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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Molecular Photochemionics
   Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 740–750, 2007
2. The Future of Energy Supply: Challenges and Opportunities
   Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 46, no. 1-2, pp. 52–66, 2007
3. Electronic spectroscopy of metal complexes with dendritic ligands
   Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 251, no. 3-4, pp. 525–535, 2007
4. Molecular devices and machines
   Nano Today, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 18–25, 2007
5. Mechanisms for Fluorescence Depolarization in Dendrimers
   Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 111, no. 24, pp. 6620–6627, 2007
6. A Molecular Plug-Socket Connector
   Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 129, no. 15, pp. 4633–4642, 2007
7. Photophysical, photochemical, and electrochemical properties of dendrimers with a dimethoxybenzil core
   New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 31, no. 7, p. 1250, 2007
8. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, no. 5, pp. 1489–1499, 2006
9. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, no. 2, pp. 637–648, 2006
10. A Comparison of Shuttling Mechanisms in Two Constitutionally Isomeric Bistable Rotaxane-Based Sunlight-Powered Nanomotors
    Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 59, no. 3, p. 193, 2006
11. Photoinduced electron flow in a self-assembling supramolecular extension cable
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 49, pp. 18411–18416, 2006
12. Artificial nanomachines based on interlocked molecular species: recent advances
    Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 35, no. 11, p. 1135, 2006
13. Autonomous artificial nanomotor powered by sunlight
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 5, pp. 1178–1183, 2006
14. Azobenzene-bridged calix[8]arenes
    Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 47, no. 44, pp. 7809–7813, 2006
15. Ru(II)-bipyridine complexes in supramolecular systems, devices and machines
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 250, no. 11-12, pp. 1254–1266, 2006
16. Tuning the Photochromic Properties of a Flavylium Compound by pH
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2006, no. 20, pp. 4761–4761, 2006
17. Amide-Based Molecular Knots as Platforms for Fluorescent Switches
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 12, no. 22, pp. 5685–5690, 2006
18. A Cyclam Core Dendrimer Containing Dansyl and Oligoethylene Glycol Chains in the Branches: Protonation and Metal Coordination
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 12, no. 35, pp. 8926–8934, 2006
19. A Photophysical Study of Terphenyl Core Oligosulfonimide Dendrimers Exhibiting High Steady-State Anisotropy
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1980–1984, 2006
20. Photoinduced Energy- and Electron-Transfer Processes in Dinuclear RuII-OsII, RuII-OsIII, and RuIII-OsII Trisbipyridine Complexes Containing a Shape-Persistent Macrocyclic Spacer
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 229–239, 2006
21. Tweezering the Core of a Dendrimer: A Photophysical and Electrochemical Study
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 44, no. 29, pp. 4574–4578, 2005
22. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: A Personal View of a Chemist
    Small, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 278–283, 2005
23. Luminescence as a tool to investigate dendrimer properties
    Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 30, no. 3-4, pp. 453–473, 2005
24. Dendrimers based on a bis-cyclam core as fluorescence sensors for metal ions
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 15, no. 27-28, p. 2959, 2005
25. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 568–573, 2004
26. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 126, no. 50, pp. 16466–16471, 2004
27. Cyclam-based dendrimers as ligands for lanthanide ionsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Luminescence spectra of 1?3, before and after addition of a stoichiometric amount of Nd(CF3SO3)3 in CH3CN?CH2Cl2 (1 ? 1 v/v) at 298 K with ?exc = 275 nm. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b4/b403664f/
    Dalton Transactions, no. 10, p. 1597, 2004
28. Photochemical and photophysical properties of a poly(propylene amine) dendrimer functionalised with E-stilbene unitsDedicated to Jean-Pierre Sauvage on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 2, no. 15, p. 2207, 2004
29. Towards molecular photochemionics
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1–10, 2004
30. Forward (singlet?singlet) and backward (triplet?triplet) energy transfer in a dendrimer with peripheral naphthalene units and a benzophenone core
    Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, vol. 3, no. 9, p. 898, 2004
31. Simple and Dendritic Cyclam Derivatives. Photophysical Properties, Effect of Protonation and Zn 2+ Coordination, Preliminary Screening as Inhibitors of Tumour Cell Growth
    Supramolecular Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 541–548, 2004
32. A Molecular Elevator
    Science, vol. 303, no. 5665, pp. 1845–1849, 2004
33. Threading/dethreading processes in pseudorotaxanes. A thermodynamic and kinetic study
    New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 28, no. 8, p. 1032, 2004
34. Redox-Controllable Amphiphilic[2]Rotaxanes
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 155–172, 2004
35. Dendrimers as Ligands: An Investigation into the Stability and Kinetics of Zn2+ Complexation by Dendrimers with 1,4,8,11-Tetraazacyclotetradecane (Cyclam) Cores
