Publications

Book Chapters

[1] “Ligh Induced Reactions in Cryogenic Matrices (Highlights 2013-2014)”.

Rui Fausto, Ana Borba and Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia,

Specialistic Reports Reports - Photochemistry, (Ed. Angelo Albini), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016, 43, 20-82 

DOI: 10.1039/9781782622772-00020

   

Papers in international scientic periodical with referees

[1] “Rotational Isomers of Lactic Acid: First Experimental Observation of Higher Energy Forms” 

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia, Leszek Lapinski and Rui Fausto

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), 2004, 6, 2101-2108.

DOI: 10.1039/b316642b

 

[2] “Matrix Isolation FTIR Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Methyl Lactate”

 Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia, Leszek Lapinski and Rui Fausto

Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2004, 36, 79-88.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2004.03.004

 

[3] “Matrix Isolation FTIR Spectra and Theoretical Study of Dimethyl Sulfate”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia, Pedro N.N.L. Simões and Rui Fausto

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2005, 61, 1461-1470.

DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2004.10.050

 

[4] “Matrix Isolation FTIR Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Dimethyl Sulfite”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia, Pedro N.N.L. Simões and Rui Fausto

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, 109, 3578-3586.

DOI: 10.1021/jp050020t 

 

[5] “Conformational Cooling and Conformation Selective Aggregation in Dimethyl Sulfite Isolated in Solid Rare Gases”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia and Rui Fausto

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2006, 794, 196-203.

DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.02.005

 

[6] “Molecular Structure, Vibrational Spectra, Quantum Chemical Calculations and Photochemistry of Picolinamide and Isonicotinamide Isolated in Cryogenic Inert Matrices and in the Neat Low Temperature Solid Phases”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez Zavaglia and Rui Fausto

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008, 112, 45-57.

DOI: 10.1021/jp0765547

 

[7] “Dimer Formation in Nicotinamide and Picolinamide in the Gas and Condensed Phases Probed by Infrared Spectroscopy” 

Ana Borba, Merwe Albrecht, Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia, Leszek Lapinski, Maciej Nowak, Martin A. Suhm and Rui Fausto.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), 2008, 10, 7010–7021.

DOI: 10.1039/b810002k

 

[8] “Molecular Structure, Infrared Spectra and Photochemistry of Isoniazid under Cryogenic Conditions”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia and Rui Fausto.

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 113 (32), 9220-9230.

DOI: 10.1021/jp9037914

 

[9] “Interaction of Nicotinamide and Picolinamide with Phospho-Choline and Phosphoethanolamine Membranes”

Ana Borba, Fabiana Lairion, Anibal Disalvo and Rui Fausto.

BBA – Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes, 2009, 1788 (12), 2553-2562.   

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.10.007

 

[10] “Low Temperature Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Pyrazinamide: from the Isolated Monomer to the Stable Low Temperature Crystalline Phase” 

Ana Borba, Merwe Albrecht, Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia, Martin A. Suhm and Rui Fausto.

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010, 114 (1), 151-161.

DOI: 10.1021/jp907466h

 

[11] “Chirality Infuence on the Aggregation of Methyl Mandelate”

M. Albrecht, Ana Borba, K. Le Barbu-Debus, Rui Fausto, S. Grimme, A. Mahjoub, U. Schmitt, L. Schrader, M. A. Suhm, A. Zehnacker-Rentien and J. Zischang.

New Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 34, 1266-1285.

DOI: 10.1039/c0nj00142b

 · This paper was selected as a “Hot Article”.

· Chosen by the editors as Inside Front Cover. New Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 34, 1226.

 

[12] “Structure and Photochemistry of a Novel Tetrazole Saccharyl Conjugate Isolated in Solid Argon”

Amin Ismael, Ana Borba, Luis Duarte, Barbara M. Giuliano, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, Mª de Lurdes S. Cristiano.    

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2012, 1025, 105-116.

DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.04.081

 

[13] “Conformational Landscape, Photochemistry, and Infrared Spectra of Sulfanilamide”

Ana Borba, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, Rui Fausto.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117, 704-717.

DOI: 10.1021/jp311789f

 

[14] “Amino→Imino Tautomerization upon in Vacuo Sublimation of 2‑Methyltetrazole-Saccharinate as Probed by Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy”

Amin Ismael, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, Ana Borba, Mª de Lurdes S. Cristiano, Rui Fausto.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117, 3190-3197

DOI: 10.1021/jp401360c

 

[15] “Conformers, Infrared Spectrum, UV Induced Photochemistry and Near-IR‑Induced Generation of Two Rare Conformers of Matrix-Isolated Phenylglycine”

Ana Borba*, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, Rui Fausto.

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014, 141 (15), 154306-14

* Corresponding author

DOI: 10.1063/1.4897526

[16] “Structure and photochemistry of a saccharyl thiotetrazole”

Amin Ismael, Ana Borba, M. Henriques, José A.Paixão, Rui Fausto, Mª Lurdes S. Cristiano.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 80, 392-400

DOI: 10.1021/jo502419u

 

[17] “Structure, Vibrational Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of 5-Phenoxy-1‑phenyltetrazole in Argon and Nitrogen Cryomatrices”

Ana Borba, Lilia Cabral, Rui Fausto, Mª de Lurdes S. Cristiano.

Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 93, 1-10

DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2015-0025

 

[18] “Methylsilsesquioxane - Based Aerogel Systems - Insights into the Role of the Formation of Molecular Clusters”

Ana Borba*, Mauro Almangano, António Alberto Portugal, Ricardo Patricio, Pedro Nuno Simões.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2016, 120, 4079-4088

* Corresponding author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b04196

 

[19] “Spectroscopic Characterization of Silica Aerogels Prepared Using Several Precursors - Effect on the Formation of Molecular Clusters” 

Ana Borba*, João P. Vareda, Luisa Durães, António Portugal, Pedro Nuno Simões 

Journal Article New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6742-6759  

* Corresponding author

DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ01082F