Publications

(IJ-56) “Efficient Dermal Delivery of Ascorbic Acid 2-Glucoside with Photoacoustic Waves”
S. Melo-Guímaro, R. Cardoso*, C. P. João, J. Santos, E. Melro, L. G. Arnaut, J. Costa Pereira, C.Serpa*, Int. J. Cosm. Sc., 44 453-463.

(IJ-57) “Biophysical Characterization of the Interaction between a Transport Human Plasma Protein and the 5,10,15,20-tetra(pyridine-4-yl)porphyrin”
O.A. Chaves,* B.A. Iglésias, C. Serpa*, Molecules, 27 5341.

(IJ-46) “Photoacoustic Method for Real-Time Assessment of the Salt Content in Aqueous Solutions”
J. Henriques, F.A. Schaberle, C. Serpa, A.C.C. Pais, C. Cardoso, C. Vitorino*, Talanta, 222 121497.

(IJ-47) “Biocompatible ring-deformed indium phthalocyanine label for near-infrared photoacoustic imaging”
A.C.S. Lobo, V.A. Tomé, F.A. Schaberle*, M.J.F. Calvete, M. M. Pereira, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut,Inorg. Chim. Acta, 514 119993.

(IJ-48) "Tacrine–Benzothiazoles: Novel Class of Multitarget anti-Alzheimer´s Drugs Dealingwith Cholinergic, Amyloid and Mitochondrial Systems";
E. Nepovimova, L. Svobodova, R. Doležal, V. Hepnarova, L. Junova, D. Jun, J. Korabecny, T.Kucera, Z. Gazova, K. Motykova, J. Kubackova, Z. Bednarikova, J. Janockova, C.S.H. Jesus, L.Cortes, J. Pina, D. Rostohar, C. Serpa, O. Soukup, L. Aitken, R.E. Hughes, K. Musilek, L.Muckova, P. Jost, M. Chvojkova, K. Vales, M. Valis, Z. Chrienova, K. Chalupova, K. Kuca*,
Bioorg. Chem., 107 104596.

(IJ-49) “Imaging of Photoacoustic-Mediated Permeabilization of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles(GUVs)”
D. Pereira, A.D. Silva, P.A.T. Martins, A.P. Piedade, D. Martynowych, D. Veysset, M.J.Moreno, C. Serpa, K.A. Nelsen*, L.G. Arnaut*, Sci. Rep., 11 2775.

(IJ-50) “Molecular School – a Pre-University Chemistry School”
B.A. Nogueira,* A.D. Silva, M.I.P. Mendes, A.D.R. Pontinha, C. Serpa, M.J.F. Calvete, A.Rocha-Gonçalves, P.J.B.S. Caridade, S.P.J. Rodrigues, Chem. Teach. Int. Best Pract. Chem.Educ., 3 257-268.

(IJ-51) “Singlet Exciton Fission, and Associated Enthalpy Changes, with a Covalently-Linked Bichromophore Comprising TIPS-Pentacenes held in an Open Conformation”
A. Harriman*, J.K.G. Karlsson, A. Atahan, N. Tkachenko, A.D. Ward, F.A. Schaberle, C. Serpa, L. G. Arnaut, J. Phys. Chem. A, 125 1184-1197.

(IJ-52) “Using Amyloid Autofluorescence as a Biomarker for Lysozyme Aggregation Inhibition”
C.S.H. Jesus, H.T. Soares, A.P. Piedade, L. Cortes, C. Serpa*, Analyst, 146 2383-2391.

(IJ-53) “Phenomenological Understanding of Hematite Photoanodes Performance”
J. Pina*, A.P. Dias, C. Serpa. J. Azevedo, A. Mendes, J.S. Seixas de Melo, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125 8274-8284.

(IC-54) “Photochemistry of 1-phenyl-4-allyl-Tetrazol-5-one: A Theoretical Study Contribution towards Mechanism Elucidation”
A. Duque-Prata, C. Serpa, P.J.S.B. Caridade*, Appl. Sci., 11 4045.

(IJ-55) “Water Soluble Near Infrared Dyes Based on PEGylated-Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles”
S.M.A. Pinto*, S.F.F. Almeida, V.A. Tomé, A. D. Prata, M.J.F Calvete, C. Serpa, M.M. Pereira,Dyes and Pigments 195 109677.

