Publications 2026

  • A water-soluble Schiff base ligand and its Al(III) complex: optical properties, computational studies and photocatalytic performance, Hajer Bouznif, Licínia L. G. Justino,* Telma Costa, Maria I. L. Soares, M. Luísa Ramos, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, Nabil Zouari Rui Fausto, Inorganica Chimica Acta 2026, 592, 123014 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2025.123014].
  • Bis-Furans: A Sustainable Source of Diverse Molecular Architectures, Ana L. Cardoso,* José A. Paixão, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2026, e202501191 [http://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202501191].
  • Photodynamic Therapy with Ring-fused Chlorins: A Vision-preserving Approach for Retinoblastoma, Joana Margarido, Catarina Mestre, Tarcísio Guimarães, Beatriz Serambeque, Raquel Boia, Bruna Costa, Denise Moreno, Gonçalo Brites, Ricardo Teixo, Ana Cristina Gonçalves, Raquel Alves, Rui Proença, António Francisco Ambrósio, Marta Pineiro, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, Maria Filomena Botelho, Filipa I. Baptista, Mafalda Laranjo* Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2026, 25, 509-528 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-026-00862-8].
  • Decoupling Oxygen Sensitivity and Aggregation Effects in a Dual-Emissive Platinum(II) Chlorin Lifetime Probe, TelmaCosta,* Marta Pineiro, Mafalda Laranjo,  Beatriz Serambeque,  Maria Filomena Botelho, Nelson A. M. Pereira, Américo J. S. Alves, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Dalton Transactions 2026, https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt00468g.
  • Targeting endometrial cancer stem cells through ALDH-mediated photodynamic therapy based on enhanced ring-fused chlorins, Beatriz Serambeque,* Bruna Costa, Soraia Ferreira, Sofia Pinto Lopes, Marta Pineiro, Susana M. M. Lopes, João C. S. Simões, Nelson A. M. Pereira, Raquel Alves, Ana Cristina Gonçalves, João Martins Gama, Francisco Caramelo, Maria Filomena Botelho, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, Maria João Carvalho, Mafalda Laranjo*, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2026 (318) 119165 [10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.119165].
  • Structural modifications of abietic acid and a computational protocol to predict their compatibility in different environments, Jéssica Macedo, Pedro Miranda, Américo Alves, Cláudia Alves, Nuno Alves, Dina Farinha, Susana M. M. Lopes, Catarina Gonçalves, Anna B. Brito, Vera A. Gamboa, Nelson A. M. Pereira, A. J. Lopes Jesus, Bernardo A. Nogueira, Licínia L. G. Justino, Cláudio M. Nunes, Dina Murtinho, Marta Pineiro, A. Mendes Ferreira, Rui Fausto, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo* RSC Advances 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D6RA04565K [https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ra04565k],