Joaquim Esteves da Silva
University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences
Professor, Chemistry
Portugal
My co-authors include
Manuel Algarra
Sarmento J. Mazivila
My Publications
Simultaneous Determination of Medicinal Drugs with Overlapping Profiles Contained in Lo...
Current Analytical Chemistry
November 2019
Glucose Sensing by Fluorescent Nanomaterials
Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry
February 2019
Theoretical Analysis of the Effect Provoked by Bromine-Addition on the Thermolysis and ...
Journal of Chemistry
January 2017
Theoretical Analysis of the Binding of Potential Inhibitors to Protein Kinases MK2 and MK3
Medicinal Chemistry
July 2015
An Optimized Firefly Luciferase Bioluminescent Assay for the Analysis of Free Fatty Acids
Photochemistry and Photobiology
May 2015
Structural and electronic characterization of a Fridericia heliota luciferin-related de...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
August 2014
Computational Study on the Vinyl Azide Decomposition
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
July 2014
Quantum/molecular mechanics study of firefly bioluminescence on luciferase oxidative co...
Chemical Physics Letters
July 2014
Feeling and investigating blue: On the enthalpy of formation of indigo
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
June 2014
A computational study of the structure, aromaticity and enthalpy of formation of UVA fi...
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
June 2014
Gas-phase molecular structure and energetics of UVB filter 4-methylbenzylidene camphor:...
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
April 2014
Effect of air pollutant NO2 on Betula pendula, Ostrya carpinifolia and Carpinus betulus...
Environmental Pollution
March 2014
Theoretical study of the effect of resonance on π–π stacked firefly oxyluciferin dimers
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
March 2014
Structural, Energetic, and UV–Vis Spectral Analysis of UVA Filter 4- tert -Butyl-4′-me...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
February 2014
Fingerprint detection and using intercalated CdSe nanoparticles on non-porous surfaces
Analytica Chimica Acta
February 2014
Anthocyanin profile and antioxidant capacity of black carrots (Daucus carota L. ssp. sa...
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
February 2014
Changes in the IgE-reacting protein profiles ofAcer negundo,Platanus x acerifoliaandQue...
International Journal of Environmental Health Research
January 2014
A nitric oxide quantitative assay by a glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase/phospho...
Analytical Methods
January 2014
Luminescent carbon nanoparticles: effects of chemical functionalization, and evaluation...
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
January 2014
Comparative theoretical study of the binding of potential cancer-treatment drugs to Che...
Chemical Physics Letters
January 2014
Study of firefly luciferin oxidation and isomerism as possible inhibition pathways for ...
Chemical Physics Letters
January 2014
CompX, a luciferin-related tyrosine derivative from the bioluminescent earthworm Frider...
Tetrahedron Letters
January 2014
AsLn2, a luciferin-related modified tripeptide from the bioluminescent earthworm Frider...
Tetrahedron Letters
January 2014
Dioxetanones’ peroxide bond as a charge-shifted bond: implications in the chemiluminesc...
Structural Chemistry
December 2013
NO Fluorescence Quantification by Chitosan CdSe Quantum Dots Nanocomposites
Journal of Fluorescence
December 2013
Theoretical study of the superoxide anion assisted firefly oxyluciferin formation
Chemical Physics Letters
December 2013
Exposure ofBetula pendulaRoth pollen to atmospheric pollutants CO, O3and SO2
Grana
December 2013
Adsorption of uranyl ions on kaolinite, montmorillonite, humic acid and composite clay ...
Applied Clay Science
November 2013
UV filter 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate: a structure, energetic and UV-vis spectral a...
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
October 2013
In vitro exposure of Ostrya carpinifolia and Carpinus betulus pollen to atmospheric lev...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
September 2013
Inside Cover: Theoretical Photodynamic Study of the Photoprotolytic Cycle of Firefly Ox...
ChemPhysChem
August 2013
Theoretical study of the efficient fluorescence quenching process of the firefly luciferin
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
August 2013
Oxyluciferin Photoacidity: The Missing Element for Solving the Keto-Enol Mystery?
