Publications

    1. Synthesis of Strapped Porphyrins:Towards Insulation of the Chromophore on Semiconductor Surfaces. Chi-Hang Lee and Elena Galoppini J. Org. Chem. 2010,75,3692-3704.
    2. Synthesis of Capped Tetrachelate Porphyrins. Chi-Hang Lee,Keyur Chitre and Elena Galoppini Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 2010 special issue,J. Chin. Chem. Soc.,Vol. 57,No. 5A,2010
    3. Decreased interfacial charge recombination rate constants with N3-type sensitizers. Maria Abrahamsson,Patrik G. Johansson,Andrew Kopecky,Elena Galoppini and Gerald J Meyer J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010,1,1725
    4. Modular Synthesis of Ruthenium Tripodal System with Variable Anchoring Groups Positions for Semiconductor Sensitization. Chi-Hang Lee,Yongyi Zhang,Apiwat Romayanantakit,and Elena Galoppini,Tetrahedron 2010,22,3897-3903.
    5. Influence of electron-cation interaction on electron mobility in dye-sensitized ZnO and TiO2 nanocrystals:A study using ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy H. Němec,J. Rochford,O. Taratula,E. Galoppini,P. Kužel,T. Polívka,A. Yartsev,V. Sundström Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010,104,197401
    6. Cucurbituril Complexes of Viologens Bound to TiO2 Films Marina Freitag and Elena Galoppini,  Langmuir,2010,26,8262–8269
    7. Efficient preparation of photoswitchable dithienylethene-linker-conjugates by palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of terminal alkynes with thienyl chlorides and other aryl halides Marc Zastrow, Sujatha Thyagarajan, Saleh A. Ahmed, Paul Haase,Sabine Seedorff,Dmitri Gelman, Josef Wachtveitl, Elena Galoppini and Karola Rück-Braun, Chemistry an Asian Journal2010,5,1202-12.
    8. Organic aromatic hydrocarbons as sensitizing dye models for semiconductor nanoparticles,Y. Zhang,  E. Galoppini  ChemSusChem 2010, 3,410-428.
    9. Multifunctional ZnO-Based Thin-Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator for Biosensors. Chen,Y.,Reyes,P. I.,Duan,Z.,Saraf G.,Wittstruck,R.,Lu, Y.,Taratula,O.,Galoppini,E. J. Electronic Mater.2009,38, 1605-1611.
    10. Energy levels alignment of a Zinc(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin dye adsorbed onto TiO2(110)and ZnO(1120) surfaces S. Rangan,R. Thorpe,R.A. Bartynski,J. Rochford,E.Galoppini J. Phys. Chem. C 2010,114,1139-1147
    11. A ZnO Nanostructure-Based Quartz Crystal Microbalance Device for Biochemical Sensing P. I. Reyes,Z. Zhang,H. Chen,Z. Duan,J. Zhong,G. Saraf,Y. Lu,O. Taratula,E. Galoppini,and N. N. Boustany IEEE Sensors Journal (Article)  2009,9, 1302-1307  DOI  10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030250
    12. Calculations of interfacial interactions in pyrene-Ipa rod sensitized nanostructured TiO2 Suman Kalyan Pal,Villy Sundström,Elena Galoppini and Petter Persson,Dalton Trans. (Article)  2009,10021-10031   DOI:10.1039/b910880g
    13. Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Polychelate Porphyrin Chromophores and Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Arrays for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; N. R. de Tacconi,W. Chanmanee,K. Rajeshwar,J.Rochford,E. Galoppini,J. Phys. Chem.  2009,113,2996–3006 http://pubs.acs.org
    14. Multifunctional ZnO-Based Thin-Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator
      for Biosensors      ;Y. Chen,P. I. Reyes,Z. Zhang,H. Chen,Z. Duan,R. Wittstruck,G. Saraf,Y. Lu,O. Taratula,E. Galoppini,Journal of ELEC. MAT.,2009,38,8. http://www.springerlink.com
    15. A ZnO Nanostructure-Based Quartz Crystal Microbalance Device for Biochemical Sensing; P. I. Reyes,Z. Zhang,H. Chen,Z. Duan,J. Zhong,G. Saraf,Y. Lu,O. Taratula,E. Galoppini,N.N. Boustany,IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL,2009,9,10.
