Dr John Mack
Rhodes University
Lecturer, Chemistry
South Africa
My co-authors include
Dr Ojodomo Achadu
Dr Balaji Babu
Dr Simon J Coles
My Publications
Methodological Survey of Simplified TD-DFT Methods for Fast and Accurate Interpretation...
ACS Omega
April 2019
Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of detonated nanodiamonds-...
Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
March 2019
Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum against Acid Activation: Impact of Benzothiazole-Subst...
Molecules
January 2019
Preparation of NIR absorbing axial substituted tin(<scp>iv</scp>) porphyrins and their ...
MedChemComm
January 2019
Effect of bromination on the optical limiting properties at 532 nm of BODIPY dyes with ...
Journal of Molecular Structure
January 2019
Co(<scp>ii</scp>)Tetraphenyltetraphenanthroporphyrin@MWCNTs: enhanced π–π interaction f...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2019
Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic activity of Sn(<scp>iv</scp>) triarylcorro...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2019
A 3,5-DistyrylBODIPY Dye Functionalized with Boronic Acid Groups for Direct Electrochem...
Electroanalysis
November 2018
Core-modified rubyrins with phenanthrene-fused pyrrole rings: Highly selective and tuna...
Dyes and Pigments
November 2018
The investigation of in vitro dark cytotoxicity and photodynamic therapy effect of a 2,...
Journal of Coordination Chemistry
October 2018
Enhanced nonlinear optical response of benzothiazole substituted ball-type phthalocyani...
Optical Materials
August 2018
An optical limiting study in aminophenoxy substituted phthalocyanine in the presence of...
Journal of Luminescence
June 2018
Photophysical and enhanced nonlinear optical response in asymmetric benzothiazole subst...
Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
June 2018
Electrospun 3,5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPY embedded polystyrene nanofibers for the photoca...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
June 2018
Photophysical and optical limiting properties at 532 nm of BODIPY dyes with p-benzyloxy...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
May 2018
Photophysicochemical behaviour and antimicrobial properties of monocarboxy Mg (II) and ...
Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
March 2018
Porphyrin dimers with a bridging chiral amide-bonded benzo-moiety: Influence of positio...
Dyes and Pigments
February 2018
Photophysical and strong optical limiting properties of ball-type phthalocyanines dimer...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
February 2018
Synthesis and photophysical properties of BODIPY-decorated graphene quantum dot–phthalo...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2018
Iron(<scp>iii</scp>)porphyrin electrocatalyzed enantioselective carbon-chloride bond cl...
Dalton Transactions
January 2018
The photophysicochemical behavior of symmetric and asymmetric zinc phthalocyanines, sur...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2018
Photophysical properties of a novel styryl-BODIPY with a fused crown ether moiety
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2018
Pyridone substituted phthalocyanines: Photophysico-chemical properties and TD-DFT calcu...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2018
Investigation of photophysicochemical properties of zinc phthalocyanines conjugated to ...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
December 2017
Photophysical and optical limiting properties of a novel distyryl-BODIPY with fused cro...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
December 2017
Push–pull type manganese(III)corroles: Synthesis, electronic structures and tunable int...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
November 2017
Singly and Doubly N-Confused Calix[4]phyrin Organoplatinum(II) Complexes as Near-IR Tri...
Inorganic Chemistry
October 2017
Optical limiting properties of 3,5-dipyrenylvinyleneBODIPY dyes at 532 nm
Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
October 2017
Enantioselective electrochemical carbon-chloride bond cleavage of hexachlorocyclohexane...
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
October 2017
Optical Limiting Properties of 3,5-Dithienylenevinylene BODIPY Dyes at 532 nm
Chemistry - A European Journal
September 2017
Highly efficient C Cl bond cleavage and unprecedented C C bond cleavage of environmen...
Applied Catalysis A General
September 2017
Nonlinear optical dynamics of benzothiazole derivatized phthalocyanines in solution, th...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
September 2017
N-Bridged Annulated BODIPYs: Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Blueshifted Dyes
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
August 2017
Halogen substituted A 2 B type Co(III)triarylcorroles: Synthesis, electronic structure ...
Dyes and Pigments
July 2017
Optical limiting properties of 2,6-dibromo-3,5- distyrylBODIPY dyes at 532 nm
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2017
Electronic structure and NH-tautomerism of a novel metal-free phenanthroline-annelated ...
Dyes and Pigments
May 2017
Photophysical studies of 2,6-dibrominated BODIPY dyes substituted with 4-benzyloxystyry...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
April 2017
Improved nonlinear optical behaviour of ball type indium(III) phthalocyanine linked to ...
Dyes and Pigments
January 2017
Synthesis, photophysical and nonlinear optical properties of a series of ball-type phth...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017
Cu(<scp>iii</scp>)triarylcorroles with asymmetric push–pull meso-substitutions: tunable...
