Publications 2021

1. I. K. Sideri, Y. Jang, J. Garcés-Garcés, Á. Sastre-Santos, R. Canton-Vitoria, R. Kitaura, F. Fernández-Lázaro, F. D’Souza, and N. Tagmatarchis, Unveiling the photoinduced electron-donating character of MoS₂ in covalently linked hybrids featuring perylenediimide Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9120-9126. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016249

2. F. Khan, Y. Jang, Y. Patil, R. Misra, and F. D’Souza, Photoinduced Charge Separation Prompted Intervalence Charge Transfer in a Bis(thienyl)diketopyrrolopyrrole Bridged Donor-TCBD Push-Pull System (hot article), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 20518–20527. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202108293

3. R. Caballero, M. Barrejón, J. Cerdá, J. Aragó, S. Seetharaman, P. de la Cruz, E. Ortí, F. D’Souza, and F. Langa, Self-Assembly-Directed Organization of a Fullerene−Bisporphyrin into Supramolecular Giant Donut Structures for Excited-State Charge Stabilization, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11199−11208. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c05133

4. M. K. Chahal, A. Liyanage, A. Z. Alsaleh, P. A. Karr, J. P. Hil and F. D’Souza, Anion-enhanced Excited State Charge Separation in a Spiro-locked N-Heterocycle-fused Push-Pull Zinc Porphyrin, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 4925-4930. DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00038a

5. Indresh S. Yadav, Ajyal Z. Alsaleh, Rajneesh Misra and Francis D’Souza, ‘Excited State Charge Transfer Leading to Charge Stabilization via an Electron Exchange Mechanism in Symmetric, Central Triphenylamine Derived, Dimethylaminophenyl-Tetracyanobutadiene Donor-Acceptor Conjugates, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 1109-1120. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04648E

6. Y. Hu, A. Alsaleh, O. Trinh, F. D’Souza and H. Wang, b-Functionalized Push-Pull Opp-Dibenzoporphyrins as Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Push Group Effect, J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 27692-27700. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA07814C

7. V. Ayerdurai, A. Garcia-Cruz, J. Piechowska, M. Cieplak, P. Borowicz, K. R. Noworyta, G. Spolnik, W. Danikiewicz, W. Lisowski, A. Pietrzyk-Le, F. D'Souza, W. Kutnera, and P. S. Sharma, Selective impedimetric chemosensing of carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amine in pork by dsDNA mimicking molecularly imprinted polymer film-coated electrodes, J. Agri and Food Chem. 2021, 69, 14689-14698. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05084

8. J. S. Shinde, M. B. Thomas, M. Poddar, R. Misra, F. D’Souza, Does Location of BODIPY Ring Functionalization Affect Electron Transfer Properties? Studies on α, β and meso-functionalized BODIPY Derived Donor-Acceptor Dyads and Triads, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 23911-23921. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06704.

9. B. J. Bayard, N. Zarrabi, S. Seetharaman, P. Karr, A. van der Est, F. D’Souza, P. K. Poddutoori, Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer in a Cofacial Aluminum(III) Porphyrin – Phosphorus(V) Porphyrin Heterodimer, J. Photochem. Photobiol. 2021, 8, 100069, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpap.2021.100069.

10. P. K. Poddutoori, B. J. Bayard, N. Holzer, S. Seetharaman, N. Zarrabi, N. Weidner, P. Karr, F. D’Souza, Rational Design and Synthesis of OEP and TPP Centered Phosphorus(V) porphyrin - Naphthalene Conjugates: Triplet Formation via Rapid Charge Recombination, Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 17952-17965. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02531

11. D. Miklík, S. F. Mousavi, Z. Burešová, A. Middleton, Y. Matsushita, J. Labuta, A. Ahsan, L. Buimaga-Iarinca, P. A. Karr, F. Bureš, G. J. Richards, P. Švec, T. Mori, K. Ariga, Y. Wakayama, C. Morari, F. D’Souza, T. A. Jung, J. P. Hill, Pyrazinacenes exhibit on-surface oxidation-statedependent conformational and self-assembly behaviours, Commun. Chem. 2021, 4, 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00470-w

12. N. Zink-Lorre, S. Seetharaman, D. Gutiérrez-Moreno, F. Fernández-Lázaro, P. A. Karr, F. D’Souza, Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridge Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 14996-15005. doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102903.