    16. Calculations of interfacial interactions in pyrene-Ipa rod sensitized nanostructured TiO2; S. K. Pal,V. Sundstrom,E. Galoppini,P.Persson*;Dalton Trans.,2009,10021–10031. http://www.rsc.org
    17. Multi-component arrays for interfacial electronic processes on the surface of
      nanostructured metal oxide semiconductors      ;A. Kopecky,E. Galoppini,Photochemistry,2009,37,362–392.
    18. Large Footprint Pyrene Chromophores Anchored to Planar and
      Colloidal Metal Oxide Thin Films;       S. Thyagarajan,E. Galoppini*,P. Persson,J. M. Giaimuccio,G. J. Meyer;Langmuir,2009,25(16),9219–9226 http://pubs3.acs.org
    19. Stepwise Functionalization of ZnO Nanotips with DNA;O. Taratula,E. Galoppini,R. Mendelsohn,P. I. Reyes,Z. Zhang,Z. Duan,J. Zhong,Y. Lu,Langmuir,2009,25 (4),2107-2113 http://pubs3.acs.org
    20. Meta-substituted RuII rigid rods for sensitization of TiO2, M. Abrahamssona,O. Taratula,P. Perssond,E. Galoppini,G. J. Meyer;J. of Photochem. and Photobiology A:Chem.  206,2009,155–163 http://pubs3.acs.org
    21. Zinc(II) Tetraarylporphyrins Anchored to TiO2,ZnO,and ZrO2 Nanoparticle Films through Rigid-Rod Linkers; J. Rochford,E. Galoppini Langmuir,2008,24 (10),5366-5374 http://pubs3.acs.org
    22. Heavy atom e?ects on anthracene-rigid-rod excited states anchored to metal oxide nanoparticles,J.M. Giaimuccio,J. G. Rowley,G.J. Meyer,D. Wang , E. Galoppini;Chem.Phys.339 (2007) 146–153
    23. Tripodal pyrene chromophores for semiconductor sensitization:new footprint design,S.Thyagarajan,A. Liu,O. A. Famoyin,M. Lambertoy,E. Galoppini, Tetrahedron,63,2007 7550–7559
    24. Ru(II)-Bpy Complexes Bound to Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films through Phenyleneethynylene
      (OPE) Linkers:Effect of the Linkers Length on Electron Injection Rates       M. Myahkostupov,P.Piotrowiak,D. Wang,E. Galoppini,Phys. Chem. Lett.;2007,111,2827-2829
    25. Calculated optoelectronic properties of ruthenium tris-bipyridine dyes containing oligophenyleneethynylene rigid rod linkers in different chemical environments Lundqvist,M. J.;Galoppini,E.;Meyer,G. J.;Persson,P. J. Phys. Chem.;2007 1487-1497
    26. Fast Electron Transport in Metal Organic Vapor Deposition Grown Dye-sensitized ZnO Nanorod Solar Cells Galoppini,E.;Rochford,J.;Chen,H.;Saraf,G.;Lu,Y.;Hagfeldt,A.;Boschloo,G. J. Phys. Chem. B.;(Letter);2006;16159 – 16161
    27. Pyrene-Terminated Phenylenethynylene Rigid Linkers Anchored to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
    28. Taratula,O.;Rochford,J.;Piotrowiak,P.;Galoppini,E.;Carlisle,R. A.;Meyer,G. J. J. Phys. Chem. B.;(Article);2006;15734-15741.
    29. Tuning Open Circuit Photovoltages with Tripodal Sensitizers Clark,C.C.;Meyer,G.J.;Wei ,Q.;Galoppini,E. J. Phys. Chem.B (Letter);2006 11044-11046. http://pubs3.acs.org
    30. Binding Studies of Molecular Linkers to ZnO Nanotips Taratula,O.;Galoppini E.;Wang,D.;Chu,D.;Zhang,Z.;Chen,H.;Saraf,G. and Lu,Y. J. Phys. Chem. B (Article);2006,110,6506-6515.
