Publications

@article{RN134,

title = {A spectroscopic study of the interaction of the fluorescent β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid \textit{N}-methylamide with DNA constituents:: Nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides},

author = {I. X. García-Zubiri and H. D. Burrows and J. S. Seixas de Melo and M. Monteserín and A. Arroyo and M. J. Tapia},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000259187600025},

doi = {10.1007/s10895-008-0355-9},

issn = {1053-0509},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Fluorescence},

volume = {18},

number = {5},

pages = {961-972},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN138,

title = {Excited state properties of oligophenyl and oligothienyl swivel cruciforms},

author = {J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and H. D. Burrows and F. Galbrecht and A. Bilge and C. J. Kudla and U. Scherf},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000252619000010},

doi = {10.1021/jp0773280},

issn = {1520-6106},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},

volume = {112},

number = {4},

pages = {1104-1111},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN137,

title = {A comprehensive study of the spectral and photophysical properties of arylthiophenes},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and J. Pina and L. M. Rodrigues and R. S. Becker},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000253070100009},

doi = {10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.07.014},

issn = {1010-6030},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology a-Chemistry},

volume = {194},

number = {1},

pages = {67-75},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN140,

title = {A Study in Mauve: Unveiling Perkin's Dye in Historic Samples},

author = {M. M. Sousa and M. J. Melo and A. J. Parola and P. J. T. Morris and H. S. Rzepa and J. S. Seixas de Melo},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000260035900011},

doi = {10.1002/chem.200800718},

issn = {0947-6539},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Chemistry-a European Journal},

volume = {14},

number = {28},

pages = {8507-8513},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN132,

title = {Flavylium chromophores as species markers for dragon's blood resins from \textit{Dracaena} and \textit{Daemonorops} trees},

author = {M. M. Sousa and M. J. Melo and A. J. Parola and J. S. Seixas de Melo and F. Catarino and F. Pina and F. E. M. Cook and M. S. J. Simmonds and J. A. Lopes},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000260941500021},

doi = {10.1016/j.chroma.2008.09.007},

issn = {0021-9673},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Chromatography A},

volume = {1209},

number = {1-2},

pages = {153-161},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN142,

title = {A photochemical study on the blue dye indigo: from solution to ancient Andean textiles},

author = {M. M. Sousa and C. Miguel and I. Rodrigues and A. J. Parola and F. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and M. J. Melo},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000261733700008},

doi = {10.1039/b809578g},

issn = {1474-905X},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences},

volume = {7},

number = {11},

pages = {1353-1359},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN149,

title = {Interplay of electrostatic and hydrophobic effects with binding of cationic gemini surfactants and a conjugated polyanion: Experimental and molecular modeling studies},

author = {H. D. Burrows and M. J. Tapia and C. L. Silva and Aacc Pais and S. M. Fonseca and J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and Y. J. Wang and E. F. Marques and M. Knaapila and A. P. Monkman and V. M. Garamus and S. Pradhan and U. Scherf},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000245954800017},

doi = {10.1021/jp070100s},

issn = {1520-6106},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},

volume = {111},

number = {17},

pages = {4401-4410},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN144,

title = {Conformational relaxation of \textit{p}-phenylenevinylene trimers in solution studied by picosecond time-resolved fluorescence},

author = {R. E. Di Paolo and J. S. Seixas de Melo and J. Pina and H. D. Burrows and J. Morgado and A. L. Maçanita},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000252503700013},

doi = {10.1002/cphc.200700548},

issn = {1439-4235},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Chemphyschem},

volume = {8},

number = {18},

pages = {2657-2664},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN145,

title = {Effects of the interaction between β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid \textit{N}-methylamide and polynucleotides on singlet oxygen quantum yield and DNA oxidative damage},

author = {I. X. Garcia-Zubiri and H. D. Burrows and J. S. Seixas de Melo and J. Pina and M. Monteserin and M. J. Tapia},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000251294100022},

doi = {10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00187.x},

issn = {0031-8655},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Photochemistry and Photobiology},

