Publications


D. F. Brightwell, K. Samanta, J. A. Watts, M. W. Fay, A. Palma; Sequence-Controlled Divergent Supramolecular Assembly of Polyproline Helices into Metallo-Peptide Nanoparticles. Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 94-98 DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00762J

D. F. Brightwell, K. Samanta, J. Muldoon, P. C. Fleming, Y. Ortin, L. Mardiana, P. G. Waddell, M. J. Hall, E. R. Clark, F. Fantuzzi, A. Palma; Applying Metallo-Organic Ligand Design Principles to the Stere-oselective Synthesis of a Peptide-Based Pd2L4X4 Cage. Chemistry Europe, 2024, DOI:10.1002/ceur.202400050

Brightwell D. F.,  Truccolo  G., Samanta K., Shephered H. J., Palma A.; Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Engineered Polyproline Helices, ACS Macro Letters, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00304

Brightwell D. F.,  Truccolo  G., Samanta K., Fenn E. J., Holder S. J., Shephered H. J.,  Hawes C. S., Palma A.; A Reversibly Porous Supramolecular Peptide Framework, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2022,DOI:10.1002/chem.202202368.

Barrow S. J.,  Palma A., de Nijs B., Chikkaraddy R., Bowman R. W.,  Baumberg J. J. and Scherman O. A.; Nanometer control in plasmonic systems through discrete layer-by-layer macrocycle–cation deposition, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 8706-8710. DOI: 10.1039/d0nr00902d.

Barrow S.J.; Assaf K.I.; Palma A.; Nau W.M.; Scherman O.A.; Preferential binding of unsaturated hydrocarbons in aryl-bisimidazolium· cucurbit [8] uril complexes furbishes evidence for small-molecule π–π interactionsChemical Science, 201910 (44), 10240-10246. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC03282G.

de Nijs B.; Benz F.; Barrow S. J.; Sigle D. O.; Chikkaraddy R.; Palma A.; Carnegie C.; Kamp M.; Sundararaman R.; Narang P.; Scherman O. A.; Baumberg J. J. Plasmonic tunnel junctions for single-molecule redox chemistry, Nature Communications, 2017, (8), pp 994-1001, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00819-7.

Palma, A.; Artelsmair, M.; Wu, G.; Lu, X.; Barrow, S. J.; Uddin, N.; Rosta, E.; Masson E.; Scherman O. A. Cucurbit[7]uril as a Supramolecular Artificial Enzyme for Diels-Alder Reactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017(56), pp 15688 –15692, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706487.

Palma, A.; Groombridge, A. S.; Barrow, S. J.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O. A. Aqueous interfacial gels assembled from small molecule supramolecular polymers , Chem. Sci., 2017, (8), 1350-1355, DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04103E.

Kasera, S.; Sigle, D. O.; Herrman, L. O.; Palma, A.; de Nijs, B.; Benz, F.; Baumberg, J. J., Scherman, O. A. Observing Single Molecules Complexing with Cucurbit[7]uril through Nanogap-SERS J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, (4), pp 704–710, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02535.

Palma, A.; Serginson, J. M.; Barrett A. G. M. Synthesis of poly b-ketoesters via double acylketene trapping Tet. Lett. 2015, 56 (5), pp 674-676. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.12.036.

Grossi, M.; Palma A.; McDonnell, S. O.; Hall, M. J.; Rai, D. K.; Muldoon, J.; O’Shea, D. F. Mechanistic Insight into the Formation of Tetraarylazadipyrromethenes J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (20), pp 9304–9312. DOI: 10.1021/jo301972w.

Palma, A.; Alvarez, L. A.; Scholz, D.; Frimannsson, D. O.; Grossi, M.; Quinn, S. J. and O’Shea, D. F. Cellular Uptake Mediated Off/On Responsive Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanoparticles J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (49), pp 19618–19621. DOI: 10.1021/ja208086e.

Batat, P.; Cantuel, M.; Jonusauskas, G.; Scarpantonio, L.; Palma, A.; O’Shea, D. F.; McClenaghan, N. D. BF2-Azadipyrromethenes: Probing the Excited-State Dynamics of a NIR Fluorophore and Photodynamic Therapy Agent J. Phys. Chem. A, 2011, 115 (48), pp 14034–14039. DOI: 10.1021/jp2077775.

Palma, A.; Tasior, M.; Frimannsson, D. O.; Vu, T. T.; Meallet-Renault, R.; O’Shea, D. F. New On-Bead Near-Infrared Fluorophores and Fluorescent Sensor Constructs Org. Lett. 2009, 11 (16), pp 3638-3641. DOI: 10.1021/ol901413u.

Palma, A.; Gallagher, J. F.; Mueller-Bunz, H.; Wolowska, J.; McInnes, E. J. L.; O’Shea, D. F. Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) Complexes of Tetraphenylazadipyrromethene Dalton Trans. 2009, (2), pp 273-279. DOI: 10.1039/B811764K.

Loudet, A.; Bandichhor, R.; Burgess, K.; Palma, A.; McDonnell, S. O.; Hall, M. J.; O’Shea, D. F. B,O-Chelated Azadipyrromethenes as Near-IR Probes Org. Lett.  2008, 10 (21), pp 4771-4774. DOI: 10.1021/ol8018506.

Volpe, M. V.; Cimmino, A.; Pezzella, A.; Palma, A. Process for Synthesizing Halogenated Derivatives of Fluorescein for Use in the Production of Non-Volatile Memory Devices U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2008, 15pp. Patent Number: US2008/61289.

Pezzella, A.; Palma, A.; Iadonisi, A.; Napolitano, A.; d’Ischia, M. The First Entry to 5,6-Dihydroxy-3-mercaptoindole, 5-Hydroxy-3-mercaptoindole and their 2-Carbomethoxy derivatives by a Mild Thiocyanation/Reduction Methodology Tet. Lett. 2007, 48 (22), pp 3883-3886. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.141.