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  1. Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Carotenoids and Reactive Oxygen Species: Contradictions Relating to Skin and Vision

    Article • Oxygen, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  2. Does iron chelation by eumelanin contribute to the ethnic link with maternal mortality?

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, November 2022, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  3. Reduction of Legionella pneumophila and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria in water using gamma irradiation

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, October 2022, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  4. Resurgence of a Nation’s Radiation Science Driven by Its Nuclear Industry Needs

    Article • Applied Sciences, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  5. The Reactive Oxygen Species Singlet Oxygen, Hydroxy Radicals, and the Superoxide Radical Anion—Examples of Their Roles in Biology and Medicine

    Article • Oxygen, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  6. Gamma irradiation-induced defects in borosilicate glasses for high-level radioactive waste immobilisation

    Article • Journal of Nuclear Materials, February 2021, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  7. COVID-19 and the ethnicity link – is there a photochemical link?

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ruth Edge

  8. Anti- and pro-oxidative mechanisms comparing the macular carotenoids zeaxanthin and lutein with other dietary carotenoids - a singlet oxygen, free-radica I in vitro and ex vivo study

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ruth Edge

  9. Active Intermediates in Copper Nitrite Reductase Reactions Probed by a Cryotrapping‐Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Approach

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2020, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  10. Active Intermediates in Copper Nitrite Reductase Reactions Probed by a Cryotrapping‐Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Approach

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2020, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  11. The Benefits and Risks of Certain Dietary Carotenoids that Exhibit both Anti- and Pro-Oxidative Mechanisms—A Comprehensive Review

    Article • Antioxidants, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  12. Effect of ionising radiation on the mechanical and structural properties of 3D printed plastics

    Article • Additive Manufacturing, January 2020, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  13. In situ monitoring of PVDF ultrasound transducers under gamma irradiation

    Article • Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Thomas Kelley, Ian Dawson, Katherine Krawec, Ruth Edge

  14. The Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Physiochemical Properties of Caesium-Selective Ammonium Phosphomolybdate–Polyacrylonitrile (AMP–PAN) Composites

    Article • Clean Technologies, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  15. Scavenging of Retinoid Cation Radicals by Urate, Trolox, and α-, β-, γ-, and δ-Tocopherols

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  16. The Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Ion Exchange Properties of Caesium-Selective Ammonium Phosphomolybdate-Polyacrylonitrile (AMP-PAN) Composites under Spent Fuel Recycling Conditions

    Article • Separations, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  17. Photochemistry and photopolymerisation of substituted 2-methylanthraquinones and novel 2-acryloxymethylanthraquinone in radiation curing

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, April 2018, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  18. Singlet Oxygen and Free Radical Reactions of Retinoids and Carotenoids—A Review

    Article • Antioxidants, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Ruth Edge

  19. β-Carotene: Radical Reactions and Cancer Associations-Leading Down a Rabbit Hole?

    Article • Journal of Integrative Oncology, January 2018, OMICS Publishing Group

    Ruth Edge

  20. An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy study on the γ-irradiation sterilization of the pharmaceutical excipient l-histidine: Regeneration of the radicals in solution

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  21. Polymeric seal degradation in nuclear power plants: Effect of gamma radiation on sealing properties

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, November 2016, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  22. Corrigendum to “Seeking the mechanism responsible for the fluoroquinolone photomutagenicity: A pulse radiolysis, steady-state and laser flash photolysis study” [Free Radic. Biol. Med. 67 (2014) 417–425]

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, October 2016, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  23. A dramatic effect of oxygen on protection of human cells against γ-radiation by lycopene

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2016, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  24. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128035818030915

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr RAM KRISHNA, Ruth Edge

  25. Seeking the mechanism responsible for fluoroquinolone photomutagenicity: a pulse radiolysis, steady-state, and laser flash photolysis study

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, February 2014, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  26. EPR based distance measurement in Cu-porphyrin–DNA

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Eugen Stulz, Ruth Edge

  27. Efficiencies of fragmentation of glycosaminoglycan chloramides of the extracellular matrix by oxidizing and reducing radicals: potential site-specific targets in inflammation?

