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  1. Harnessing non-covalent interactions in modified thiophenes: structural design and applications in materials and biological sciences

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  2. Dual-modal detection of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) using a single polymer platform: ACQ and IDA approaches

    Article • RSC Applied Polymers, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  3. Sensing diversity in halogen-bonded multi-stimuli responsive materials: Light, pH, magnetism, and electron-rich species

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, September 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  4. Anion transporters based on halogen, chalcogen, and pnictogen bonds: towards biological applications

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  5. Evaluation of in vitro antiplasmodial, antiproliferative activities, and in vivo oral acute toxicity of Spathodea campanulata flowers

    Article • Scientific African, September 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Werner Macedo Krause, Professor Franck Meyer

  6. Insight into Unusual Supramolecular Self-Assemblies of Terthiophenes Directed by Weak Hydrogen Bonding

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  7. Easy, Flexible and Standardizable Anti-Nascent Biofilm Activity Assay to Assess Implant Materials

    Article • Microorganisms, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  8. Halogen-Bonded Thiophene Derivatives Prepared by Solution and/or Mechanochemical Synthesis. Evidence of N···S Chalcogen Bonds in Homo- and Cocrystals

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  9. Design of Thermoplastic Polyurethanes with Conferred Antibacterial, Mechanical, and Cytotoxic Properties for Catheter Application

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, November 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  10. Stimuli Responsive Materials Supported by Orthogonal Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding or I···Alkene Interaction

    Article • January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  11. Self-assembled ruthenium and osmium nanosystems display a potent anticancer profile by interfering with metabolic activity

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  12. Pyrrovobasine, hybrid alkylated pyrraline monoterpene indole alkaloid pseudodimer discovered using a combination of mass spectral and NMR-based machine learning annotations

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  13. Stimuli Responsive Materials Supported by Orthogonal Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding or I···Alkene Interaction

    Article • Molecules, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  14. Multi Stimuli Responsive Materials Supported by Orthogonal Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding or I···Alkene Interaction

    Article • October 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  15. Cover Image, Volume 139, Issue 4

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, October 2021, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  16. Voatriafricanines A and B, Trimeric Vobasine-Aspidosperma-Aspidosperma Alkaloids from Voacanga africana

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  17. Thermoplastic polyurethanes for biomedical application: A synthetic, mechanical, antibacterial, and cytotoxic study

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, September 2021, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  18. Synthesis, structure and anticancer properties of new biotin- and morpholine-functionalized ruthenium and osmium half-sandwich complexes

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Franck Meyer

  19. Antiproliferative activity of a new xanthone derivative from leaves of Garcinia nobilis Engl.

    Article • Natural Product Research, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Franck Meyer

  20. Compound isolation and biological activities of Piptadeniastrum africanum (hook.f.) Brennan roots

    Article • Journal of Ethnopharmacology, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer, Professor Rui Werner Macedo Krause

  21. Halogen bonding for molecular recognition: new developments in materials and biological sciences

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  22. A comprehensive analysis of the protein-ligand interactions in crystal structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EthR

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  23. Crystal packing and theoretical analysis of halogen- and hydrogen-bonded hydrazones from pharmaceuticals. Evidence of type I and II halogen bonds in extended chains of dichloromethane

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials, November 2018, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  24. Biological activities of plant extracts from Ficus elastica and Selaginella vogelli : An antimalarial, antitrypanosomal and cytotoxity evaluation

    Article • Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer, Professor Rui Werner Macedo Krause

  25. Connectivity and Topology Invariance in Self-Assembled and Halogen-Bonded Anionic (6,3)-Networks

    Article • Molecules, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Franck Meyer

  26. Discovery of Novel Potent Reversible and Irreversible Myeloperoxidase Inhibitors Using Virtual Screening Procedure

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  27. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract and compounds from the wood of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. aerial roots

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer, Professor Rui Werner Macedo Krause

  28. Structural analysis of the interaction between spiroisoxazoline SMARt-420 and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis repressor EthR2

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer, Han Remaut

  29. Halogen bonded Borromean networks by design: topology invariance and metric tuning in a library of multi-component systems

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  30. Triple-stimuli responsive polymers with fine tuneable magnetic responses

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  31. From Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry to in Vivo Evaluation of Reversible and Irreversible Myeloperoxidase Inhibitors

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  32. Characterization of chemical features of potent myeloperoxidase inhibitors

