Publications by authors named "Maria Joao Alvaro-Martins"

A comprehensive investigation of two new molecular triads incorporating the diketopyrrolopyrrole unit into a quinoidized thienothiophene skeleton, which is further end-capped with dicyanomethylene (DPP-TT-CN) or phenoxyl groups (DPP-TT-PhO), has been carried out. A combination of UV-Vis-NIR and infrared spectroelectrochemical techniques and cryogenic UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy supported by theoretical calculations has been used. The main result is the formation of similar H-aggregates in the dimerization process of the neutral molecules and of the charged anionic species.

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-1,2-di(1-pyrenylamino)cycloxexane was found to display circularly polarized excimer emission ( = 0.016) both in polar and non-polar solvents that is assigned to charge separation symmetry breaking on the basis of its large transition state dipole moment (12.1 D).

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Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that are the second-leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. Melanoma is a highly aggressive skin tumor with an increasing incidence and poor prognosis in the metastatic stage. Breast cancer still stands as one of the major cancer-associated deaths among women, and diagnosed cases are increasing year after year worldwide.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study focuses on synthesizing and characterizing specific dyes (diketopyrrolopyrroles and perylenemonoimidodiesters) that are connected to substituted benzoic acids positioned differently (ortho, meta, and para) on a silica surface.
  • The results show that the arrangement of these dyes on silica nanohelices influences their optical properties, particularly in terms of how they emit light and exhibit chiroptical effects.
  • Ortho derivatives showed poor dye organization due to steric hindrance, leading to lower emission properties, while para derivatives achieved better organization and higher chiroptical values, despite varying excimer emissions across all types.
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