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Di Nunzio MR, Douhal A. Robust Inclusion Complex of Topotecan Comprised within a Rhodamine-Labeled β-Cyclodextrin: Competing Proton and Energy Transfer Processes. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:1620. [PMID: 37376069 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Monitoring the biological fate of medicaments within the environments of cancer cells is an important challenge which is nowadays the object of intensive studies. In this regard, rhodamine-based supramolecular systems are one of the most suitable probes used in drug delivery thanks to their high emission quantum yield and sensitivity to the environment which helps to track the medicament in real time. In this work, we used steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy techniques to investigate the dynamics of the anticancer drug, topotecan (TPT), in water (pH ~6.2) in the presence of a rhodamine-labeled methylated β-cyclodextrin (RB-RM-βCD). A stable complex of 1:1 stoichiometry is formed with a Keq value of ~4 × 104 M-1 at room temperature. The fluorescence signal of the caged TPT is reduced due to: (1) the CD confinement effect; and (2) a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process from the trapped drug to the RB-RM-βCD occurring in ~43 ps with 40% efficiency. These findings provide additional knowledge about the spectroscopic and photodynamic interactions between drugs and fluorescent functionalized CDs, and may lead to the design of new fluorescent CD-based host-guest nanosystems with efficient FRET to be used in bioimaging for drug delivery monitoring.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Rosaria Di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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DFT study of 2D graphitic carbon nitride based preferential targeted delivery of levosimendan, a cardiovascular drug. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2021.113584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Angiolini L, Cohen B, Douhal A. Ultrafast dynamics of the antibiotic Rifampicin in solution. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:80-91. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00192h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ultrafast time-resolved studies demonstrate that intra- and intermolecular H-bonds with water molecules act synergistically to stabilize the active zwitterionic form of Rifampicin, an effective antibiotic against mycobacterial infections.
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- Lorenzo Angiolini
- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica and INAMOL
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
- 45071 Toledo
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica and INAMOL
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
- 45071 Toledo
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica and INAMOL
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
- 45071 Toledo
- Spain
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di Nunzio MR, Douhal Y, Organero JA, Douhal A. Structural and photodynamic properties of the anti-cancer drug irinotecan in aqueous solutions of different pHs. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:14182-14191. [PMID: 29761192 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01134f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
This work reports on photophysical studies of the irinotecan (IRT) anti-cancer drug in water solutions of different acidities (pH = 1.11-9.46). We found that IRT co-exists as mono-cationic (C1), di-cationic (C2), or neutral (N) forms. The population of each prototropic species depends on the pH of the solution. At pH = 1.11-3.01, the C1 and C2 structures are stabilized. At pH = 7.00, the most populated species is C1, while at pH values larger than 9.46 the N form is the most stable species. In the 1.11-2.61 pH range, the C1* emission is efficiently quenched by protons to give rise to the emission from C2*. The dynamic quenching constant, KD, is ∼32 M-1. While the diffusion governs the rate of excited-state proton-transfer (ESPT) under these conditions, the reaction rate increases with the proton concentration. A two-step diffusive Debye-Smoluchowski model was applied at pH = 1.11-2.61 to describe the protonation of C1*. The ESPT time constants derived for C1* are 382 and 1720 ps at pH = 1.11 and 1.95, respectively. We found that one proton species is involved in the protonation of C1* to give C2*, in the analyzed acidic pH range. Under alkaline conditions (pH = 9.46), the N form is the most stable structure of IRT. These results indicate the influence of the pH of the medium on the structural and dynamical properties of IRT in water solution. They may help to provide a better understanding on the relationship between the structure and biological activity of IRT.
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- Maria Rosaria di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain.
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Robertson IM, Pineda-Sanabria SE, Yan Z, Kampourakis T, Sun YB, Sykes BD, Irving M. Reversible Covalent Binding to Cardiac Troponin C by the Ca2+-Sensitizer Levosimendan. Biochemistry 2016; 55:6032-6045. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ian M. Robertson
- Randall
Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation
Centre of Research Excellence, King’s College London, New Hunt’s
House, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 1UL, U.K
- Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Randall
Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation
Centre of Research Excellence, King’s College London, New Hunt’s
House, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 1UL, U.K
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- Randall
Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation
Centre of Research Excellence, King’s College London, New Hunt’s
House, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 1UL, U.K
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- Randall
Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation
Centre of Research Excellence, King’s College London, New Hunt’s
House, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 1UL, U.K
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Randall
Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation
Centre of Research Excellence, King’s College London, New Hunt’s
House, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 1UL, U.K
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Douhal A, Alarcos N, Cohen B. Photodynamics of a Proton-Transfer Dye in Solutions and Confined Within NaX and NaY Zeolites. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:19431-19443. [PMID: 25060093 DOI: 10.1021/jp505591k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report on steady-state, picosecond and femtosecond time-resolved emission studies of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HBO) in solutions and interacting with NaX and NaY zeolites. In solutions, an ultrafast (less than 150 fs) excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) reaction takes place in syn-enol form, and leads to keto-type tautomer. We also observed a torsional motion in the keto form (~20 ps in dichloromethane, DCM). For NaX and NaY DCM suspensions, anionic forms interacting with the zeolites at S0 and S1 states are generated. They show two fluorescence lifetimes in both zeolites (720 ps and 2.4 ns for NaY and 960 ps and 2.7 ns for NaX), while those of the enol bonded to the zeolite framework and of the free keto forms are ~100 and 250 ps, respectively. The ultrafast dynamics of the anion in alkaline solutions reveals two deactivation pathways: an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT, 1.2 ps) and a twisting motion, affected by the viscosity of the solvent (12 and 20 ps for MeOH and ethylene glycol). When HBO is interacting with NaX and NaY the twisting motion is cancelled, while the ICT becomes slower as a result of a combination of several environment effects. HBO anions within the faujasite framework show also a ~ 30 ps decay associated to a non-fluorescent (n, π*) state. Our results demonstrate how intermolecular H-bonds, the confinement and the electrostatic interactions of HBO with the used materials, affect its ground as well as its excited state properties. Our findings add new knowledge on the interactions of silica-based nanomaterials containing the H-bonding guests.