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, July 2016, Future Science

    Professor Franck Meyer, Dr Jalal Soubhye

  33. Identification of compounds with anti-proliferative activity from the wood of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. aerial roots

    Article • Fitoterapia, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  34. ChemInform Abstract: Preparation of Racemic and Optically Active Trifluoromethyl Aziridines and Azetidines

    Article • ChemInform, April 2016, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  35. ChemInform Abstract: Trifluoromethyl Nitrogen Heterocycles: Synthetic Aspects and Potential Biological Targets.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  36. In vitroantimicrobial and anti-proliferative activities of plant extracts fromSpathodea campanulata,Ficus bubu,andCarica papaya

    Article • Pharmaceutical Biology, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Franck Meyer

  37. Halogen bonding in a multi-connected 1,2,2-triiodo-alkene involving geminal and/or vicinal iodines: a crystallographic and DFT study

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  38. Trifluoromethyl nitrogen heterocycles: synthetic aspects and potential biological targets

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  39. Interplay between poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(l-lactide) blocks during diblock copolymer crystallization

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer, Professor Alejandro J Müller

  40. Fluorinated conjugated polymers in organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  41. Pyrene-end-functionalized poly(L-lactide) as an efficient carbon nanotube dispersing agent in poly(L-lactide): mechanical performance and biocompatibility study

    Article • Biomedical Materials, July 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Franck Meyer

  42. Halogen bonding in polymer science: from crystal engineering to functional supramolecular polymers and materials

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer, Dr Jalal Soubhye

  43. Synthesis of α-CF3 azanorbornene and azetidines by aza Diels–Alder or iodine-mediated cyclizations: application in ROMP and ligand design

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  44. Interplay between Halogen Bonding and Lone Pair-π Interactions: A Computational and Crystal Packing Study

    Article • ChemPlusChem, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer, Dr Jalal Soubhye

  45. Tilted fiber Bragg gratings as a new sensing device for in situ and real time monitoring of surface-initiated polymerization

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  46. The 1:1 co-crystal of triphenyl(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl)phosphonium bromide and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1,2-diiodoethane

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, December 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  47. Synthesis of binary-patterned brushes by combining atom transfer radical polymerization and ring-opening polymerization

    Article • e-Polymers, December 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Franck Meyer

  48. High-resolution structure of a papaya plant-defence barwin-like protein solved by in-house sulfur-SAD phasing

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, September 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  49. Polylactide stereocomplex crystallization prompted by multiwall carbon nanotubes

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  50. Halogen bonding at work: recent applications in synthetic chemistry and materials science

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  51. Magnetic Poly(vinylpyridine)-Coated Carbon Nanotubes: An Efficient Supramolecular Tool for Wastewater Purification

    Article • ChemSusChem, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  52. Ceramide, cerebroside and triterpenoid saponin from the bark of aerial roots of Ficus elastica (Moraceae)

    Article • Phytochemistry, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  53. Imidazolium End-Functionalized ATRP Polymers as Directing Agents for CNT Dispersion and Confinement

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  54. Surface-initiated controlled polymerization as a convenient method for designing functional polymer brushes: From self-assembled monolayers to patterned surfaces

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  55. Self-Complementary Nonlinear Optical-Phores Targeted to Halogen Bond-Driven Self-Assembly of Electro-Optic Materials

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  56. Synthesis of Clicked Imidazolium-Containing Biosourced Copolymers and Application in Carbon Nanotube Dispersion

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  57. Poly(ethylene oxide)- b -poly( l -lactide) Diblock Copolymer/Carbon Nanotube-Based Nanocomposites: LiCl as Supramolecular Structure-Directing Agent

    Article • Biomacromolecules, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  58. Design of Cross-Linked Semicrystalline Poly(ε-caprolactone)-Based Networks with One-Way and Two-Way Shape-Memory Properties through Diels-Alder Reactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  59. Thermal degradation of poly(l-lactide): Accelerating effect of residual DBU-based organic catalysts

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  60. Reversible positioning at submicrometre scale of carbon nanotubes mediated by pH-sensitive poly(amino-methacrylate) patterns

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  61. Supramolecular design of high-performance poly(l-lactide)/carbon nanotube nanocomposites: from melt-processing to rheological, morphological and electrical properties

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  62. Halogen-bonded and interpenetrated networks through the self-assembly of diiodoperfluoroarene and tetrapyridyl tectons

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Davide M Proserpio, Professor Franck Meyer