(IJ-43) “Effect of Peripheral Platinum(II) Bipyridyl Complexes on the Interaction of Tetra-Cationic Porphyrins with Human Serum Albumin”
O.A. Chaves,* T.V. Acunha, B.A. Iglesias,* C.S.H. Jesus, C. Serpa*, J. Mol. Liq., 301 112166.

(IC-44) “The Photophysical Properties of Triisopropylsilyl‐ethynylpentacene – A Molecule with an Unusually Large Singet-Triplet Energy Gap – in Solution and Solid Phases”
F.A. Schaberle, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, A.D. Ward, J.K.G. Karlsson, A. Atahan, A. Harriman*,Chemistry, 2 545–564.

(IJ-45) “Photoacoustic Generation of Intense and Broadband Ultrasound Pulses with Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes”
A.D. Silva, C.A. Henriques, D. Malva, M.J. F Calvete, M.M. Pereira, C. Serpa*, L.G. Arnaut*,Nanoscale, 12 20831-20839.

(IJ-39) “Photoacoustic Transfection of DNA Encoding GFP”
A.D. Silva, C. Serpa*, L.G. Arnaut*, Sci. Rep., 9 2553.

(IJ-40) “Photon Momentum Transfer at Water/Air Interfaces under Total Internal Reflection”
F.A. Schaberle*, L.A. Reis, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut*, New J. Phys., 21 033013.

(IJ-41) “Photochromic Cycle of Two N-Salicylidene-p-X-Anilines Revealed by the Dynamics over10 Orders of Magnitude“
M. Avadanei*, J. Pina, C. Serpa, R. Tigoianu, V. Cozan, J. Mol. Liq., 283 617-629.

(IJ-42) “Control of the Distance between Porphyrin Sensitizers and TiO 2 Surface in Solar Cells by Designed Anchoring Groups”
C.J.P. Monteiro, P. Jesus, M.L. Davies, D. Ferreira, L.G. Arnaut, I. Gallardo, M.M. Pereira, C.Serpa*, J. Mol. Struct., 1196 444-454.

(IJ-38) “One Peptide Reveals the Two Faces of α-Helix Unfolding-Folding Dynamics";
C.S.H. Jesus, P.F. Cruz, L.G. Arnaut, R.M.M. Brito*, C. Serpa*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 122 3790-3800.

(IJ-35) “Conformational Aspects of the Photochromic Reactivity of Two N-Salicylidene Aniline Derivatives in a Polymer Matrix”
M. Avadanei*, R. Tigoianu, C. Serpa, J. Pina, V. Cozan, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 332 475-486.

(IJ-36) “Solid State Luminescence Enhancement in π-Conjugated Materials: Unraveling the Mechanism beyond the Framework of AIE/AIEE”
J. Shi, L. E. Aguilar Suarez, S.-J. Yoon, S. Varghese, C. Serpa, S.Y. Park*, L. Lüer, D. Roca Sanjuán, B. Milián-Medina*, J. Gierschner*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121 23166-23183.

(IJ-37) “Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Based Push-Pull Organic Dyes with Different Anchoring Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
S. Fernandes, C. Castro, I. Mesquita, L. Andrade, A. Mendes, C. Serpa, J. Pina*, L. Justino, H.D.Burrows, M. Raposo*, ACS Omega, 2 9268-9279.

(IJ-31) “Evaluation by Fluorescence, STD-NMR, Docking and Semi-Empirical Calculations of the o-NBA Photo-acid Interaction with BSA”
O.A. Chaves, C.S.H. Jesus, P. F. Cruz, C. M. R. Sant'Anna, R.M.M. Brito, C. Serpa*,

Spectrochim. Acta A:Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc., 169 175–181.

(IJ-32) “Cost-Efficient Method for Unsymmetrical meso-aryl Porphyrins and Iron Oxide Hybrids Prepared Thereof”
C.A. Henriques, S.M.A. Pinto, J. Pina, C. Serpa, A. Fernandes, L.M. Rossi, M.F. Ribeiro, M.M. Pereira*, M.J.F. Calvete*, Dalton Trans., 45 16211-16220.

