L. Maçanita. ChemPhysChem,  9(15), 2214-2220 (2008).pdf

 

[86] H. D. Burrows, S. M. Fonseca, F. B. Dias, J. Seixas de Melo, A. P. Monkman, U. Scherf, and S. Pradhan,  “Singlet Excitation Energy Harvesting and Triplet Emission in the Self Assembled System Poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy- butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl}copolymer/tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) in Aqueous Solution” Adv. Mater. 20, 1-5 (2008). pdf