Publications 2026

1.           R. R. Kaswan, A. M. Prior-Peral, E. Font-Sanchis, A. M. Gutiérrez-Vílchez, F. Fernández-Lázaro, F. D’Souza, Geometry-Governed Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation and Photocatalysis of Benzoperylenetriimide Dimers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026 in revision.

2.           R. Canton‐Vitoria, S. Shao, H. B Gobeze, Y. Jang, F. D'Souza, N. Tagmatarchis, Invariant Photoinduced Energy-Transfer Followed by Electron-Transfer Events in Boron Dipyrromethene Derivatives Covalently Anchored to MoS2 and WS2, Small, 2026, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202514112

3.           A. W. Dawson, J. Follana-Berná, N. Zink, F. Fernández-Lázaro, Á. Sastre-Santos, F. D’Souza, Symmetry-Breaking Charge-Separation in Azobenzene-Bridged Zinc Phthalocyanine Dimers: The Role of Trans-Cis Isomerization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, submitted for publication.

4.           R. R. Kaswan, B.Yadagiri, J. Tagare, V. Kumar, M. N. Rajesh, P. A. Karr, L. Giribabu, S. P. Singh, F. D’Souza, Porphyrin–Thieno[3,2-b] thiophene Hole-Transport Materials Enabling Long-Lived Radical Ion Pairs and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells, Energy and Environmental Science – Solar, 2026 in revision.

5.           K. Dhakal, A. Kafle, D. Subedi, M. K. Altafi, A. Hajiseyedjavadi, S. Sabbarwal, T. R. Cundari, and F. D'Souza, Cobalt Tritolylcarboxy Porphyrin as a NO3RR/CO2RR Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Green Ammonia and Formic/Acetic Acid Synthesis, Chem. Mater, 2026, submitted for publication.

6.           J. Arvidson, S. Das, S. Shaikh, T. Pawale, X. Li, V. N. Nesterov, F. D’Souza and H. Wang, Linearly Acenaphthylene-Fused Pentacene Exhibiting Efficient Singlet Fission, Chem. Sci., 2026 in revision.

7.           N. Patel, M. Dukh,  F. A Durrania, R. K. Pandey, N. Tripathi, M. Ravikanth, Y. Jang, H. B. Gobeze, F. D’Souza, BF2- and PO2-Chealted Oxasmaragdyrins – Excited State Properties, Singlet Oxygen Generation, and Imaging Potential in Mice Bearing Colon Tumor, J. Photochem. & Photobiol., B: Biology, 2026, submitted for publication.

8.           A. Kafle, S. Shaikh, K. Dhakal, H. Wang, T. R. Cundari, and F. D’Souza, Enhanced Electrocatalytic ORR by p-Extended Manganese Porphyrin-Carbon Black Electrodes, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2026 submitted for publication.

9.           P. K. Poddutoori, P. Ellis, J. K. Sharma, N. Zarrabi, P. Karr, A. van der Est, F. D’Souza, Electronically Coupled, Co-facially Linked, Hypervalent Antimony(V) Porphyrin Homodimer: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Photochemistry, Inorg. Chem. 2026, submitted for publication.

10.       S. Charon, J. K. Sharma, N. Zarrabi, P. A. Karr, A. van der Est, F. D’Souza, P. K. Poddutoori, Mimicking Photosynthetic Special Pair Capable of Charge Separation: Aluminum(III) Porphyrin Homodimer – Fullerene (C60) Supramolecular Assemblies, Chem. Eur. J. 2026, submitted for publication.

11.       S. K. Yadav, J. K. Sharma, M. Sankara and F. D’Souza, Synthesis and Intramolecular Charge Transfer Studies on meso-Tetracyanobutadine Functionalized Diphenylporphyrin Complexes Incorporating Copper and Nickel Metals, Molecules, 2026, submitted for publication.

12.       R. R. Kaswan, A. Yahagh, F. D'Souza, Isoenergetic Symmetry Breaking Charge Separation in Far-Red Absorbing Orthogonal BODIPY Dimer -a Classic Case of No Energy Loss During the Process of Light Capture and Conversion, Chem. Sci. 2026, in press.  DOI: 10.1039/D5SC07818K

13.       C. V Ileperuma, J. Garcés‐Garcés, A. M. Gutiérrez‐Vílchez, Á. Sastre‐Santos, F. Fernández Lázaro, F. D’Souza, Zinc Phthalocyanine N-Linked to Pyrroloperylenediimide Dyad: Significance of N-Connectivity in Modulating Photodynamics Toward Prolonging the Lifetime of Charge Separation, ChemPhotoChem, 2026, in press.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202500238

14.       N. Yasmeen, P. S. Sharma,  J. Piechowska,  W. Lisowski, K. Noworyta,  F. D’Souza,  and  W. Kutner, Electropolymerized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Chemosensing of a Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Autism Biomarker, ACS Sensors, 2026, in press. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5c02424