ChemPhysChem
July 2013
Quantitative analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in freshwater using an optimized f...
Luminescence
July 2013
Theoretical study of the correlation between superoxide anion consumption and firefly l...
Chemical Physics Letters
July 2013
Mechanistic study of the unimolecular decomposition of 1,2-dioxetanedione
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
June 2013
Theoretical Photodynamic Study of the Photoprotolytic Cycle of Firefly Oxyluciferin
ChemPhysChem
June 2013
Amino, ammonio and aminioethenes: a theoretical study of their structure and energetics
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
May 2013
Coal Rank Increase and Aerial Oxidation by a Combination of Fourier Transform Infrared ...
Spectroscopy Letters
May 2013
The structure and energetics of pyrrolidinones, tetrahydrofuranones, piperidinones, and...
Structural Chemistry
March 2013
NO Fluorescence Sensing by Europium Tetracyclines Complexes in the Presence of H2O2
Journal of Fluorescence
March 2013
Interstate Crossing-Induced Chemiexcitation as the Reason for the Chemiluminescence of ...
ChemPhysChem
February 2013
Luminescent behavior of CdTe quantum dots: Neodymium(III) complex-capped nanoparticles
Journal of Luminescence
February 2013
Inclusion of thiol DAB dendrimer/CdSe quantum dots based in a membrane structure: Surfa...
Electrochimica Acta
February 2013
Component analysis of fluorescence spectra of thiol DAB dendrimer/ZnSe-PEA nanoparticles
Talanta
February 2013
Efficient Firefly Chemi/Bioluminescence: Evidence for Chemiexcitation Resulting from th...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
January 2013
Chemiluminescence of 1,2-dioxetanone studied by a closed-shell DFT approach
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
January 2013
An optimized bioluminescent assay for inorganic sulfate quantitation in freshwater
Analytical Methods
January 2013
Theoretical fingerprinting of the photophysical properties of four firefly bioluminophores
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
January 2013
Firefly luciferin as a multifunctional chemiluminescence molecule
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
January 2013
Current analytical strategies for C-reactive protein quantification in blood
Clinica Chimica Acta
January 2013
Degradation of UV filters 2-ethylhexyl-4-methoxycinnamate and 4-tert-butyl-4'-methoxydi...
Environmental Chemistry
January 2013
Advances in the knowledge of light emission by firefly luciferin and oxyluciferin
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
December 2012
Excited-State Proton Transfer of Firefly Dehydroluciferin
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
November 2012
Thiolated DAB dendrimer/ZnSe nanoparticles for C-reactive protein recognition in human ...
Talanta
September 2012
Optical Characterization of CdS Quantum Dots Nanoparticles Dispersed in Clays
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
August 2012
Comparative theoretical study of the binding of luciferyl-adenylate and dehydrolucifery...
Chemical Physics Letters
August 2012
Comparative Study of the Photoprotolytic Reactions of d -Luciferin and Oxyluciferin
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
July 2012
Solid luminescent CdSe-thiolated porous phosphate heterostructures. Application in fing...
Surface and Interface Analysis
July 2012
Fatty Acid and Cholestrol Content of Manchego Type Cheese Prepared with Incorporated Av...
International Journal of Food Properties
July 2012
Layer-by-layer immobilization of carbon dots fluorescent nanomaterials on single optica...
Analytica Chimica Acta
July 2012
Response to “comment on density functional theory study of 1,2-dioxetanone decompositio...
Journal of Computational Chemistry
June 2012
CdS Quantum Dots Nanoparticles Dispersed in Zeolites. Optical Study
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
June 2012
The degradation products of UV filters in aqueous and chlorinated aqueous solutions
Water Research
June 2012
Theoretical analysis of the color tuning mechanism of oxyluciferin and 5-hydroxyoxyluci...
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
May 2012
CdSe and ZnSe quantum dots capped with PEA for screening C-reactive protein in human serum
Talanta
May 2012
Novel β-cyclodextrin modified CdTe quantum dots as fluorescence nanosensor for acetylsa...