volume = {83},

number = {6},

pages = {1455-1464},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN153,

title = {Identification of 7,4′-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavylium in "Dragon's blood":: To be or not to be an anthocyanin},

author = {M. J. Melo and M. Sousa and A. J. Parola and J. S. Seixas de Melo and F. Catarino and J. Marçalo and F. Pina},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000244220400007},

doi = {10.1002/chem.200600837},

issn = {0947-6539},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Chemistry-a European Journal},

volume = {13},

number = {5},

pages = {1417-1422},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN150,

title = {Synthesis and photophysical properties of dansyl-based polyamine ligands and their Zn(II) complexes},

author = {A. J. Parola and J. C. Lima and F. Pina and J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and C. Soriano and E. García-España and R. Aucejo and J. Alarcón},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000244364600055},

doi = {10.1016/j.ica.2006.11.006},

issn = {0020-1693},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Inorganica Chimica Acta},

volume = {360},

number = {3},

pages = {1200-1208},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN148,

title = {Spectral and photophysical studies of poly 2,6-(1,5-dioctylnaphthalene) thiophenes},

author = {J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and H. D. Burrows and F. Galbrecht and B. S. Nehls and T. Farrell and U. Scherf},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000246341400036},

doi = {10.1021/jp070691m},

issn = {1932-7447},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry C},

volume = {111},

number = {19},

pages = {7185-7191},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN249,

title = {Photochemistry and Photophysics in the Laboratory. Showing the Role of Radiationless and Radiative Decay of Excited States},

author = {J Seixas de Melo and C. Cabral and Hugh D. Burrow},

doi = {10.1333/s00897072096a},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Chemical Educator},

volume = {12},

number = {6},

pages = {403-407},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN154,

title = {Dynamics of short as compared with long poly(acrylic acid) chains hydrophobically modified with pyrene, as followed by fluorescence techniques},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and T. Costa and A. Francisco and A. L. Maçanita and S. Gago and I. S. Gonçalves},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000244776800011},

doi = {10.1039/b613382g},

issn = {1463-9076},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics},

volume = {9},

number = {11},

pages = {1370-1385},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN147,

title = {Fluorescence studies on the interaction between pyrene-labelled poly(acrylic acid) and cyclodextrins},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and T. Costa and N. Oliveira and K. Schillén},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000247218700010},

doi = {10.1002/pi.2219},

issn = {0959-8103},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Polymer International},

volume = {56},

number = {7},

pages = {882-899},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN240,

title = {The triplet state of Indigo},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and C. Serpa and H. D. Burrows and L. G. Arnaut},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.},

volume = {46},

pages = {2094-2096},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN152,

title = {Revisiting Perkin's dye(s): the spectroscopy and photophysics of two new mauveine compounds (B2 and C)},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and S. Takato and M. Sousa and M. J. Melo and A. J. Parola},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000247397400029},

doi = {10.1039/b618926a},

issn = {1359-7345},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Chemical Communications},

number = {25},

pages = {2624-2626},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN162,

title = {Triplet-state and singlet oxygen formation in fluorene-based alternating copolymers},

author = {S. M. Fonseca and J. Pina and L. G. Arnaut and J. S. Seixas de Melo and H. D. Burrows and N. Chattopadhyay and L. Alcacer and A. Charas and J. Morgado and A. P. Monkman and U. Asawapirom and U. Scherf and R. Edge and S. Navaratnam},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000237163700018},

doi = {10.1021/jp060251f},

issn = {1520-6106},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},

volume = {110},

number = {16},

pages = {8278-8283},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN161,

title = {Intramolecular excimer formation and sensing behavior of new fluorimetric probes and their interactions with metal cations and barbituric acids},

author = {C. Lodeiro and J. C. Lima and A. J. Parola and J. S. Seixas de Melo and J. L. Capelo and B. Covelo and A. Tamayo and B. Pedras},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000236929100039},

doi = {10.1016/j.snb.2005.09.010},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical},

volume = {115},

number = {1},

pages = {276-286},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN163,

title = {Photophysical studies of α,ω-dicyano-oligothiophenes NC(C_{4}H_{2}S)\textit{n}CN (\textit{n}=1-6)},