    31. Synthesis of Novel Rigid-Rod and Tripodal Azulene Chromophores Massimiliano Lamberto,Cynthia Pagba,Piotr Piotrowiak,Elena Galoppini Tetrahedron Lett. 2005 46,4895.
    32. Excited State Electron Transfer from Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Anchored To Nanocrystalline TiO2 Through Rigid-Rod Linkers,Wang,D.;Mendelsohn,R. Galoppini,E. Hoertz,P. G.;Carlisle,R. A. and Gerald J. Meyer J. Phys. Chem B. 2004,108,16642.
    33. Hybrid Photoactive Assemblies:Electron Injection from Host-Guest Complexes into Semiconductor Nanoparticles Cynthia Pagba,Giovanni Zordan,Elena Galoppini,Kurt Deshayes,Eugene L. Piatnitski,Sarmimala Hore,Piotr Piotrowiak J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 126,9888-9889.
    34. Tripodal Ru(II) Complexes with Conjugated and Non-conjugated Rigid-rod Bridges for Semiconductor Nanoparticles Sensitization Wei,Q. Galoppini,E. Tetrahedron 2004,60,8497.
    35. Linkers For Anchoring Sensitizers To Semiconductor Nanoparticles Elena Galoppini,Coord. Chem. Rev. 2004,248,1283-1297.
    36. Synthesis,Mechanical Dynamical,Thermal and Dielectric Characterization of New Epoxy Resins Cured with an Adamantane Based Crosslink Agent,Wei,Q.;Lazzeri,A.;Petarca L.;Galoppini E. Macromolecular Chemistry &Physics 2004
    37. Subpicosecond Photoinduced Charge Injection from “Molecular Tripods”into Mesoporous TiO2 Over the Distance of 24 Angstroms Piotrowiak,P.;Galoppini,E.;Wei,Q.;Meyer,G. J.;Wiewior,P.;J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003,125,5278-5279.
    38. Organic Rigid-Rod Linkers for Coupling Chromophores to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles P.G. Hoertz;R. Carlisle;G.J. Meyer;D. Wang,P. Piotrowiak,E. Galoppini,Nano Lett. 2003,3,325-330.
    39. Molecular Tectonics. Use of the Hydrogen Bonding of Boronic Acids to Direct Supramolecular Construction Fournier,J.-H.;Maris,T.;Wuest,J. D.;Guo,W.;Galoppini,E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003,125,1002-1006.
    40. Synthesis Of Rigid-Rod Linkers To Anchor Organic And Inorganic Chromophores To Semiconductor Nanoparticles. Wang,D.;Schlegel,J. M.;Galoppini,E. Tetrahedron 2002,58,6027-6032.
    41. Long-Range Electron Transfer Across Molecule-Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Interfaces Using Tripodal Sensitizers Galoppini,E.;Guo,W.;Zhang,W.;Hoertz,P.G.;Qu,P.;Meyer,G. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002,124,7801-7811.
    42. Long Distance Electron Transfer At Molecular-Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Interfaces,Galoppini,E.;Guo,W.;Qu,P.;Meyer,G. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc,2001,123,4342-4343.
      Weak Interactions Between Tetrahedral Molecules. Interchangeability Of Alkynyl And Bromosubstituents Galoppini,E.;Gilardi,R.;Guo,W.;Chen Y.-H.;Rydja G. I. Cryst. Growth &Des. 2001,1,231-237.
    43. Copper(I)-Catalyzed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions with Tethered Linkers:Synthesis of Syn-Photodimers of Dicyclopentadienes Galoppini,E.;Chebolu,R.;Gilardi,R.;Zhang. W. J. Org. Chem. 2001,162-168.
    44. Synthesis Of A Molecular Tripod To Anchor Molecular Coordination Compounds To Semiconductor Nanoparticles Guo,W.;Galoppini,E.;Rydja G. I.;Pardi,G. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000,41,7419-7422.
    45. Effect of the Electric Field Generated by the Helix Dipole on Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Dichromophoric a-Helical Peptides Galoppini,E.;Fox,M.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996,118,2299.
      Alkynylcubanes as Precursors of Rigid-rod Molecules and Alkynylcyclooctatetraenes Eaton,P.E.;Galoppini,E.;Gilardi,R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994,116,7588..