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Martin C, Cohen B, Gaamoussi I, Ijjaali M, Douhal A. Ultrafast Dynamics of C30 in Solution and within CDs and HSA Protein. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:5760-71. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5026575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Cristina Martin
- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales
y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales
y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales
y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
- Laboratorie
de Chimie de la Matière Condensée, Faculté des
Sciences et Techniques, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco 2202
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- Laboratorie
de Chimie de la Matière Condensée, Faculté des
Sciences et Techniques, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco 2202
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales
y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Vayá I, Lhiaubet-Vallet V, Jiménez MC, Miranda MA. Photoactive assemblies of organic compounds and biomolecules: drug–protein supramolecular systems. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:4102-22. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60413f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modification of the drug excited state properties within proteins provides information on binding and may result in a different photoreactivity.
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- Ignacio Vayá
- Departamento de Química/Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química/Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química/Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química/Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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di Nunzio MR, Wang Y, Douhal A. Spectroscopy and dynamics of topotecan anti-cancer drug comprised within cyclodextrins. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vayá I, Bonancía P, Jiménez MC, Markovitsi D, Gustavsson T, Miranda MA. Excited state interactions between flurbiprofen and tryptophan in drug–protein complexes and in model dyads. Fluorescence studies from the femtosecond to the nanosecond time domains. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:4727-34. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp43847c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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di Nunzio MR, Wang Y, Douhal A. Structural Photodynamic Behavior of Topotecan, a Potent Anticancer Drug, in Aqueous Solutions at Different pHs. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:8182-90. [DOI: 10.1021/jp303826c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Rosaria di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,Avenida Carlos III,
S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,Avenida Carlos III,
S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,Avenida Carlos III,
S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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di Nunzio MR, Wang Y, Douhal A. Structural Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Inter- and Intramolecular H-Bonding Interactions of Topotecan, a Potent Anticancer Drug, in Organic Solvents and in Aqueous Solution. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:7522-30. [DOI: 10.1021/jp302923a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Rosaria di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla−La Mancha, Avenida Carlos
III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla−La Mancha, Avenida Carlos
III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad
de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla−La Mancha, Avenida Carlos
III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Martín C, Gil M, Cohen B, Douhal A. Ultrafast photodynamics of drugs in nanocavities: cyclodextrins and human serum albumin protein. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:6746-6759. [PMID: 22394055 DOI: 10.1021/la2049713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
In this feature article, we discuss recent advances in studying ultrafast dynamic and structural aspects of host-guest interactions. Steady-state and time-resolved techniques exploring events from the femto- to nanosecond regime were used to examine the ultrafast photodynamics and subsequent events in selected nanostructures of the formed complexes. These consist of aromatic systems, biologically relevant molecules, and drugs trapped within cyclodextrins (CD) and human serum albumin (HSA) protein pockets. We examine the effects exerted by these chemical and biological cavitands on internal twisting motions, proton transfer and charge transfer, and cis-trans isomerization reactions that may occur in the confined molecular systems. In addition, the influence of a restricting environment on the interaction of guest molecules with biological water is considered. The dynamic details of the complexes (diffusion, early interactions, formation, stability, internal guest diffusion, and conformational changes) and the excited-state relaxation pathways, rate constants of the involved processes, and changes in the electronic distribution within encapsulated guests gave clues to elucidate their photobehavior and are relevant to the photostability and delivery of drugs when using nanocarriers.
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- Cristina Martín
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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Carmona NA, Cohen B, Organero JA, Douhal A. Excited state intermolecular proton and energy transfer of 1-hydroxypyrene interacting with the human serum albumin protein. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ultrafast dynamics of lumichrome in solution and in chemical and biological caging media. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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di Nunzio MR, Cohen B, Douhal A. Structural Photodynamics of Camptothecin, an Anticancer Drug in Aqueous Solutions. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:5094-104. [DOI: 10.1021/jp201749u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Rosaria di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S/N, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Marchena M, Gil M, Martín C, Organero JA, Sanchez F, Douhal A. Stability and Photodynamics of Lumichrome Structures in Water at Different pHs and in Chemical and Biological Caging Media. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:2424-35. [DOI: 10.1021/jp110134f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Marchena
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S.N. 45071 Toledo, Spain
- Facultad de Quimica, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Sevilla, Calle Profesor Garcia Gonzalez, S.N. 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S.N. 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S.N. 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S.N. 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Facultad de Quimica, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Sevilla, Calle Profesor Garcia Gonzalez, S.N. 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Carlos III, S.N. 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Ida A, Cohen B, Asaka T, Kawai A, Organero JA, Shibuya K, Douhal A. Isomerization dynamics of the 2-phenylazo-1,3-dimethylimidazolium cation photoexcited to the S2 (π, π*) state as studied by transient absorption spectroscopy in the time domain of 10−13 to 103 seconds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:20318-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22095k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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