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 899–905, 2004
36. A Mechanically Interlocked Bundle
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1926–1935, 2004
37. Tuning the Photochromic Properties of a Flavylium Compound by pH
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2004, no. 2, pp. 304–312, 2004
38. Ground and Excited-State Electronic Interactions in Poly(propylene amine) Dendrimers Functionalized with Naphthyl Units: Effect of Protonation and Metal Complexation
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 473–480, 2004
39. Designing Systems for a Multiple Use of Light Signals
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 315–320, 2004
40. Luminescent dendrimers as ligands for metal ions
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 689, no. 24, pp. 4375–4383, 2004
41. Complete Charge Pooling is Prevented in Viologen-Based Dendrimers by Self-Protection
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 24, pp. 6361–6368, 2004
42. Multistate/Multifunctional Behaviour of 4'-Hydroxy-6-nitroflavylium: A Write-Lock/Read/Unlock/Enable-Erase/Erase Cycle Driven by Light and pH Stimulation
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1519–1526, 2004
43. Controllable Donor-Acceptor Neutral [2]Rotaxanes
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 10, no. 24, pp. 6375–6392, 2004
44. Amphiphilic Bistable Rotaxanes
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 9, no. 13, pp. 2982–3007, 2003
45. Dendrimers as luminescent hosts for metal cations and organic molecules
    Comptes Rendus Chimie, vol. 6, no. 8-10, pp. 867–872, 2003
46. Light-harvesting dendrimers
    Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 657–665, 2003
47. Molecular Logic Circuits
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 49–59, 2003
48. Controlling Multivalent Interactions in Triply-Threaded Two-Component Superbundles
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 5348–5360, 2003
49. A Photophysical and Electrochemical Investigation on a Phenylacetylene Macrocycle Containing Two 2,2'-Bipyridine Units, Its Protonated Forms, and RuII and OsII Complexes
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2003, no. 21, pp. 4227–4233, 2003
50. Dendrimers with a cyclam core. Absorption spectra, multiple luminescence, and effect of protonation
    Tetrahedron, vol. 59, no. 22, pp. 3845–3852, 2003
51. Photochemical molecular devices
    Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 459, 2003
52. Redox-Induced Ring Shuttling and Evidence for Folded Structures in Long and Flexible Two-Station Rotaxanes
    Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 1488–1514, 2003
53. Poly(propylene amine) Dendrimers Decorated with Dimethoxybenzene Units. Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties
    Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 1541–1554, 2003
54. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 4, pp. 987–994, 2003
55. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 15, pp. 4424–4425, 2003
56. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 51, pp. 14319–14325, 2003
57. Photochemical, photophysical and electrochemical properties of six dansyl-based dyadsDedicated to Professor Alex von Zelewsky on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
    New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 66–75, 2002
58. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 124, no. 22, pp. 6461–6468, 2002
59. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 124, no. 43, pp. 12786–12795, 2002
60. Photochemical and photophysical properties of poly(propylene amine) dendrimers with peripheral naphthalene and azobenzene groupsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: NMR data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/pp/b1/b106813j/
    Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 45–51, 2002
61. Supramolecular Chemistry And Self-assembly Special Feature: Controlled disassembling of self-assembling systems: Toward artificial molecular-level devices and machines
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 99, no. 8, pp. 4814–4817, 2002
62. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 106, no. 17, pp. 4312–4319, 2002
63. Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of ruthenium(II)-bipyridine building blocks. Different behaviour of the 2,3- and 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine bridging ligands
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 532, no. 1-2, pp. 99–112, 2002
64. Fluorescent guests hosted in fluorescent dendrimers
    Tetrahedron, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 629–637, 2002
65. Structure and reactivity of [Ru(2,3-Medpp)2Cl2]2+
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 333, no. 1, pp. 25–31, 2002
66. Ferrocene-Containing Carbohydrate Dendrimers
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 673–684, 2002
67. Photochromic Properties of 3-Methyl-Substituted Flavylium Salts
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2002, no. 16, p. 2699, 2002
68. Light-Harvesting Dendrimers: Efficient Intra- and Intermolecular Energy-Transfer Processes in a Species Containing 65 Chromophoric Groups of Four Different Types
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 41, no. 19, pp. 3595–3598, 2002
69. Dual-Mode “Co-Conformational” Switching in Catenanes Incorporating Bipyridinium and Dialkylammonium Recognition Sites Molecular Meccano, Part 63. For Part 62, see: R. Ashton, C. L. Brown, J. Cao, Y. Lee, P. Newton, M. Raymo, F. Stoddart, P. White, D. J. Williams, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 957–965.