  63. Structure-Function Relationships in Liquid-Crystalline Halogen-Bonded Complexes

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2010, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  64. ChemInform Abstract: Triphenylphosphonium Salts Bearing an L-Alanyl Substituent: Short Synthesis and Enantiomeric Analysis by NMR.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  65. (E)-3-(2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorostyryl)thiophene

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, March 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  66. Synthesis and Supramolecular Organization of Regioregular Polythiophene Block Oligomers

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  67. Imidazolium end-functionalized poly(l-lactide) for efficient carbon nanotube dispersion

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  68. Controlled room temperature ROP of L-lactide by ICl3: a simple halogen-bonding catalyst

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  69. Poly(amino-methacrylate) as versatile agent for carbon nanotube dispersion: an experimental, theoretical and application study

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  70. Halide anions driven self-assembly of haloperfluoroarenes: Formation of one-dimensional non-covalent copolymers

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  71. Ionic IPNs as novel candidates for highly conductive solid polymer electrolytes

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  72. Synthesis, polymerization and conducting properties of an ionic liquid-type anionic monomer

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  73. ChemInform Abstract: Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry

    Article • ChemInform, November 2008, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  74. Binding Energies and 19 F Nuclear Magnetic Deshielding in Paramagnetic Halogen-Bonded Complexes of TEMPO with Haloperfluorocarbons

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  75. Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  76. Halogenbrücken in der supramolekularen Chemie

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  77. Dendrimeric Tectons in Halogen Bonding-Based Crystal Engineering

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Davide M Proserpio, Professor Franck Meyer

  78. Mutual induced coordination in halogen-bonded anionic assemblies with (6,3) cation-templated topologies

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  79. Mesogenic, trimeric, halogen-bonded complexes from alkoxystilbazoles and 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  80. 2-(2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-4-iodoanilino)ethanol

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, December 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  81. 4,4′-Bipyridine–2,4,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,3-diiodobenzene (1/1)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, October 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Franck Meyer

  82. Highly Interpenetrated Supramolecular Networks Supported by N⋅⋅⋅I Halogen Bonding

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2007, Wiley

    Professor Davide M Proserpio, Professor Franck Meyer

  83. Tuning second-order NLO responses through halogen bonding

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  84. Hybrid Calixarene/Inorganic Salt/Diiodoperfluorocarbon Supramolecular Assemblies

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, May 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Franck Meyer

  85. Metric engineering of supramolecular Borromean rings

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  86. Solid state synthesis under supramolecular control of a 2D heterotetratopic self-complementary tecton tailored to halogen bonding

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  87. Engineering functional materials by halogen bonding

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  88. A One-Pot Synthesis of Doubly Unsaturated Trifluoromethyl Amines: Easy Access to CF3-Substituted Piperidines.

    Article • ChemInform, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  89. Haloperfluorocarbons: Versatile Tectons in Halogen Bonding Based Crystal Engineering

    Article • July 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Franck Meyer

  90. A One‐Pot Synthesis of Doubly Unsaturated Trifluoromethyl Amines:Easy Access to CF3‐Substituted Piperidines

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2005, Wiley

    Julien Legros, Professor Franck Meyer

  91. Cyclotriphosphazene [N3P3(2,2′-dioxybiphenyl)2-(4-pyridinoxy)2] and its halogen bonded complex with 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  92. A novel phosphorus–carbon bond formation by ring opening with diethyl phosphite of oxazolines derived from serine

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  93. Crystal engineering of brominated tectons: N-methyl-3,5-dibromo-pyridinium iodide gives particularly short C–Br⋯I halogen bonding

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Franck Meyer

  94. Stereoselective Barbier-Type Allylation Reaction of Trifluoromethyl Aldimines.

    Article • ChemInform, December 2003, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  95. Efficient Synthesis of β-Halogeno Protected L-Alanines and Their β-Phosphonium Derivatives.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2003, Wiley

    Professor Franck Meyer

  96. Efficient synthesis of β-halogeno protected l-alanines and their β-phosphonium derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  97. Stereoselective Barbier-Type Allylation Reaction of Trifluoromethyl Aldimines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Julien Legros, Professor Franck Meyer

  98. NMR enantiodifferentiation of triphenylphosphonium salts by chiral hexacoordinated phosphate anions

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer

  99. Triphenylphosphonium salts bearing an l-alanyl substituent: short synthesis and enantiomeric analysis by NMR

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, June 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Franck Meyer