Interested

• chemical structure
• materials
• f d transitions
• photoluminescence
• polyynes
• strontium
• thiophenes
• absorption spectroscopy
• inorganic nuclear chemistry
• nanoparticles

Scientific discipline

• chemical sciences

Latest publications

• [NH₂CHNH₂]₃Sb₂I₉ : a lead-free and low-toxicity organic–inorganic hybrid ferroelectric based on antimony(III) as a potential semiconducting absorber.
• Lead-free hybrid ferroelectric material based on formamidine: [NH₂CHNH₂]₃Bi₂I₉.
• Alkyl Thiocyanurates as Thioester Mimetics. Transthioesterification and Ligation Reactions with High Potential in Dynamic Covalent Chemistry
• (C₃N₂H₅)₃Sb₂I₉ and (C₃N₂H₅)₃Bi₂I₉: ferroelastic lead-free hybrid perovskite-like materials as potential semiconducting absorbers.
• Towards biocompatible NIR-II nanoprobes – transfer of hydrophobic Ag₂S quantum dots to aqueous solutions using phase transfer catalysed hydrolysis of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)
• Toxicity mechanism of low doses of NaGdF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ upconverting nanoparticles in activated macrophage cell lines.
• Dithiocarbamates: reliable surface ligands for NIR-emitting quantum dots.
• Near-infrared Ag₂S quantum dots loaded in phospholipid nanostructures : physical properties, stability and cytotoxicity.
• Growth of silica shell on hydrophobic upconverting nanocrystals : mechanism and control of porosity.
• Phase transitions and properties of 0D hybrid iodoantimonate(III) and iodobismuthate(III) semiconducting ferroics: [C(NH₂)₃]₃Bi₂I₉ and [C(NH₂)₃]₃Sb₂I₉.
• Extension of high-resolution optical absorption spectroscopy to divalent neodymium : absorption spectra of Nd²⁺ ions in a SrCl₂ host.
• Triazolyl, imidazolyl, and carboxylic acid moieties in the design of molybdenum trioxide hybrids: photophysical and catalytic behavior.
• Helicenophyrins: expanded carbaporphyrins incorporating aza-[5]helicene and heptacyclic S-shaped aza[5]helicene motifs.
• Polyynes as precursors of photoluminescent solvent polarity probes.
• Use of stable amine-capped polyynes in the regioselective synthesis of push-pull thiophenes.
• The high-resolution 4f—5d absorption spectrum of divalent dysprosium (Dy²⁺) in strontium chloride host SrCl₂: fine structure and zero-phonon transitions revealed.