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Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Click Chemistry (2016)
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Wang, B., Durantini, J., Nie, J., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2016). Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Click Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(40), 13127-13130. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b06922

Copper-doped semiconductors are designed to photoassist the alkyne-azide cycloaddition catalysis by Cu(I). Upon irradiation, injection of electrons from the semiconductor into copper oxide nanostructures produces the catalytic Cu(I) species. The new... Read More about Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Click Chemistry.

Improving the Sunscreen Properties of TiO2 through an Understanding of Its Catalytic Properties (2016)
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Morsella, M., d’Alessandro, N., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2016). Improving the Sunscreen Properties of TiO2 through an Understanding of Its Catalytic Properties. ACS Omega, 1(3), 464-469. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6b00177

The use of particulate titanium dioxide (TiO2) as an active sunscreen ingredient has raised concerns about potential risks from TiO2-mediated free radical formation. To date, remediation attempts have concentrated on reducing the yield of free radica... Read More about Improving the Sunscreen Properties of TiO2 through an Understanding of Its Catalytic Properties.

Catalyst Decomposition during Olefin Metathesis Yields Isomerization-Active Ruthenium Nanoparticles (2016)
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Higman, C. S., Lanterna, A. E., Marin, M. L., Scaiano, J. C., & Fogg, D. E. (2016). Catalyst Decomposition during Olefin Metathesis Yields Isomerization-Active Ruthenium Nanoparticles. ChemCatChem, 8(15), 2446-2449. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201600738

The second‐generation Grubbs catalyst, RuCl2(H2IMes)(PCy3) (=CHPh) [GII ; H2IMes=1,3‐bis(2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl)‐4,5‐dihydroimidazol‐2‐ylidene, Cy=cyclohexyl], is shown to decompose during olefin metathesis to generate Ru nanoparticles (RuNPs). These... Read More about Catalyst Decomposition during Olefin Metathesis Yields Isomerization-Active Ruthenium Nanoparticles.

Two-Photon Excitation of a Plasmonic Nanoswitch Monitored by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy (2016)
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Impellizzeri, S., Simoncelli, S., Hodgson, G. K., Lanterna, A. E., McTiernan, C. D., Raymo, F. M., …Scaiano, J. C. (2016). Two-Photon Excitation of a Plasmonic Nanoswitch Monitored by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(21), 7281-7287. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600218

Visible‐light excitation of the surface plasmon band of silver nanoplates can effectively localize and concentrate the incident electromagnetic field enhancing the photochemical performance of organic molecules. Herein, the first single‐molecule stud... Read More about Two-Photon Excitation of a Plasmonic Nanoswitch Monitored by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy.

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using electron-donating dithiafulvene units (2015)
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Lanterna, A. E., Coronado, E. A., & Granados, A. M. (2020). Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using electron-donating dithiafulvene units. Tetrahedron Letters, 56(34), 4871-4876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.06.064

Dithiafulvene (DTF) derivative compounds were used as reducing agents to synthesize capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). DTF derivatives had shown good capability to reduce Au(III) to Au(0) without further addition of common reducing agents, and at the... Read More about Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using electron-donating dithiafulvene units.

Heterogeneous photocatalytic C–C coupling: mechanism of plasmon-mediated reductive dimerization of benzyl bromides by supported gold nanoparticles (2015)
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Lanterna, A. E., Elhage, A., & Scaiano, J. C. (2015). Heterogeneous photocatalytic C–C coupling: mechanism of plasmon-mediated reductive dimerization of benzyl bromides by supported gold nanoparticles. Catalysis Science and Technology, 5(9), 4336-4340. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cy00655d

The use of gold nanoparticles supported on TiO2 (Au@TiO2) as photocatalysts was extended to include photoinduced reductive C–C coupling. Surface plasmon excitation of supported AuNPs in the presence of an amine leads to the C–C coupling of a variety... Read More about Heterogeneous photocatalytic C–C coupling: mechanism of plasmon-mediated reductive dimerization of benzyl bromides by supported gold nanoparticles.

Distinctive Interactions of Oleic Acid Covered Magnetic Nanoparticles with Saturated and Unsaturated Phospholipids in Langmuir Monolayers (2014)
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Matshaya, T. J., Lanterna, A. E., Granados, A. M., Krause, R. W. M., Maggio, B., & Vico, R. V. (2014). Distinctive Interactions of Oleic Acid Covered Magnetic Nanoparticles with Saturated and Unsaturated Phospholipids in Langmuir Monolayers. Langmuir, 30(20), 5888-5896. https://doi.org/10.1021/la500903m

The growing number of innovations in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology are posing new challenges in understanding the full spectrum of interactions between nanomateriales and biomolecules at nano-biointerfaces. Although considerable achievements hav... Read More about Distinctive Interactions of Oleic Acid Covered Magnetic Nanoparticles with Saturated and Unsaturated Phospholipids in Langmuir Monolayers.

Thiosaccharine disulfide: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization and theoretical study (2012)
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Ferullo, R. M., Granados, A., Lanterna, A., Güida, J. A., Piro, O. E., Castellano, E. E., & Dennehy, M. (2013). Thiosaccharine disulfide: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization and theoretical study. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1032, 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.07.043

The title compound, (thiosaccharine disulfide), bis[1,1′dioxide-2,3-dihidro-1,2-benzoisothiazol]disulfide, (tsac)2 has been synthesized and fully characterized by UV–Visible, IR, Raman, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy elemental analysis and structural X-... Read More about Thiosaccharine disulfide: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization and theoretical study.

When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds (2012)
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Lanterna, A. E., Coronado, E. A., & Granados, A. M. (2012). When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(11), 6520-6529. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp209816g

The degree of surface functionalization of colloidal dispersions of Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) by sulfur heterocyclic compounds is determined using localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (LSPRS), morphological characterization, and electrodyn... Read More about When Nanoparticle Size and Molecular Geometry Matter: Analyzing the Degree of Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles with Sulfur Heterocyclic Compounds.