Papers 2020 - 2026

Robles-Rivero, J., Silva, C., Cho, YHA, Sanchez, SA., Ormazabal-Toledo, R., Gunther, G.

Blue Shifted Push Pull Phenalenone Dyes: An unconventional behavior

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A,

S. Salazar-Sandoval, A Maine, F. Celis, D. Cortés-Arriagada, X. Briones, R. Araya-Hermosilla, G. Gunther, M.Á. Moreno, P. Jara, F. Melo, M. J. Kogan, A. Riveros, and N. Silva

Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis of Cyclodextrin Nanosponges via Mechanical Milling for Sustainable Removal of Dinotefuran from Water

ACS Applied Nano Materials

Cho, YHA., Sandoval-Altamirano, C., Susana, SA., Pizarro, N., Gunther, G

An overlooked view at Weber’s DAN solvatochromic probes: photosensitization and photostability

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 474: 116994

Chaimae Jbilou, Paul De Bonfils, Young-Hwa Cho, German Gunther, Aurélien Planchat, Xavier Moreau, Denis Jacquemin, Pierrick Nun, Vincent Coeffard

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Push-Pull Type Pyrroloquinolone Fluorescent Dyes

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 91(1): 53-63

A. Young Hwa Cho, R. Burgos Ravanal, V. Zuñiga Salazar, D. Pessoa-Mahana, J. Mella-Raipán, G. Gunther J. H. Romero-Parra

Benzo[d]imidazole–Naphthalen-Arylmethanone Regioisomers as CB1 Ligands: Evaluation of Agonism via an Indirect Cytotoxicity-Based Approach

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(20): 9986

Norambuena, Javiera; Araya-Hermosilla, Rodrigo; Sandoval Salazar, Sebastian; Crisostomo, Sebastian; Martinez, Jessica; Silva, Nataly

Cellulose paper as a sustainable substrate for the bacterial biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 321; 146185

Sandoval Salazar, Sebastian; Ortiz, Tamara; Olivares, Felipe; Araya-Hermosilla, Rodrigo; Jara, Paul; Silva, Nataly

Sustainable paper-based composite with beta-cyclodextrin and metallic nanoparticles for efficient nitroaromatic compound removal from water

Carbohydrate Polymers, 368: 124160

Andrés Nunez-Salinas, Cristian Parra-Garreton, Daniel Acuña, Sofía Peñaloza, German Gunther, Soledad Bollo, Francisco Arriagada, Javier Morales

Nanoradiopharmaceuticals: Design principles, radiolabeling strategies

Pharmaceutics, 439: 114587

Guillermo Montero, Víctor Guarnizo-Herrero, Catalina Sandoval, Germán Gunther, Soledad Bollo, Francisco Arriagada, Javier Morales

Morin flavonoid interaction with albumin and its nanoparticles conjugation: an efficient antioxidant vehicle of nutraceuticals

Antioxidants, 14(7): 764

Cristian Silva, Yesseny Vásquez-Martínez, Catalina Leal-Carmona, Young Hwa Cho, Matías Carrasco-Bozo, Catalina Sandoval-Altamirano, Javier Morales, Germán Gunther

aPDT activity of new water soluble phenalenone derivatives with shifted UV-Vis absorption

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B, 267: 113152

Gunther, G.; Armijo, M.; Sandoval-Altamirano, C

Exploring Liposome-Protein Interactions with Lauryl Dansyl as a Membrane Probe

Chem Nano Mat, 11(8): e202500119

Cho, YH. A.; Carrasco, M.; Soto-Piñeira, C.; Silva, C.; Toledo-Ormazabal, R., Sandoval-Altamirano, C.; Gunther, G

Oxazol-fused phenalenones: tuning fluorescence and singlet oxygen generation with solvent and substituent

Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 20(12): e202500060

Joao Aguilar, Silvana A. Rosú, José Ulloa, German Gunther, Bruno F. Urbano, M. Alejandra Tricerri, Susana A. Sánchez

Studying biological events using biopolymeric matrices

Biophysical Reviews, 17: 385-394

A. Maine, E. Garrido, S. Salazar, M. Leal, C.P. Silva, J. Pávez, J. Escrig, G. Gunther, X. Briones

Thin films of poly(ionic liquids) containing L-Alanine and L-Serine amino acids for immobilization of Laccase

ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7(4):2936-2407

W. Querini-Sanguillén, J. Otero-González, M. García-Sánchez, D. Zúñiga-Núñez, G. Gunther, M. L. Miranda, E. Castro-Pérez, C. Ramos, D. Fuentealba, and J. Robinson-Duggon

Toluidine Blue O Demethylated Photoproducts as Type II Photosensitizers

Photochemistry and Photobiology

2024 Sandoval-Altamirano, C.; Pizarro, N., Cho, Y.H., Morales J., Berrios, E., Silva, C., Gunther, G

β-carbonyl substitution on Dimethylaminophenalenones, halogen-free enhancement of singlet oxygen generation in protic media

Dyes and Pigments 235: 112585

Maryan Armijo, Christian Silva, Pablo Barrias, Germán Gunther, Catalina Sandoval-Altamirano

A new Rose Bengal glycopolymer: Photosensitization in two stages

Spectrochimica Acta 327: 125391

2023 Arianne Maine, Laura Tamayo, Ángel Leiva, Alex González, Hernán E. Ríos, Carlos Rojas-Romo, Paul Jara, Ingrid Araya-Durán, Fernando González-Nilo, Mehrdad Yazdani-Pedram, Paula Santana, Matías Leal, Nicolás González, Ximena Briones, Valeria Villalobos, and Marcela Urzúa