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 7, no. 16, p. 3482, 2001
70. A Dendritic Antenna for Near-Infrared Emission of Nd3+ Ions
    ChemPhysChem, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 769, 2001
71. Artificial molecular-level machines
    The Chemical Record, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 422–435, 2001
72. Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 445–455, 2001
73. Photochemistry and photophysics of Ru(II)_polypyridine complexes in the Bologna group. From early studies to recent developments
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 211, no. 1, pp. 97–115, 2001
74. Dendrimers based on photoactive metal complexes. Recent advances
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 219-221, pp. 545–572, 2001
75. Artificial molecular-level machines with [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a “light-fueled motor”
    International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 63–77, 2001
76. Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties of Catenanes Containing the 2,7-Diazapyrenium Unit
    Supramolecular Chemistry, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 303–311, 2001
77. Dendrimers Based on Electroactive Metal Complexes. A Review of Recent Advances
    Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 1–32, 2001
78. Dendrimers with a 4,4'-bipyridinium core and electron-donor branches. Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties
    New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 989–993, 2001
79. Artificial molecular-level machines. Dethreading–rethreading of a pseudorotaxane powered exclusively by light energy
    Chemical Communications, no. 18, pp. 1860–1861, 2001
80. Controlled dethreading/rethreading of a scorpion-like pseudorotaxane and a related macrobicyclic self-complexing system
    New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 25–31, 2001
81. Macrocycles, pseudorotaxanes and catenanes containing a pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene unit: absorption spectra, luminescence properties and redox behavior
    New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 293–298, 2001
82. Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1947–1956, 2000
83. Dendrimers as fluorescent sensors with signal amplification
    Chemical Communications, no. 10, pp. 853–854, 2000
84. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 122, no. 42, pp. 10398–10404, 2000
85. Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1924–1936, 2000
86. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 122, no. 14, pp. 3542–3543, 2000
87. Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 4120–4126, 2000
88. Effect of protons and metal ions on the fluorescence properties of a polylysin dendrimer containing twenty four dansyl units?†
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 21, pp. 3765–3771, 2000
89. Rigid rod-like molecular wires of nanometric dimension. Electronic energy transfer from a naphthyl to an anthracenyl unit connected by a 1,4-pentaphenylene spacer
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 208, no. 1, pp. 267–275, 2000
90. Artificial Chemical Systems Capable of Mimicking Some Elementary Properties of Neurons
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 122, no. 18, pp. 4496–4498, 2000
91. Anthracene-Containing [2]Rotaxanes: Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Properties
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2000, no. 4, pp. 591–602, 2000
92. Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 6, no. 19, pp. 3558–3574, 2000
93. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Polyazacrown Ethers with Appended Naphthyl or Anthracenyl Units
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2000, no. 11, pp. 2041–2046, 2000
94. Template-Directed Syntheses, Spectroscopic Properties, and Electrochemical Behavior of [n]Catenanes
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2000, no. 7, pp. 1121–1130, 2000
95. Photo- and pH-Induced Transformations of Flavylium Cation: â??Writeâ??Lockâ??Readâ??Unlock-Eraseâ? Cycles
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 1999, no. 11, pp. 3199–3207, 1999
96. Pseudorotaxanes and Catenanes Containing a Redox-Active Unit Derived from Tetrathiafulvalene
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 1999, no. 5, pp. 985–994, 1999
97. Absorption and Emission Properties of Di- and Trinuclear Ruthenium(II) Rack-Type Complexes
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 1999, no. 9, pp. 1409–1414, 1999
98. A Molecular-Level Plug/Socket System: Electronic Energy Transfer from a Binaphthyl Unit Incorporated into a Crown Ether to an Anthracenyl Unit Linked to an Ammonium Ion
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 984–989, 1999
99. Photoactive Azobenzene-Containing Supramolecular Complexes and Related Interlocked Molecular Compounds
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 860–875, 1999
100. Molecular architecture in the field of photonic devices
     Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 190-192, pp. 155–169, 1999
101. Anion recognition and luminescent sensing by new ruthenium(II) and rhenium(I) bipyridyl calix[4]diquinone receptors
     Chemical Communications, no. 17, pp. 1755–1756, 1999
102. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 121, no. 17, pp. 4207–4214, 1999
103. Micelle effect on the ‘write–lock–read–unlock–erase’ cycle of 4'-hydroxyflavylium ion
     Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 2265–2269, 1999
104. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 103, no. 50, pp. 11188–11193, 1999
105. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 121, no. 43, pp. 10081–10091, 1999
106. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 121, no. 51, pp. 12161–12166, 1999
107. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 121, no. 16, pp. 3951–3957, 1999
108. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 121, no. 23, pp. 5481–5488, 1999
109. Photochromic flavylium compounds as multistate/multifunction molecular-level systems