author = {J. Pina and H. D. Burrows and R. S. Becker and F. B. Dias and A. L. Maçanita and J. S. Seixas de Melo},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000236523100015},

doi = {10.1021/jp055455v},

issn = {1520-6106},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},

volume = {110},

number = {13},

pages = {6499-6505},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN159,

title = {Spectral and photophysical studies on cruciform oligothiophenes in solution and the solid state},

author = {J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo and H. D. Burrows and A. Bilge and T. Farrell and M. Forster and U. Scherf},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000239463300011},

doi = {10.1021/jp060707t},

issn = {1520-6106},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},

volume = {110},

number = {31},

pages = {15100-15106},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN226,

title = {As Moléculas da Cor. Na Arte e na Natureza.},

author = {J. Seixas de Melo and M. J. Melo and A. Claro},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Química: Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química},

volume = {101},

pages = {44-55},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN241,

title = {As Moléculas da Cor. Na Arte e na Natureza.},

author = {J. Seixas de Melo and M. J. Melo and A. Claro},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Química: Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química},

volume = {101},

pages = {44-55},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN157,

title = {Electronic spectral and photophysical properties of some \textit{p}-phenylenevinylene oligomers in solution and thin films},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and J. Pina and H. D. Burrows and R. E. Di Paolo and A. L. Maçanita},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000242644600015},

doi = {10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.09.016},

issn = {0301-0104},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Chemical Physics},

volume = {330},

number = {3},

pages = {449-456},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN155,

title = {Photophysics of an indigo derivative (keto and leuco structures) with singular properties},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and R. Rondao and H. D. Burrows and M. J. Melo and S. Navaratnam and R. Edge and G. Voss},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000242974200003},

doi = {10.1021/jp057451w},

issn = {1089-5639},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry A},

volume = {110},

number = {51},

pages = {13653-13661},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN158,

title = {Spectral and photophysical studies of substituted indigo derivatives in their keto forms},

author = {J. S. Seixas de Melo and R. Rondao and H. D. Burrows and M. J. Melo and S. Navaratnam and R. Edge and G. Voss},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000242319200010},

doi = {10.1002/cphc.200600203},

issn = {1439-4235},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Chemphyschem},

volume = {7},

number = {11},

pages = {2303-2311},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN160,

title = {Electron transfer in supercritical carbon dioxide: Ultraexothermic charge recombination at the end of the "inverted region"},

author = {C. Serpa and P. J. S. Gomes and L. G. Arnaut and S. J. Formosinho and J. Pina and J. S. Seixas de Melo},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000238723200006},

doi = {10.1002/chem.200500727},

issn = {0947-6539},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Chemistry-a European Journal},

volume = {12},

number = {19},

pages = {5014-5023},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN156,

title = {Temperature dependence of ultra-exothermic charge recombinations},

author = {C. Serpa and P. J. S. Gomes and L. G. Arnaut and J. S. Seixas de Melo and S. J. Formosinho},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000244334000018},

doi = {10.1002/cphc.200600467},

issn = {1439-4235},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Chemphyschem},

volume = {7},

number = {12},

pages = {2533-2539},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN250,

title = {Selective Reduction of Hindered Chiral Ketones. Analysis of Diastereoisomeric Products by Gas Chromatography and Polarimetry},

author = {M. E. S. Serra and D. Murtinho and J Seixas de Melo},

doi = {10.1333/s00897061078a},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Chemical Educator},

volume = {11},

number = {6},

pages = {406-407},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{RN165,

title = {A new Zn(II) tweezer pyridine-naphthalene system -: An off-on-off system working in a biological pH window},

author = {R. Aucejo and J. Alarcón and E. García-España and J. M. Llinares and K. L. Marchin and C. Soriano and C. Lodeiro and M. A. Bernardo and F. Pina and J. Pina and J. Seixas de Melo},

url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000233297800007},

issn = {1434-1948},

year  = {2005},

date = {2005-01-01},

journal = {European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry},

number = {21},

pages = {4301-4308},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}