Materials Science and Engineering C
May 2012
Firefly Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence: Efficient Generation of Excited States
ChemPhysChem
April 2012
Density functional theory study of 1,2-dioxetanone decomposition in condensed phase
Journal of Computational Chemistry
April 2012
Reduced Fluoresceinamine for Peroxynitrite Quantification in the Presence of Nitric Oxide
Journal of Fluorescence
April 2012
Optimisation of bisphenol A removal from water using chemically modified pine bark and ...
Chemistry and Ecology
April 2012
Analysis of the performance of DFT functionals in the study of light emission by oxyluc...
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
February 2012
In Vitro Exposure of Acer negundo Pollen to Atmospheric Levels of SO 2 and NO 2 : Effe...
Environmental Science & Technology
February 2012
TD-DFT/Molecular Mechanics Study of the Photinus pyralis Bioluminescence System
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
February 2012
Flow injection analysis for nitric oxide quantification based on reduced fluoresceinamine
Analytical Methods
January 2012
A New Insight on Silicon Dots
Current Analytical Chemistry
January 2012
Thiolated DAB dendrimers and CdSe quantum dots nanocomposites for Cd(II) or Pb(II) sensing
Talanta
January 2012
Carbon and Silicon Fluorescent Nanomaterials
December 2011
Aza-Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and protonated N-phenylethyliminoaceta...
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
November 2011
Vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of azides
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
November 2011
Study on the Effects of Intermolecular Interactions on Firefly Multicolor Bioluminescence
ChemPhysChem
September 2011
Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
September 2011
Theoretical modulation of the color of light emitted by firefly oxyluciferin
Journal of Computational Chemistry
June 2011
Chemometric Analysis of Excitation Emission Matrices of Fluorescent Nanocomposites
Journal of Fluorescence
May 2011
Synthesis and Analytical Applications of Quantum Dots Coated with Different Generations...
April 2011
Computational Studies of the Luciferase Light-Emitting Product: Oxyluciferin
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
April 2011
Niclosamide quantification in methyl-β-cyclodextrin after derivatization to aminoniclos...
Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry
March 2011
LC–MS and microscale NMR analysis of luciferin-related compounds from the bioluminescen...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
March 2011
Computational Investigation of the Effect of pH on the Color of Firefly Bioluminescence...
ChemPhysChem
February 2011
CdSe quantum dots capped PAMAM dendrimer nanocomposites for sensing nitroaromatic compo...
Talanta
February 2011
PARAFAC based methods for the analysis of Diltiazem drug excitation emission matrices o...
Analytical Methods
January 2011
Metal-enhanced photoluminescence from carbon nanodots
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Kinetics of inhibition of firefly luciferase by dehydroluciferyl-coenzyme A, dehydroluc...
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
January 2011
Optical fiber sensor for Hg(II) based on carbon dots
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
December 2010
Luminol-Doped Nanostructured Composite Materials for Chemiluminescent Sensing of Hydrog...
Analytical Letters
November 2010
Parallel factor analysis of EEM of the fluorescence of carbon dots nanoparticles
Journal of Chemometrics
November 2010
Firefly luciferase inhibition
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
October 2010
Multivariate analysis of the water quality variation in the Serra da Estrela (Portugal)...
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
July 2010
Factorial analysis of the trihalomethane formation in the reaction of colloidal, hydrop...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
April 2010
Fluorescent Carbon Dots Capped with PEG200 and Mercaptosuccinic Acid
Journal of Fluorescence
March 2010
Hg(II) sensing based on functionalized carbon dots obtained by direct laser ablation
Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
March 2010
Wavelength encoded analytical imaging and fiber optic sensing with pH sensitive CdTe qu...
Talanta
March 2010
Reduced Fluoresceinamine as a Fluorescent Sensor for Nitric Oxide
Sensors
March 2010
Comparison of adipocere formation in four soil types of the Porto (Portugal) district
Forensic Science International
February 2010
Chemometric Classification of Cultivars of Olives
January 2010
LC-MS identification of derivatized free fatty acids from adipocere in soil samples
Journal of Separation Science
December 2009
Porous phosphate heterostructures containing CdS quantum dots: assembly, characterizati...
Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry
November 2009
Fluorescent Properties of a Hybrid Cadmium Sulfide-Dendrimer Nanocomposite and its Quen...
Journal of Fluorescence
September 2009
Optical fibre sensing and analytical imaging with semiconductor nanocrystals
June 2009
ADSORPTION AND RECOVERY OF NITRATED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON HYBRID SURFACTA...
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
February 2009
Mercury(ii) sensing based on the quenching of fluorescence of CdS–dendrimer nanocomposites
The Analyst
January 2009
Firefly bioluminescence: A mechanistic approach of luciferase catalyzed reactions
IUBMB Life
January 2009
Multiway chemometric decomposition of EEM of fluorescence of CdTe quantum dots obtained...
Analytica Chimica Acta
November 2008
Fiber optic lifetime pH sensing based on ruthenium(II) complexes with dicarboxybipyridine
Analytica Chimica Acta
September 2008
PARAFAC Analysis of the Quenching of EEM of Fluorescence of Glutathione Capped CdTe Qua...
Journal of Fluorescence
July 2008
An optimized luciferase bioluminescent assay for coenzyme A
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
April 2008
Optimization of Verapamil Drug Analysis by Excitation-Emission Fluorescence in Combinat...
Journal of Fluorescence
March 2008
Pyrophosphate and tripolyphosphate affect firefly luciferase luminescence because they ...
FEBS Journal
February 2008
Factorial analysis optimization of a Diltiazem kinetic spectrophotometric quantificatio...
Analytica Chimica Acta
February 2008
Kinetics of inhibition of firefly luciferase by oxyluciferin and dehydroluciferyl-adeny...
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
January 2008
Experimental Determination of Ultraviolet Radiation Protection of Common Materials
Journal of Chemical Education
December 2007
PARAFAC2 and MCR-ALS quantification of Diltiazem antihypertensor based on a kinetic spe...
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
November 2007
Factorial analysis of the trihalomethanes formation in water disinfection using chlorine
Analytica Chimica Acta
July 2007
Evaluation of the Pesticide Contamination of Groundwater Sampled over Two Years from a ...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
July 2007
MCR of the quenching of the EEM of fluorescence of dissolved organic matter by metal ions
Analytica Chimica Acta
July 2007
Multivariate Curve Resolution of Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra Matrices of Fulvic Ac...
Applied Spectroscopy
November 2006
Multivariate curve resolution of multidimensional excitation–emission quenching matrice...
Chemosphere
September 2006
Firefly Luciferase Produces Hydrogen Peroxide as a Coproduct in Dehydroluciferyl Adenyl...
ChemBioChem
April 2006
PARAFAC and PARAFAC2 calibration models for antihypertensor Nifedipine quantification
Analytica Chimica Acta
February 2006
Chemometric interpretation of pesticide occurence in soil samples from an intensive hor...
Analytica Chimica Acta
February 2006
Coenzyme A affects firefly luciferase luminescence because it acts as a substrate and n...
FEBS Journal
October 2005
Multivariate curve resolution analysis excitation-emission matrices of fluorescence of ...
Analytica Chimica Acta
August 2005
Chemometric classification of olives from three Portuguese cultivars of Olea europaea L.
Analytica Chimica Acta
July 2005
Synthesis of Luciferyl Coenzyme A: A Bioluminescent Substrate for Firefly Luciferase in...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
May 2005
Synthesis of Luciferyl Coenzyme A: A Bioluminescent Substrate for Firefly Luciferase in...
Angewandte Chemie
May 2005
Luminescence-Based Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors
Fiber & Integrated Optics
May 2005
Detection of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole in chlorinated water at nanogram per litre levels b...
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
April 2005
Chemical synthesis and firefly luciferase produced dehydroluciferyl-coenzyme A
Tetrahedron Letters
March 2004
Identification of Luciferyl Adenylate and Luciferyl Coenzyme A Synthesized by Firefly L...