(IJ-33) “Photo-Induced Energy and Electron-Transfer Reactions by Polypyridine Ruthenium (II) Complexes Containing a Derivatized Perylene Diimides”
E.R. dos Santos, J. Pina, T. Venâncio, C. Serpa, J.M.G. Martinho*, R.M. Carlos*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 22831–22843.

(IJ-34) “In-situ Ultra-Fast Heat Deposition Does Not Perturb the Structure of Serum Albumin”
O.A. Chaves, C.S.H. Jesus, E.S. Henriques, R.M.M. Brito, C. Serpa*, Photochem. Photobiol.Sci., 15 1524-1535.

(IJ-29) “Dynamics of Radical Ion Pairs following Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Solvents with Low and Intermediate Polarities”
K. Mentel, R.M.D. Nunes, C. Serpa*, L.G. Arnaut*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 119 (2015) 7571–7578.

(IJ-30) “Exploring Excited States of Pt(II) Diimine Catecholates for Photoinduced Charge Separation”
P.A. Scattergood, P. Jesus, H. Adams, M. Delor, I.V. Sazanovich, H.D. Burrows, C. Serpa*, J.A.Weinstein*, Dalton Trans., 44 (2015) 11705-11716.

Hot article and journal front cover: Dalton Trans., 44 (2015) 11673-12012.

(IJ-27) “Photochemistry of 1-allyl-4-aryltetrazolones in Solution; Structural Effects on Photoproduct Selectivity”
A. Ismael, C. Serpa, M.L.S. Cristiano*, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 12 272-283.

(IJ-28) “Stratum Corneum Permeabilization with Photoacoustic Waves Generated by Piezophotonic Materials”
G.F.F. Sá, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut*, J. Control. Release, 167 290-300.

(IJ-26) “Ultra-fast Co-Sensitization and Tri-Sensitization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with N719, SQ1 and Triarylamine Dyes”
P.J. Holliman*, M. Mohsen, A. Connell, M.L. Davies, K. Al-Salihi M.B. Pitak, G.J. Tizzard, S.J.Coles, R.W. Harrington, W. Clegg, C. Serpa, O.H. Fontes, C. Charbonneau, M.J. Carnie, J.Mater. Chem., 22 (2012) 13318-133327.

(IJ-22) “Exothermic Rate Restrictions in Long-Range Photoinduced Charge Separations in Rigid Media”
P.J.S. Gomes, C. Serpa*, R.M.D. Nunes, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114 2778-2787.

Correction: J. Phys. Chem. A, 114 (2010) 10759-10760.

Reply to “Comment on 'Exothermic Rate Restrictions in Long-Range Photoinduced Charge Separations in Rigid Media;”
C. Serpa*, R. M. D. Nunes, L. G. Arnaut, and S. J. Formosinho, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115 (2011) 7861-7862.

(IJ-23) “Analytical Solution for Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry Data and Applications to Two Typical Photoreactions”
F.A. Schaberle*, R.M.D. Nunes, M. Barroso, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,9 812-822.

(IJ-24) “Mechanisms of Singlet Oxygen and Superoxide Ion Generation by Porphyrins and Bacteriochlorins and their Implications in Photodynamic Therapy”
E.F.F. Silva, C. Serpa, J.M. Dąbrowski, G.F.F. Sá, C.J.P. Monteiro, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J.Formosinho, G. Stochel, K. Urbańska, S. Simões, M.M. Pereira, Chem. Eur. J., 16 9273-9286.

(IJ-25) “Molecular Factor Analysis in Self-Exchange Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution”
J.C. Pereira, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho*, J. Mol. Liq., 156 3-9.

(IJ-20) “Photochemistry of 5-allyloxy-tetrazoles: Steady-State and Laser Flash Photolysis Study”
L.M.T. Frija, I.V. Khmelinskii, C. Serpa, I.D. Reva, R. Fausto, M.L.S. Cristiano*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 6 1046-1055.

(IJ-21) “Photoacoustic Measurement of Electron Injection Efficiencies and Energies from Excited Sensitizer Dyes into Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films”
C. Serpa*, J. Schabauer, A.P. Piedade, C.J.P. Monteiro, M.M. Pereira, P. Douglas, H. D.Burrows, L.G. Arnaut*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 8876-8877.

