Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Spectroscopy
Research interest
Research topics from publications: Zn(ii)-coordination modulated ligand photophysical processes – the development of fluorescent indicators for imaging biological Zn(ii) ions; Structurally Diverse Copper(II) Complexes of Polyaza Ligands Containing 1,2,3-Triazoles: Site Selectivity and Magnetic Properties; A Fluorescent Indicator for Imaging Lysosomal Zinc(II) with Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)‐Enhanced Photostability and a Narrow Band of Emission; Tricolor Emission of a Fluorescent Heteroditopic Ligand over a Concentration Gradient of Zinc(II) Ions; Synthesis of 5-Iodo-1,2,3-triazoles from Organic Azides and Terminal Alkynes: Ligand Acceleration Effect, Substrate Scope, and Mechanistic Insights; Excitation-Dependent Multiple Fluorescence of a Substituted 2-(2′-Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole; Absorption and Emission Sensitivity of 2‐(2′‐Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole to Solvents and Impurities; Dual Role of Acetate in Copper(II) Acetate Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Chelating Aromatic Secondary Amines: A Kinetic Case Study of Copper‐Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions; Distinguishing Förster resonance energy transfer and solvent-mediated charge-transfer relaxation dynamics in a zinc(ii) indicator: a femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopic study; ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of 5‐Iodo‐1,2,3‐triazoles from Organic Azides and Terminal Alkynes: Ligand Acceleration Effect, Substrate Scope, and Mechanistic Insights. Representative work: Molecular photophysics and metal coordination chemistry are the two fundamental pillars that support the development of fluorescent cation indicators. In this article, we describe how Zn(II)-coordination alters various ligand-centered photophysical processes that are pertinent to developing Zn(II) indicators. The main aim is to show how small organic Zn(II) indicators work under the constraints of specific requirements, including Zn(II) detection range, photophysical requirements such as excitation energy and emission color, temporal and spatial resolutions in a heterogeneous intracellular environment, and fluorescence response selectivity between similar cations such as Zn(II) and Cd(II). I Copper(II) acetate mediated coupling reactions between 2,6-bis(azidomethyl)pyridine or 2-picolylazide and two terminal alkynes afford 1,2,3-triazolyl-containing ligands L1–L6. These ligands contain various nitrogen-based Lewis b
Excitation-Dependent Multiple Fluorescence of a Substituted 2-(2′-Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole
Dual Role of Acetate in Copper(II) Acetate Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Chelating Aromatic Secondary Amines: A Kinetic Case Study of Copper‐Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions
Zn(<scp>ii</scp>)-coordination modulated ligand photophysical processes – the development of fluorescent indicators for imaging biological Zn(<scp>ii</scp>) ions
A Fluorescent Indicator for Imaging Lysosomal Zinc(II) with Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)‐Enhanced Photostability and a Narrow Band of Emission
Absorption and Emission Sensitivity of 2‐(2′‐Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole to Solvents and Impurities
Distinguishing Förster resonance energy transfer and solvent-mediated charge-transfer relaxation dynamics in a zinc(<scp>ii</scp>) indicator: a femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopic study
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of 5‐Iodo‐1,2,3‐triazoles from Organic Azides and Terminal Alkynes: Ligand Acceleration Effect, Substrate Scope, and Mechanistic Insights.
Synthesis of 5-Iodo-1,2,3-triazoles from Organic Azides and Terminal Alkynes: Ligand Acceleration Effect, Substrate Scope, and Mechanistic Insights
Structurally Diverse Copper(II) Complexes of Polyaza Ligands Containing 1,2,3-Triazoles: Site Selectivity and Magnetic Properties
Tricolor Emission of a Fluorescent Heteroditopic Ligand over a Concentration Gradient of Zinc(II) Ions