13. B. Sekaran, A. Dawson, Y. Jang, K. V. MohanSingh, R. Misra and F. D’Souza, Charge-Transfer in Panchromatic Porphyrin-Tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene-Donor Conjugates: Switching the Role of Porphyrin in the Charge Separation Process, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 14335-14344. doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102865

14. P. Lach, M. Cieplak, K. R. Noworyta, P. Pieta, W. Lisowski, J. Kalecki, R. Chitta, F. D’Souza, W. Kutner, P. Si. Sharma, ‘Self-reporting molecularly imprinted polymer with the covalently immobilized ferrocene redox probe for selective electrochemical sensing of p-synephrine’ Sensors and Actuators: B Chemical, 2021, 344, 130276 (1-10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.130276

15. D. R. Subedi, Y. Jang, A. Ganesan, S. Schoellhorn, R. Reid, G. F. Verbeck IV and F. D’Souza. Donor–acceptor conjugates derived from cobalt porphyrin and fullerene via metal-ligand axial coordination: Formation and excited state charge separation, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2021, 25, 533–546. DOI: 10.1142/S1088424621500449.

16. N. Zarrabi, N. Holzer, B. J. Bayard, S. Seetharaman, B. G. Boe, F. D’Souza and P. K. Poddutoori, Fluorinated aluminum(III) porphyrins: Synthesis, spectroscopy, electrochemistry and photochemistry, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2021, 25, 456–468. doi.org/10.1142/S1088424621500267.

17. A. van der Est, S. Malcolm, N. Zarrabi, C. O. Obondi, F. D’Souza,· P. K. Poddutoori, Sequential Electron Transfer in a BODIPY–Aluminum(III) Porphyrin–C60 Triad Studied by Transient EPR Spectroscopy, Appl. Magn. Reson. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-021-01379-2

18. A. Benitz, M. B. Thomas, Y. Jang, V. Nesterov, F. D’Souza, Synthesis and photoinduced charge stabilization in molecular tetrads featuring covalently linked triphenylamine-oligothiophene- BODIPY-C60, J. Chem. Sci. 2021, 133, 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01931-4

19. P. K. Poddutoori, N. Holzer, B. J. Bayard, Y. E. Kandrashkin, G. Lim, F. D’Souza, A. van der East, Excited state dynamics and electron transfer in a phosphorus(V) porphyrin – TEMPO conjugate J. Chem. Sci. 2021, 133, 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01925-2

20. Y. Jang, Y. Rout, R. Misra, and F. D’Souza, ‘Symmetric and Asymmetric Push-Pull Conjugates: Significance of Pull Group Strength on Charge Transfer and Separation’ J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 4067-4075. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09996

21. A. Ganesan, A. Osonkie, P. Chukwunenye, T. Cundari, F. D'Souza, J. Kelber. Electrochemical Reduction of N₂ to ammonia by vanadium oxide thin films at neutral pH, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2021, 168, 026504. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abde7f

22. D. Badgurjar, S. Seetharaman, F. D’Souza, R. Chitta, ‘One‐Photon Excitation Followed by a Three‐Step Sequential Energy‐Energy‐Electron Transfer Leading To a Charge Separation in Supramolecular Tetrad Benzothiazole‐Boron Dipyrromethene‐Zinc Porphyrin‐C₆₀’ Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 2184-2195. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004262

23. S. Seetharaman, M. Dukh, W. A. Tabaczynski, Z. Ou, P. A. Karr, K. M. Kadish, R. K. Pandey, F. D’Souza, Meso-Biphenyl-Linked, Near-and Far-Infrared Emitting, Chlorin and Bacteriochlorin Dimers: Synthesis, Excitation Transfer, and Singlet Oxygen Production, ChemPlusChem, 2021, 86, 674-680. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100120

24. N. Zarrabi, B. J. Bayard, S. Seetharaman, N. Holzer, P. Karr, S. Ciuti, A. Barbon, M. Di Valentin, A. van der Est, F. D’Souza and P. K. Poddutoori, A charge transfer state induced by strong exciton coupling in a cofacial l-oxo-bridged porphyrin heterodimer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 960-970. DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05783e

25. Alejandro Benitz, Michael B Thomas, Imesha de Silva, Vladimir N Nesterov, Guido F Verbeck IV, Francis D'Souza, ‘Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Axially Coordinated Supramolecular Zinc Tetrapyrrole Bis (styryl) BODIPY Donor‐Acceptor Conjugates,’ ChemPhotoChem, 2021, 5, 260-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202000221