Conformational Changes of Poly(Maleic Anhydride-alt-styrene) Modified with Amino Acids in an Aqueous Medium and Their Effect on Cytocompatibility and Hemolytic Response

ACS Applied Bio Materials 6(12): 5333-5348

Franco Palominos, Pablo Mella, Kevin Guajardo, German Gunther, Andres Vega, Nancy Pizarro

Photoinduced Behaviour of N,N-Bidentate Manganese(I) and Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes for Singlet Oxygen Generation and CO Release

Photochemical snd Photobiological Science, 23: 119-132

P. Leighton, C. Silva, S. A. Sanchez, J. Morales, C. Sandoval-Altamirano, G. Gunther

Exploring multivalent protein-glycosensitizer interaction with phenalenone derivatives in mixed micelles

Journal of Molecular Liquids 387: 122664

Susana A Sanchez, Joao Aguilar, Leonel Malacrida, German Gunther, Belén Torrado, Viviana Torres, Bruno F. Urbano

Cells immersed in collagen matrices show a decrease in plasma membrane fluidity as the matrix stiffness increases

Biochimica et Biohysica Acta, 1865(7): 184176

Catalina Sandoval-Altamirano, Eduardo Berrios, Javier Morales, Christian Silva, German Gunther

Phenalenone Derivatives: The voyage from Photosensitizers to Push-Pull fluorescent molecules

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 439(1): 114587

Maine, Arianne; Encinas, Maria Victoria; Pavez, Jorge; Urzúa, Marcela; Gunther, Germán; Reyes, Ignacio; Briones, Ximena

On the Preparation of Thin Films of Stearyl Methacrylate Directly Photo-polymerized at the Air–Water Interface

Langmuir 38(38): 11658–11665

Oscar Ramírez, Matías Leal, Ximena Briones, Marcela Urzúa, Sebastián Bonardd, Cesar Saldías, Angel Leiva

New Hybrid Nanocomposites with Catalytic Properties Obtained by In Situ Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles on Poly (Ionic Liquid)/Poly (4-Vinylpyridine) Nanofibers

Polymers 14(18): 3782

P. De Bonfils, C. Sandoval-Altamirano, X. Moreau, P. Nun, A. Laurent, G. Gunther, V. Coeffard

Synthesis and Photophysical Characterizations of Pyrroloquinolone Photosensitizers for Singlet Oxygen Production

Photochemistry and Photobiology DOI: 10.1111/php.13681

N. Mariño-Ocampo, J. S. Reyes, G. Gunther, B. Heyne , D Fuentealba

Thiol-reacting toluidine blue derivatives: Synthesis, photophysical properties and covalent conjugation with human serum albumin

Dyes and Pigments 201(1–2):110225

A. Acosta, J. Antipán, M. Fernández, G. Prado, C. Sandoval-Altamirano, G. Gunther, I. Gutiérrez-Urrutia, I. Poblete-Castro, A. Vega, N. Pizarro

Photochemistry of P,N-Bidentate Rhenium(I) tricarbonyl Complexes: Reactive Species Generation and Potential Application for Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy

RSC Advances 11(51): 31959-31966

German Gunther, Leonel Malacrida, David M. Jameson, Enrico Gratton, Susana A. Sánchez

LAURDAN since Weber: the quest for visualizing membrane heterogeneity

Accounts of Chemical Research 54(4): 976-987 DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c0068

P. De Bonfils, E. Verron, C. Sandoval-Altamirano, P. Jaque, X. Moreau, G. Gunther, P. Nun, V. Coeffard

An Unusual Oxidative Dealkylation Strategy towards Functionalized Phenalenones as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers and Photophysical Studies

Journal of Organic Chemistry 85(16): 10603–10616, DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.0c01140

J. Robinson-Duggon, N. Pizarro, G. Gunther, D. Zúñiga-Núñez, A. M. Edwards, A. Greer, D. Fuentealba

Fatty Acid Conjugates of Toluidine Blue O as Amphiphilic Photosensitizers: Synthesis, Solubility, Photophysics and Photochemical Properties

Photochemistry and Photobiology, DOI: 10.1111/php.13304

F. Arriagada, C. Ugarte, G. Gunther, S. Nonell, J. Morales

Carminic Acid Linked to Silica Nanoparticles as Pigment/Antioxidant Bifunctional Excipient for Pharmaceutical Emulsions

Pharmaceutics 12(4): 376, DOI:10.3390/pharmaceutics12040376

F. Arriagada, G. Gunther, J. Morales

Nanoantioxidant–Based Silica Particles as Flavonoid Carrier for Drug Delivery Applications

Pharmaceutics 12(4): 302, DOI:10.3390/pharmaceutics12040302

V. Castro-Castillo, J. Gajardo, C. Sandoval-Altamirano, E. Gratton, S. Sanchez, L. Malacrida, G. Gunther

CAPRYDAA, an anthracene dye analog to LAURDAN: a comparative study using cuvette and microscopy

Journal of Materials Chemistry B 8: 88-99, DOI: 10.1039/C9TB01738K

Valdés, E., Cepeda-Plaza, M., Gunther, G., Vega, A., Palacios, R., Gomez, M. L., Pizarro, N

Linker Group Modulates Luminescent Properties in a Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complex. How Can be Applied for Ratiometric Oxygen Sensing?

Dyes and Pigments 172: 107787, DOI:1016/j.dyepig.2019.107787