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 2008 88. “Colorimetric ‘naked-eye’ and fluorescent sensors for anions based on amidourea functionalised 1,8-naphthalimide structures: Anion recognition via either deprotonation or hydrogen bonding in DMSO”, Haslin Dato Paduka Ali, Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, New. J. Chem. 2008, 32, In Press. 87. “Selective formation of the rctt chair stereoisomers of octa-O-alkyl resorcin[4]arenes using Brønsted acid catalysis”, Deborah Moore, Graeme W. Watson, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson and Susan E. Matthews, New. J. Chem. 2008, 32, In Press. 86.“Improved synthesis of a C3-symmetrical pyridinophane” Claire Nolan and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49, In Press. 85. "Selective fluorescent PET sensing of fluoride (F-) using naphthalimide-thiourea and -urea conjugates", Rebecca M. Duke and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, In Press. 84. "Selective mono N-alkylation of cyclen in one step syntheses" Julien Massue, Sally E. Plush, Celia S. Bonnet, Doireann A. Moore and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, In Press. 83. “Highly effective DNA photocleavage by novel ‘rigid’ Ru(bpy)3-4-nitro- and 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide conjugates”,Gary J. Ryan, Susan Quinn and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, Accepted (under revision). 82. “Self-assembly of chiral luminescent lanthanide coordination bundles”, Joseph P. Leonard, Paul Jensen, Thomas McCabe, John E. O’Brien, Robert D. Peacock, Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson ; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, In Press. 81. “Colorimetric recognition of anions using preorganized tetra-amidourea derived calix[4]arene sensors”, Eoin Quinlan, Susan E. Matthews, and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, In Press. 80. “Lanthanide luminescent anion sensing: evidence of multiple anion recognition through hydrogen bonding and metal ion coordination” Cidália M. G. dos Santos, Pablo Barrio Fernández, Sally E. Plush, Joseph P. Leonard, and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Chem. Commun., 2007, In Press. 79. “Luminescent sensing of dicarboxylates in water by a bis-macrocyclic di-nuclear Eu(III) conjugate”, Sally E. Plush and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 1919-1922. 78. “Anion mediated self assembly and anion recognition studies of thiourea functionalised fused [3]polynorbornyl frameworks”, Frederick M. Pfeffer, Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 1894-1902. 77. “Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds: Lanthanides”, Joseph P. Leonard, Claire B. Nolan, Floriana Stomeo and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Top. Curr. Chem., 2007, In Press (Invited Chapter: Eds. V. Balzani and S. Campagna). 76. “Selective fluorescent sensing of chloride”, Cidalia M. G. dos Santos, Thomas McCabe and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 3135-3139. 75. “Recent advances in the formation of luminescentlanthanide architectures and self-assemblies from structurally defined ligands”, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson and Floriana Stomeo, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 1999-2009 74. “Histological, Spectroscopic and Surface Analysis of Microdamage in Bone: Towards Real-Time Analysis using Fluorescent Sensors" Raman Parkesh, T. Clive Lee and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Chem. Mat. 2007, 19, 1656-1663. 73. “Synthesis, structural and photophysical evaluations of urea based fluorescent PET sensors for anions” Cidália M. G. dos Santos, Mark Glynn, Tomas McCabe, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Hugh D. Burrows and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Supramol. Chem., 2007, 19, In Press. 72. “Highly selective 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide based fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) chemosensors for Zn(II) under physiological pH conditions” Raman Parkesh, T. Clive Lee and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 310 - 317. 71. “pH driven self-assembly of a ternary lanthanide luminescence complex: The sensing of anions using a beta-diketonate-Eu(III) displacement assay”Joseph P. Leonard, Cidalia M. G. dos Santos, Sally E. Plush, Thomas McCabe and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Chem. Commun., 2007, 129 - 131. 