Dalton Transactions
January 2017
Aza boron-pyridyl-isoindoline analogues: synthesis and photophysical properties
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017
Optical limiting properties of 3,5-diphenyldibenzo-azaBODIPY at 532 nm
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017
4-Bis(4-aminophenoxy)phenoxy derivitized phthalocyanine conjugated to metallic nanopart...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017
Expanded, Contracted, and Isomeric Porphyrins: Theoretical Aspects
Chemical Reviews
December 2016
Flexible Metal-Porphyrin Dimers (M=MnIII Cl, CoII , NiII , CuII ): Synthesis, Spectrosc...
ChemPlusChem
November 2016
Aggregation Control of Robust Water-Soluble Zinc(II) Phthalocyanine-Based Photosensitizers
Langmuir
November 2016
A2B type copper(III)corroles containing zero-to-five fluorine atoms: Synthesis, electro...
Dyes and Pigments
October 2016
Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyc...
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2016
Rational Design of Emissive NIR-Absorbing Chromophores: RhIIIPorphyrin-Aza-BODIPY Conju...
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2016
Synthesis and photophysicochemical properties of BODIPY dye functionalized gold nanorod...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2016
Tuning the synthetic cobalt(III)corroles electroreductive catalyzed lindane dehalogenat...
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
August 2016
A Chiral Hemiporphyrazine Derivative: Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
July 2016
Optically active BODIPYs
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
July 2016
Spectroscopic investigations and theoretical calculations of DABCO induced xanthene bri...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
May 2016
MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of magnesium tetra-(15-crown-5-oxanthreno)-pht...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2016
Efficient energy transfer in ethynyl bridged corrole–BODIPY dyads
RSC Advances
January 2016
Highly efficient near IR photosensitizers based-on Ir–C bonded porphyrin-aza-BODIPY con...
RSC Advances
January 2016
Photoisomerization and optical behavior study of a subphthalocyanine–bisazobenzene–subp...
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2016
Photoisomerization and optical properties of a subphthalocyanine–azobenzene–subphthaloc...
RSC Advances
January 2016
Photophysical properties of tetraphenylporphyrinsubphthalocyanine conjugates
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2016
Synthesis and photophysical properties of orthogonal rhodium(<scp>iii</scp>)–carbon bon...
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2016
Synthesis and properties of azulene-functionalized BODIPYs
RSC Advances
January 2016
Synthesis, characterization and electrochemistry of rhodium(<scp>iii</scp>) complexes o...
RSC Advances
January 2016
Synthesis and Characterization of Palladium(II) Complexes of meso-Substituted [14]Tribe...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 2015
Synthesis and Photophysical Investigation of Tetraazaporphyrin Substituted with Aggrega...
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
November 2015
Optical properties and electronic structures of axially-ligated group 9 porphyrins
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2015
Facile synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties, and theoretical calcula...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2015
Modulation of the molecular spintronic properties of adsorbed copper corroles
Nature Communications
June 2015
Organosilicon compounds as fluorescent chemosensors for fluoride anion recognition
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
February 2015
Corrole–BODIPY conjugates: enhancing the fluorescence and phosphorescence of the corrol...
RSC Advances
January 2015
A BODIPY-based ‘turn-on’ fluorescent probe for hypoxic cell imaging
Chemical Communications
January 2015
Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of an acenaphthalene fused-rin...
RSC Advances
January 2015
Spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of the four positional isomers of 4α-(4-...
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2015
Lipophilic M(α,α′-OC<sub>5</sub>H<sub>11</sub>)<sub>8</sub>phthalocyanines (M = H<sub>2...
Dalton Transactions
January 2015
Optical limiting and singlet oxygen generation properties of phosphorus triazatetrabenz...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2015
Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of the Manganese(I) Complexes ofmeso-...
Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2014
A new aza-BODIPY based NIR region colorimetric and fluorescent chemodosimeter for fluoride
RSC Advances
October 2014
Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic therapy properties of an octa-4-tert-butyl...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2014
Trends in the TD-DFT calculations of porphyrin and phthalocyanine analogs
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2014
Porphodilactones as Synthetic Chlorophylls: Relative Orientation of β-Substituents on a...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
July 2014
MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low symmetry subnaphthalocyanine analogs
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
July 2014
Asymmetrical aza-boron-dipyridomethene derivatives with large Stokes shifts: synthesis ...
Tetrahedron Letters
July 2014
Core-Modified Rubyrins Containing Dithienylethene Moieties
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
April 2014
Synthesis, photophysicochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of tetrakis(2-benzoy...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
April 2014
Phosphorus(V)-Corrole: Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties, Theoretical Calculations, ...
Inorganic Chemistry
March 2014
Photophysicochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of a novel terminal alkyne subs...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
March 2014
Photophysical and photochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of novel zinc and pl...
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
March 2014
Boron-pyridyl-imino-isoindoline dyes: facile synthesis and photophysical properties
Chemical Communications
January 2014
Structural modification strategies for the rational design of red/NIR region BODIPYs
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2014
Optical nonlinearities and photophysicochemical behaviour of green and blue forms of lu...
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2014
TD-DFT calculations and MCD spectroscopy of porphyrin and phthalocyanine analogues: rat...
TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
January 2014
New 2,6-Distyryl-Substituted BODIPY Isomers: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and T...