(IJ-19) “The Triplet State of Indigo”
J.S. Seixas de Melo*, H.D. Burrows, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46 2094-2096.

(IJ-15) “Spectroscopic Properties and Photodynamic Effects of New Lipophilic Porphyrin Derivatives: Efficacy and Apoptosis”
G. Krämer-Marek*, C. Serpa, A. Szurko, M. Widel, A. Sochanik, P. Kus, M. Snietura, R.M.D.Nunes, L.G. Arnaut, A. Ratuszna, J. Photochem. Photociol. B: Biol., 84 1-14.

Erratum: J. Photchem. Photobiol. B, 85 228.

(IJ-16) “Electron Transfers in Supercritical CO 2 . Ultra-Exothermic Charge Recombinations at the End of the “Inverted Region””
C. Serpa, P.J.S. Gomes, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J. Formosinho, J. Pina, J. Seixas de Melo, Chem. Eur. J.,12 5014-5023.

(IJ-17) “(More) About Biphenyl First Excited Triplet State Energy”
P.J.S. Gomes, C. Serpa*, L.G. Arnaut, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A:Chem., 184 228-233.

(IJ-18) “Temperature Dependence of Ultra-Exothermic Charge Recombinations”
C. Serpa*, P.J.S. Gomes, L.G. Arnaut*, J. Seixas de Melo, S.J. Formosinho, ChemPhysChem, 7 2533-2539.

(IJ-14) ”A Comparative Study of Water Soluble 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dichloro-3-sulfophenyl)porphyrin and its Metal Complexes as Efficient Sensitizers for Photodegradation of Phenols”
C.J.P. Monteiro, M.M. Pereira*, M.E. Azenha*, H.D. Burrows, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, M.J. Tapia, M. Sarakha, P. Wong-Wah-Chung, S. Navaratnam, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 4 617-624.

(IJ-12) “Fluorescence from the Second Excited Singlet State of 3-Hydroxyflavone in Supercritical CO2”
N. Chattopadhyay*, M. Barroso, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J. Formosinho, Chem. Phys. Lett., 387 258-262.

(IJ-13) “Photophysics of 3-Hydroxyflavone in Supercritical CO2: A Probe to Study the Microenvironment of SCF”
N. Chattopadhyay*, M. Barroso, C. Serpa, M.I. Silva, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J. Formosinho, Chem. Phys. Lett., 387 263-266.

(IJ-9) “Photochemistry and Photophysics of Thienocarbazoles”
J. Seixas de Melo*, L.M. Rodrigues, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, M.-J.R.P. Queiroz, Photochem. Photobiol., 77 121-128.

(IJ-10) “Calculation of Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer Rates from Emission and Absorption Spectra. The Quenching of Hemicarcerated Triplet Biacetyl by Aromatic Hydrocarbons”
C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J. Formosinho, K. Razi Naqvi*, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2 616-623.

(IJ-11) “Photocyclization of Phenylbenzoquinone: A Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetric and Flash Photolytic Study”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, Ind. J. Chem., 42A 1827-1832.

(IJ-7) “Coexistence of Two Triplets for the TICT probe DMABN in Polar Solvents: An Experimental Evidence”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, Helv. Chim. Acta, 85 19-26.

(IJ-8) “Triplet State Dynamics on Isolated Conjugated Polymer Chains”
H.D. Burrows*, J. Seixas de Melo, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, M. da G. Miguel, A.P. Monkman, I.Hamblett, S. Navaratatnam, Chem Phys., 285 3-11.

(IJ-2) “Photocyclization of Triphenylamine: An Investigation through Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, P. Purkayastha, S.J. Formosinho, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3 70-73.

(IJ-3) “Energetics of Photocyclization of Polyphenylamines and Assignment of the Intermediate: A Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetric Study”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3 3690-3695.

(IJ-4) “Benzil Fluorescence and Phosphorescence emission: A Pertinent Probe for the Kinematic Behaviour and Microheterogeneity of Supercritical CO2”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, M.I. Silva, L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, Chem. Phys. Lett., 347 361-365.

