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• Chirality-Driven Left-Handed Helical Nanofibers with Amplified CPL Emission via Helicoidal Aggregation of Bulky Naphthalimide AIEgens
  
  Hernando-Muñoz, C., Abajo-Cuadrado, I., Moreno-Macías, Y., García-Calvo, J., Muscarella, S., Spinello, A., Barone, G., Avella, M., Black, D. J., Pal, R., & Torroba, T. (2026). Chirality-Driven Left-Handed Helical Nanofibers with Amplified CPL Emission via Helicoidal Aggregation of Bulky Naphthalimide AIEgens. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18(37), 51808-51822. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c10731
• Rosamine derivatives of o-aminothiophenol-triacetate (S-APTRA): a new class of selective fluorescent sensors for Zn2+
  
  Duncan, L. L., Black, D. J., Pal, R., & Williams, J. A. G. (2026). Rosamine derivatives of o-aminothiophenol-triacetate (S-APTRA): a new class of selective fluorescent sensors for Zn2+. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 24(28), 5875–5888. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ob00551a
• Lipid Droplet Response to Glucose in Fibroblast Cells Using Multiphoton-Active Red-Emitting BODIPYs
  
  Mastroeni, P. J., Black, D. J., Blundell, T. J., Pal, R., & Stachelek, P. (2026). Lipid Droplet Response to Glucose in Fibroblast Cells Using Multiphoton-Active Red-Emitting BODIPYs. Chemical & Biomedical Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/cbmi.6c00042
• Protein binding regulates complex configuration: comparative analysis of three dynamically racemic europium( iii ) complexes
  
  Li, H., Black, D. J., Pal, R., & Parker, D. (2026). Protein binding regulates complex configuration: comparative analysis of three dynamically racemic europium( iii ) complexes. RSC Advances, 16(28), 26165-26172. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ra02760a
• Red-shifted circularly polarised luminescence from helically chiral N,N,O,O-boron chelated dipyrromethenes through synthetically facile meso-CF3 modification
  
  Almarshad, A. A., Waddell, P. G., Dixon, C., Campbell, A. D., Armstrong, R. J., Levshov, D. I., Herrebout, W. A., Penfold, T. J., Black, D. J., Pal, R., Moya, S. de la, Knight, J. G., & Hall, M. J. (2026). Red-shifted circularly polarised luminescence from helically chiral N,N,O,O-boron chelated dipyrromethenes through synthetically facile meso-CF3 modification. Dyes and Pigments, 247, Article 113494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113494
• Complete stereochemical control to unlock monosign circularly polarised luminescence with superior circularly polarised brightness for chameleon security inks
  
  Krimovs, A., Black, D. J., Congreve, A., & Pal, R. (2026). Complete stereochemical control to unlock monosign circularly polarised luminescence with superior circularly polarised brightness for chameleon security inks. Chemical Science, 17(9), 4649-4658. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc05303j
• Antibacterial chelating agents with applications in industry and medicine: cellular metal restriction, membrane disruption and synergism with antibiotics in Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus.
  
  Paterson, J. R., Hardman, B. L., Jordan, L. A., Wadsworth, J. M., Black, D. J., Ross, J., Clare, L. A., Wright, E., Wallace, E. R., Pal, R., Moran, M. T., & Sharples, G. J. (2025). Antibacterial chelating agents with applications in industry and medicine: cellular metal restriction, membrane disruption and synergism with antibiotics in Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 136(11), Article lxaf258. https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxaf258
• Circular Dichroism and Multiphoton Circularly Polarized Luminescence Switching Using a Bis‐perylene Diimide Macrocycle
  
  Penty, S. E., Appleby, M. V., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Black, D. J., Hartmann, D., Chekulaev, D., Weinstein, J., Pal, R., & Barendt, T. A. (2025). Circular Dichroism and Multiphoton Circularly Polarized Luminescence Switching Using a Bis‐perylene Diimide Macrocycle. Chemistry – A European Journal, 31(53), Article e01734. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501734
• Heavy‐Atom Free Bodipy‐Borafluorene Photosensitizer Decorated with Coumarin Antenna Selectively Staining Endoplasmic Reticulum for Application in PDT
  
  Wrochna, K., Natkowski, D. R., Blacha‐Grzechnik, A., Pluczyk‐Malek, S., Armstrong, C. B., Mastroeni, P. J., Black, D. J., Pal, R., Durka, K., Marek‐Urban, P. H., & Stachelek, P. (2025). Heavy‐Atom Free Bodipy‐Borafluorene Photosensitizer Decorated with Coumarin Antenna Selectively Staining Endoplasmic Reticulum for Application in PDT. Chemistry – A European Journal, 31(45), Article e01949. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501949
• Two‐photon Excitation of Bright Diaza[4]Helicenes for Isotropic and Circularly Polarized Emission
  
  Fabri, B., De Rosa, D. F., Black, D. J., Mucci, R., Krimovs, A., Pal, R., & Lacour, J. (2025). Two‐photon Excitation of Bright Diaza[4]Helicenes for Isotropic and Circularly Polarized Emission. Chemistry – A European Journal, 31(32), Article e202501212. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501212
• Self-assembling Depsipeptides on Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: A New Way to Create Programmable Nanovesicles and Soft Nanocarriers.
  
  Hernando-Muñoz, C., Revilla-Cuesta, A., Abajo-Cuadrado, I., Andreini, C., Torroba, T., Busto, N., Fernández, D., Perdomo, G., Acosta, G., Royo, M., Gutierrez Reguera, J., Spinello, A., Barone, G., Black, D., & Pal, R. (2025). Self-assembling Depsipeptides on Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: A New Way to Create Programmable Nanovesicles and Soft Nanocarriers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17(6), 8751-10192. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c19123
• Europium probe binding to serum albumin and α 1 -AGP, key importance of configuration, charge and size complementarity †
  
  Li, H., Ng, S. L., Black, D. J., Han, W., Pal, R., & Parker, D. (2025). Europium probe binding to serum albumin and α 1 -AGP, key importance of configuration, charge and size complementarity †. Chemical Science, 32, 14544-14552. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc03017j
• A Chirally Locked Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle: Consequences for Chiral Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence
  
  Penty, S. E., Orton, G. R., Black, D., Pal, R., Zwijnenburg, M. A., & Barendt, T. A. (2024). A Chirally Locked Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle: Consequences for Chiral Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(8), 5470-5479. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c13191
• Rapid handheld time-resolved circularly polarised luminescence photography camera for life and material sciences
  
  De Rosa, D. F., Brook, P., Black, D. J., & Pal, R. (2023). Rapid handheld time-resolved circularly polarised luminescence photography camera for life and material sciences. Nature Communications, 14, Article 1537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37329-8