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Our Group does research in the areas of molecular materials synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, polymers and dyes. Many of our projects are centred around the synthesis and subsequent physical investigation of porphyrins, rotaxanes and conjugated polymers. All work is directed towards the design and creation of new molecular materials with useful optical, electronic or biomedical properties. We believe that a better understanding of the relationship between molecular structure, molecular function and macroscopic properties will give us the ability to build functional materials on the molecular scale.

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Recent Publications

Resonance Raman Investigation of β-Cyclodextrin-Encapsulated π-Conjugated Polymers
S. Kasiouli, F. Di Stasio, S. O. McDonnell, C. P. Constantinides, H. L. Anderson, F. Cacialli, S. C. Hayes
J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 5737-5747.
Inhomogeneous Quenching as a Limit of the Correlation Between Fluorescence Polarization and Conformation of Single Molecules
R. Camacho, D. Thomsson, G. Sforazzini, H. L. Anderson, I. G. Scheblykin
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 1053-1058.
Cyclodextrin Insulation Prevents Static Quenching of Conjugated Polymer Fluorescence at the Single Molecule Level
D. Thomsson, R. Camacho, Y. Tian, D. Yadav, G. Sforazzini, H. L. Anderson, I. G. Scheblykin
Small 2013 Early View.
"Push-no-pull" porphyrins for second harmonic generation imaging
I. López-Duarte, J. E. Reeve, J. Pérez-Moreno, I. Boczarow, G. Depotter, J. Fleischhauer, K. Clays, H. L. Anderson
Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2024-2027.
Excitation polarization provides structural resolution of individual non-blinking nano-objects
D. Thomsson, G. Sforazzini, H. L. Anderson, I. Scheblykin
Nanoscale 2013, 5, 3070-3077.
Synthesis and linear and nonlinear optical properties of low-melting π-extended porphyrins
D. Koszelewski, A. Nowak-Król, M. Drobizhev, C. J. Wilson, J. E. Haley, T. M. Cooper, J. Romiszewski, E. Górecka, H. L. Anderson, A. Rebane, D. T. Gryko
J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 1, 2044-2053.
Role of amorphous and aggregate phases on field-induced exciton dissociation in a conjugated polymer
M. M. Mróz, L. Lüer, C. Houarner-Rassin, H. L. Anderson, J. Cabanillas-Gonzalez
Phys. Rev. B 2013, 87, 035201.
Effects of the Environment on Charge Transport in Molecular Wires
A. A. Kocherzhenko, K. B. Whaley, G. Sforazzini, H. L. Anderson, M. Wykes, D. Beljonne, F. C. Grozema, L. D. A. Siebbeles
J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 25213-25225.
Amplified Two-Photon Absorption in Trans-A2B2-Porphyrins Bearing Nitrophenylethynyl Substituents
A. Nowak-Król, C. J. Wilson, M. Drobizhev, D. V. Kondratuk, A. Rebane, H. L. Anderson, D. T. Gryko
ChemPhysChem 2012, 13, 3966-3972.
Self-Assembly of Linear Porphyrin Oligomers into Well-Defined Aggregates
J. Kärnbratt, M. Gilbert, J. K. Sprafke, H. L. Anderson, B. Albinsson
J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 19630-19635.
Probing the Orientational Distribution of Dyes in Membranes through Multiphoton Microscopy
J. E. Reeve, A. D. Corbett, I. Boczarow, T. Wilson, H. Bayley, H. L. Anderson
Biophys. J. 2012, 103, 907-917.
Ultrafast entangling gates between nuclear spins using photoexcited triplet states
V. Filidou, S. Simmons, S. D. Karlen, F. Giustino, H. L. Anderson, J. J. L. Morton
Nature Physics 2012, 8, 596-600.
Emission color trajectory and white electroluminescence through supramolecular control of energy transfer and exciplex formation in binary blends of conjugated polyrotaxanes
S. Brovelli, G. Sforazzini, M. Serri, G. Winroth, K. Suzuki, F. Meinardi, H. L. Anderson, F. Cacialli
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 4284-4291.
Strong wavelength dependence of hyperpolarizability in the near-infrared biological window for second-harmonic generation by amphiphilic porphyrins
K. De Mey, J. Perez-Moreno, J. E. Reeve, I. Lopez-Duarte, I. Boczarow, H. L. Anderson, K. Clays
J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 13781-13787.
Caged intracellular NMDA receptor blockers for the study of subcellular ion channel function.
J. E. Reeve, M. M. Kohl, A. Rodríguez-Moreno, O. Paulsen, H. L. Anderson
Commun. Integr. Biol. 2012, 5, 240-242.
Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetic Studies of a Porphyrin Dimer Photosensitizer (Oxdime) by Fluorescence Imaging and Spectroscopy in Mice Bearing Xenograft Tumors
M. Khurana, S. Ulrich, A. Kim, Y. Moriyama, G. Netchev, M. K. Akens, H. L. Anderson, B. C. Wilson
Photochem. Photobiol. 2012, 88, 1531-1538.
A panchromatic anthracene-fused porphyrin sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells
J. M. Ball, N. K. S. Davis, J. D. Wilkinson, J. Kirkpatrick, J. Teuscher, R. Gunning, H. L. Anderson, H. J. Snaith
RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 6846-6853.
Synthesis of Polyyne Rotaxanes
L. D. Movsisyan, D. V. Kondratuk, M. Franz, A. L. Thompson, R. R. Tykwinski, H. L. Anderson
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3424-3426.

     Highlighted in Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 592. "Protecting polyynes"

Two Vernier-Templated Routes to a 24-Porphyrin Nanoring
D. V. Kondratuk, L. M. A. Perdigao, M. C. O'Sullivan, S. Svatek, G. Smith, J. N. O'Shea, P. H. Beton, H. L. Anderson
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6696-6699.

     Highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 11205-11207 "A Dynamic Library of Porphyrinic True Nanorings"


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