(IJ-5) “Intramolecular Charge Transfer Reaction of p-(dimethylamino)benzethyne: A Case of Non-Flourescent ICT State”
N. Chattopadhyay*, C. Serpa, M.M. Pereira, J. Seixas de Melo, L.G. Arnaut*, S.J. Formosinho, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105 10025-10030.

(IJ-6) “S1 ~> T1 Intersystem Crossing in π Conjugated Organic Polymers”
H.D. Burrows*, J. Seixas de Melo, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, A.P. Monkman, I. Hamblett, S.Navaratatnam, J. Chem. Phys., 115 9601-9606.

(IJ-1) “Does Molecular Size Matter in Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions?”
C. Serpa, L. G. Arnaut*, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104 11075-11086.

(P2) “Methods and Apparatus for Contactless Amplification of Pressure Pulses to Yield High Pressures Inside Materials”
L.G. Arnaut, C. Serpa, F.A Schaberle
Patent application (Portugal): 20221000002122 (provisory); 20 May 2022 (priority date)
CONFIDENCIAL DOCUMENT

(P3) “Devices and Methods for Priming Solid Tumors with Pressure Pulses to Enhance Anticancer Therapies”
L.G. Arnaut, M. I. P. Mendes, D. Pereira, C. Serpa, C. P. João, João Santos, University of Coimbra, LaserLeap Technologies
Patent application (United States of America): 17892355; 22 Aug 2022 (priority date)
CONFIDENCIAL DOCUMENT

(P1) “Device for Efficient Delivery of Compounds to or through the Skin or Biological Barriers,Using Light-Absorbing Thin Films”
G.F.F. Sá, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, University of Coimbra
Patent application (Portugal): 20111000030526, 19 April 2011 (priority date)
International Application: PCT/PT2012/000013, 19 April 2012
Publication date: 26 October 2012
International patent: WO2012144916 A2
European patent: EP2699304 A2
Global patent granted in 36 countries:
Granted in Portugal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland/Lichtenstein, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America.

(Proc-7) “Generation and applications of broadband high-frequency laser ultrasound based on nanostructured materials”
C. Serpa, D.A. Pereira, T. Pinto, A.D. Silva, L.G. Arnaut Proc. SPIE 11960, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2022, 1196015.

(Proc-6) “Electrical Conduction at Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Interfaces”
P. Jesus, C.A. Henriques, M.J.F. Calvete, C. Serpa*, Proceedings of Photovoltaic Science,
Applications and Technology, The Solar Energy Society, 2013.

(Proc-4) “Intense, High-Frequency Pressure Waves Produced With Low Laser Fluencies”
C. Serpa*, G.F.F. Sá, L.G. Arnaut, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8207, 82070I.

(Proc-5) “Mechanisms of Interaction between Very High-Frequency Photoacoustic Waves and the Skin”
G.F.F. Sá, C. Serpa*, L.G. Arnaut, Proc. SPIE 8553, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics V, 85531Z.

(Proc-3) "Multi-Spectral Photoacoustic Mapping of Bacteriochlorins Diffusing through the Skin: Exploring a New PAT Contrast Agent";
F.A. Schaberle, L.A.F. Reis, G.F.F. Sá, C. Serpa, A.R. Abreu, M.M. Pereira, L.G. Arnaut, in Molecular Imaging III, edited by Charles P. Lin, Vasilis Ntziachristos, Proceedings of SPIE Vol.
8089 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA 2011) 80890Q.

(Proc-2) “Infrared Absorbing Dyes Tailored for Detection and Therapy of Solid Tumors”
F.A. Schaberle, L.G. Arnaut*, C. Serpa, E.F.F. Silva, M.M. Pereira, A.R. Abreu, S. Simões , in Laser Applications in Life Sciences, edited by Matti Kinnunen, Risto Myllylä, Proceedings of
SPIE Vol. 7376 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA 2010) 73760X, 2010.

(Proc-1) “Spectroscopic Studies and Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yields of Synthetic Porphyrin Derivatives – Potential Novel Photodynamical Therapy Agents”
G. Krämer-Marek, A. Szurko, C. Serpa, L.G. Arnaut, P. Kus, J. Habdas and A. Ratuszna, Phys.Medica, XX Suppl. 1, 52-55.