Chemistry - A European Journal
December 2013
Synthesis, characterization and solid-state emission properties of arylsilyl-substitute...
Dyes and Pigments
December 2013
MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low-symmetry acenaphthoporphyrins with dual...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
October 2013
Acenaphthylene-Fused Cyclo[8]pyrroles with Intense Near-IR-Region Absorption Bands
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2013
MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of a naphthalene-ring-bridged coplanar binucle...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
June 2013
A BODIPY fluorescent probe with selective response for hypochlorous acid and its applic...
Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
June 2013
A red fluorescent turn-on probe for hydrogen sulfide and its application in living cells
Chemical Communications
January 2013
Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy and electronic structures of C3 symmetry bucky...
Chemical Physics Letters
January 2013
Synthesis and Properties of Fused-Ring-Expanded Porphyrins that were Core-Modified with...
Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2012
Synthesis, Characterization, MCD Spectroscopy, and TD-DFT Calculations of Copper-Metala...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 2012
Synthesis and photophysical properties of covalent conjugates of aqua platinum(II) and ...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
November 2012
Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Electronic Structures of Fully Core-Modified Porphyr...
Chemistry - A European Journal
September 2012
Trends in the optical and redox properties of tetraphenyltetraphenanthroporphyrins
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2012
Fourteen-Electron Ring Model and the Anomalous Magnetic Circular Dichroism of meso -Tr...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
April 2012
Synthesis, Characterization, and Spectroscopic Analysis of Antiaromatic Benzofused Meta...
Chemistry - A European Journal
February 2012
Chiral Phthalocyanine with Unambiguous Absolute Molecular Structures for Both Enantiomers
Acta Chimica Sinica
January 2012
Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic properties of a porphycene-Re I complex
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2011
Self-Assembly and Gelation Behavior of Tris(phenylisoxazolyl)benzenes
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
June 2011
meso-Aryl Phenanthroporphyrins: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties
Chemistry - A European Journal
June 2011
Cyclo[8]isoindoles: Ring-Expanded and Annelated Porphyrinoids
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
May 2011
The Synthesis and Properties of Free‐Base [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Compounds and the Format...
Chemistry - A European Journal
March 2011
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Fused-Ring-Expanded Aza-Boradiazaindacenes
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
March 2011
Low Symmetry Phthalocyanines and Their Analogues
Chemical Reviews
February 2011
A selective colorimetric and fluorometric ammonium ion sensor based on the H-aggregatio...
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Facile Hg2+ detection in water using fluorescent self-assembled monolayers of a rhodami...
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2011
Re-examination of the emission properties of alkoxy- and thioalkyl-substituted phthaloc...
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
March 2010
Specific Cu2+-induced J-aggregation and Hg2+-induced fluorescence enhancement based on ...
Chemical Communications
January 2010
Synthesis, Structures, and Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Benzoporphycenes
Chemistry - A European Journal
October 2009
Effect of peripheral fused ring substitution on the optical spectroscopy and electronic...
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
October 2009
A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of meso -Aryl-Substituted [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1)
Journal of the American Chemical Society
December 2008
Application of MCD Spectroscopy and TD-DFT to Nonplanar Core-Modified Tetrabenzoporphyr...
Chemistry - A European Journal
May 2008
Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy of cobalt tetraphenyltetraacenaphthoporphyrin
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
March 2008
Heme Binding Properties of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> IsdE
Biochemistry
October 2007
Application of MCD spectroscopy to porphyrinoids
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
February 2007
Characterization of the Heme Binding Properties of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> IsdA
Biochemistry
October 2006
Application of MCD Spectroscopy and TD−DFT to a Highly Non-Planar Porphyrinoid Ring Sys...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
November 2005
In vivo heme scavenging by Staphylococcus aureus IsdC and IsdE proteins
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
July 2004
Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Electron Deficient Zinc Phthalocyanines
Journal of the American Chemical Society
May 2003
Electronic Structure of Reduced Symmetry Peripheral Fused-Ring-Substituted Phthalocyanines
Inorganic Chemistry
September 2002
Assignment of the optical spectra of metal phthalocyanines through spectral band deconv...
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
October 2001
Transition Assignments in the Ultraviolet−Visible Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dich...
Inorganic Chemistry
January 2001
Assignment of the optical spectrum of metal porphyrin and phthalocyanine radical anions
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2001
Degradation Pathways during the Treatment of Methyl tert -Butyl Ether by the UV/H 2 O ...
Environmental Science & Technology
February 2000
Photochemistry of nitrite and nitrate in aqueous solution: a review
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
November 1999
Absorption, Fluorescence, and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectra of and Molecular Orbi...
Inorganic Chemistry
November 1997
Assignment of the Optical Spectra of Metal Phthalocyanine Anions
Inorganic Chemistry
January 1997
Band Deconvolution Analysis of the Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectral ...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
May 1995
Photochemical Formation of the Anion Radical of Zinc Phthalocyanine and Analysis of the...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
February 1994
Ground-state and optical spectrum of metallophthalocyanine radical anions from low-temp...
Inorganic Chemistry
April 1992