 
70. Sensitized near-infrared (NIR) lanthanide luminescence from Nd(III) and Yb(III) based 
cyclen-ruthenium coordination conjugates 
69. Anion sensing using colorimetric amidourea based receptors incorporated into a 1,3-disubstituted calix[4]arene 
68. A dinuclear lanthanide complex for the recognition of bis-carboxylates: 
The formation of Tb(III) luminescent self-assembly ternary complexes in aqueous solution 
67. Tuning the properties of cyclen based lanthanide complexes for phosphodiesters hydrolysis; 
the role of basic cofactor 
66. Anion recognition and sensing in organic and aqueous media using luminescent and colorimetric sensors 
65. Soft matter pH sensing: From luminescent lanthanide pH switches in solution to sensing in hydrogels 
64. Synthesis and evaluation of novel CT (Computer Tomography) contrast agents for bone structure and microdamage analysis 
63. Synthesis of α-chloroamides in water 
62. Supramolecular self-assembly of mixed f-d metal ion conjugates 
61. Synthesis and characterisation of bis-cyclen based dinuclear lanthanide complexes 
60. Microdamage in bone: surface analysis and radiological detection 
59. Colorimetric "Naked Eye" Sensing of Anions in Aqueous Solutions 
58. Anion recognition using preorganized thiourea functionalized [3]polynorbornane receptors 
57. 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide based anion receptors: employing the naphthalimide N-H 
moiety in the cooperative binding of dihydrogenphosphate 
56. Lanthanide luminescent switches: Modulation of the luminescence of 
bis-macrocyclic based Tb(III) conjugates in water by H+, Na+ and K+ 
55. Fluorescent Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Sensors for Anions; 
From Design to Potential Application 
54. Luminescent Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes: Developing lanthanide 
luminescence devices as sensor and switches 
53. Responsive lanthanide luminescent cyclen complexes: from switching/sensing 
to supramolecular architectures 
52. Cyclen based lanthanide ion ribonuclease mimics: The effect of pyridine pendant 
arms upon phosphodiester HPNP hydrolysis 
51. Synthesis and photophysical evaluations of charge neutral thiourea or urea based 
fluorescent PET sensors for bis–carboxylates and pyrophosphate 
50. Microdamage in bone: surface analysis and radiological detection 
49. The effect on pKa of metal bound water molecules in lanthanide 
ion induced cyclen 'cavities' 
48. Towards the development of Eu(III) luminescent switching/sensing in 
water-permeable hydrogels 
47. Highly selective fluorescent chemosensors for cadmium in water 
46. Design, synthesis and photophysical studies of simple fluorescent anion PET 
sensors using charge neutral thiourea receptors 
45. Highly selective colorimetric naked-eye Cu(II) detection using an azobenzene chemosensor 
44. Fluorescent PET chemosensors for lithium 
43. Eu(III)-cyclen-phen conjugate as a luminescent copper sensor:
the formation of mixed polymetallic macrocyclic complexes in water 
42. Three step vs. one pot synthesis and X-ray crystallographic 
investigation of heptadentate triamide cyclen (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) 
based ligands and some of their lanthanide ion complexes 
41. Simple naphthalimide based anion sensors: Deprotonation induced colour 
changes and CO2 fixation 
40. Highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET (photoinduced 
electron transfer) chemosensor for Zn(II) 
39. Synthesis and characterisation of novel 3'-O- and 5'-O- modified 
azobenzene-thymidine phosphoramidites and their oligonucleotide conjugates 
as colorimeter DNA probes and FRET quenchers 
38. Cd(II) sensing in water using novel aromatic iminodiacetate 
based fluorescent chemosensors 
37. H+, Na+ and K+ modulated lanthanide luminescent switching of Tb(III) 
based cyclen aromatic diaza-crown ether conjugates in water 
36. Detecting microdamage in bone 
35. pH Responsive Eu(III)-phenanthroline supramolecular conjugate: 
Novel 'Off-On-Off' luminescent signalling in the physiological pH range 
34. Synthesis, X-ray crystallographic, spectroscopic investigation and 
cleavage studies of HPMP by simple bispyridyl iron, copper, cobalt, 
nickel and zinc complexes as artificial nucleases 
33. Dual responsive chemosensors for anions: the combination of 
fluorescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) and colorimetric 
chemosensors in a single molecule 
32. Towards the development of controllable and reversible 'on-off' 
luminescence switching in soft-matter; synthesis and spectroscopic 
investigation of 1,8-naphthalimide-based PET (photoinduced electron 
transfer) chemosensors for pH in water-permeable hydrogels 
31. Synthesis, structural and biological evaluation of GlyAla based 
lanthanide macrocyclic conjugates as supramolecular ribonuclease mimics 
30. The formation of luminescent supramolecular ternary complexes in water: 
Delayed luminescence sensing of aromatic carboxylates using coordinated 
unsaturated cationic heptadentate lanthanide ion complexes 
29. Glycine-alanine conjugated macrocyclic lanthanide ion complexes 
as artificial ribonucleases 
28. Synthesis and evaluation of colorimetric chemosensors for monitoring 
sodium and potassium in the intracellular concentration range 
27. Delayed lanthanide luminescence sensing of aromatic carboxylates 
using heptadentate tri-amide Tb(III) cyclen complexes: the recognition 
of salicylic acid in water 
26. Rapid hydrolytic cleavage of the mRNA model compound HPNP by glycine 
based macrocyclic lanthanide ribonuclease mimics 
25. Syntheses of novel functionalised macrocyclic compounds as Na+ 
and K+ receptors: a mild and high yielding nitration in water of mono 
and bis 2-methoxyaniline functionalised crown ethers 
24. Fluorescent sensing of pyrophosphate and bis-carboxylates using 
charge neutral PET chemosensors 
23. A novel fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) sensor for lithium 
22. Novel Sodium Selective Fluorescent-PET and Optically Based Chemosensors: 
Towards Na+ Determination in Blood 
21. Lanthanide macrocyclic quinolyl conjugates as luminescent 
molecular-level devices 
20. Fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) sensing of 
anions using charge neutral chemosensors 
19. A novel Eu(III) based luminescent chemosensor: determining 
pH in a highly acidic environment 
18. A novel optically based chemosensor for the detection of blood Na+ 
17. Luminescent Molecular Logic Gates: The Two-Input Inhibit 
(INH) Function 
16. Selective Signalling of zinc ions by modulation of 
terbium luminescence 
15. A model system exhibiting modulation of lanthanide luminescence 
to signal Zn2+ ions in competitive media 
14. The selectivity of reversible oxy-anion binding in aqueous solution 
at a chiral europium and terbium center: Signalling of carbonate 
chelation by changes in the form and circular polarization 
of luminescence emission |