ChemBioChem
December 2003
pH opposite effects on synthesis of dinucleoside polyphosphates and on oxidation reacti...
FEBS Letters
April 2003
Metal ion complexation properties of fulvic acids extracted from composted sewage sludg...
Water Research
July 2002
Detection of verapamil drug by fluorescence and trilinear decomposition techniques
Analytica Chimica Acta
February 2002
Factorial analysis of a chemiluminescence system for bromate detection in water
Analytica Chimica Acta
December 2001
Identification of enzyme produced firefly oxyluciferin by reverse phase HPLC
Tetrahedron Letters
November 2001
Parafac decomposition of three-way kinetic-spectrophotometric spectral matrices corresp...
Talanta
July 1999
Sediments as monitors of heavy metal contamination in the Ave river basin (Portugal): m...
Environmental Pollution
June 1999
Method for Rapid Screening of Chlorophenols Using a Reduced Calibration Set of UV Spect...
Analytical Letters
November 1998
Method for the differentiation of leaf litter extracts and study of their interaction w...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
August 1998
Effect of pH on complexation of Fe(III) with fulvic acids
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
July 1998
Fluorescence quenching of anthropogenic fulvic acids by Cu(II), Fe(III) and UO22+
Talanta
April 1998
Effect of the pH on the complexation of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Fe(III) Ions by a vine leaf ...
Microchimica Acta
March 1998
Trilinear PARAFAC decompositionof synchronous fluorescence spectra of mixtures of thema...
The Analyst
January 1998
Variation of the stability of complexes of Al(III) with a fulvic acid extracted from a ...
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
September 1997
Study of the interaction of Al(III) with a soil fulvic acid in the acid pH range by sel...
Analytica Chimica Acta
August 1997
The complexation of Cu(II) by anthropogenic fulvic acids extracted from composted urban...
Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B
July 1997
Study of the complexation of Cu(II) by fulvic acids extracted from a sewage sludge and ...
Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry
March 1997
Procedure for the Classification of Fulvic Acids and Similar Substances Based on the Va...
The Analyst
January 1997
Characterization of the binding sites for Al(III) and Be(II) in a sample of marine fulv...
Marine Chemistry
October 1996
Classification of binding sites for Al(III) in fulvic acids extracted from leaf litters...
Analytica Chimica Acta
October 1996
Interaction of Fulvic Acids with Al(III) Studied by Self-Modeling Curve Resolution of S...
Applied Spectroscopy
April 1996
Simultaneous use of evolving factor analysis of fluorescence spectral data and analysis...
Analytica Chimica Acta
January 1996
Quantitative Study of Be(II) Complexation by Soil Fulvic Acids by Molecular Fluorescenc...
Environmental Science & Technology
January 1996
Study of the interaction of a soil fulvic acid with UO2 2+ by self-modelling mixture an...
The Analyst
January 1996
Beryllium(II) as a Probe for Study of the Interactions of Metals and Fulvic Acids by Sy...
Applied Spectroscopy
October 1995
Characterization of the Acid-Base Properties of Humic Substances by Chemometric Analysi...
Analytical Letters
October 1995
Evolving factor analysis of synchronous fluorescence spectra of humic substances in the...
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
January 1995
Self-modelling curve resolution analysis of synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy data ...
The Analyst
January 1995
Evolving factor analysis of synchronous fluorescence spectra of humic substances in the...
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
January 1995
A combination of synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy with chemometric treatment and i...
Talanta
December 1994
Evolving Factor Analysis of Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra of Fulvic Acids in the Pre...
Applied Spectroscopy
March 1994
Seasonal variations of heavy metals in sediments and aquatic mosses from the Cávado riv...
The Science of The Total Environment
March 1994
Factor analysis of molecular fluorescence data of marine and soil fulvic acids
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
June 1993
Study of aqueous acidic properties of fulvic acids by evolving factor analysis of pH + ...
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
November 1992