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  28. Cu(ii)–porphyrin molecular dynamics as seen in a novel EPR/Stochastic Liouville equation study

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Eugen Stulz, Ruth Edge

  29. Radiolytic and Photolytic Production of Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species: Interactions with Antioxidants and Biomolecules

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ruth Edge

  30. The effects of γ-radiation on model vitreous wasteforms intended for the disposal of intermediate and high level radioactive wastes in the United Kingdom

    Article • Journal of Nuclear Materials, October 2012, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  31. Synthesis, Redox Chemistry, and Electronic Structure of the Butadiynyl and Hexatriynyl Complexes [Mo{(C≡C)nC≡CR}(L2)(η-C7H7)]z+ (n = 1, 2; z = 0, 1; R = SiMe3, H; L2 = 2,2′-bipyridine, Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)

    Article • Organometallics, August 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  32. Interactions of dietary carotenoids with activated (singlet) oxygen and free radicals: Potential effects for human health

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, February 2012, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  33. Redox Non-innocence of Thioether Crowns: Elucidation of the Electronic Structure of the Mononuclear Pd(III) Complexes [Pd([9]aneS3)2]3+ and [Pd([18]aneS6)]3+

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Ruth Edge

  34. Origin of Impurities Formed in the Polyurethane Production Chain. 1. Conditions for Chlorine Transfer from an Aryl Isocyanide Dichloride Byproduct

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  35. Magnetic properties of a novel family of ferrous cubanes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alexander John Blake, Ruth Edge

  36. Orbital Symmetry Control of Electronic Coupling in a Symmetrical, All-Carbon-Bridged “Mixed Valence” Compound: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Electronic Structure of [{Mo(dppe)(η-C7H7)}2(μ-C4)]n+ (n = 0, 1, or 2)

    Article • Organometallics, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  37. An in situ electrochemical cell for Q- and W-band EPR spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Magnetic Resonance, December 2011, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  38. Electron delocalization in vinyl ruthenium substituted cyclophanes: Assessment of the through-space and the through-bond pathways

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rainer F. Winter, Ruth Edge

  39. Redox Non‐Innocence of Thioether Crowns: Spectroelectrochemistry and Electronic Structure of Formal Nickel(III) Complexes of Aza–Thioether Macrocycles

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

    Alexander John Blake, Ruth Edge

  40. Spectroscopic Evidence for Redox Isomerism in the 1,4-Diethynylbenzene-Bridged Heterobimetallic Cation [{Fe(dppe)Cp*}(μ-C≡CC6H4C≡C){Mo(dppe)(η-C7H7)}]PF6

    Article • Organometallics, August 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  41. Synthesis, Redox Chemistry, and Electronic Structure of the Alkynyl Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum Complexes [Mo(C≡CR)(CO)(L2)Cp′]n+(n= 0 or 1; R = Ph or C6H4-4-Me, L2= Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2or 2PMe3, Cp′ = Cp or Cp*)

    Article • Organometallics, July 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  42. Molybdenum Complexes ofC,C-Bis(ethynyl)carboranes: Design, Synthesis, and Study of a Weakly Coupled Mixed-Valence Compound

    Article • Organometallics, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  43. Synthesis, spectroscopy and electronic structure of the vinylidene and alkynyl complexes [W(CCHR)(dppe)(η-C7H7)]+and [W(CCR)(dppe)(η-C7H7)]n+(n = 0 or 1)

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ruth Edge

  44. Reduction of oxidized guanosine by dietary carotenoids: A pulse radiolysis study

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, December 2010, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  45. Prediction of EPR Spectra of Liquid Crystals with Doped Spin Probes from Fully Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Exploring Molecular Order and Dynamics at the Phase Transition

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

    Ruth Edge, Mark Wilson

  46. Exploiting Non-Innocent Ligands to Prepare Masked Palladium(0) Complexes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, August 2010, Wiley

    Philip Dyer, Ruth Edge

  47. Spectroscopic Properties and Electronic Structure of the Cycloheptatrienyl Molybdenum Alkynyl Complexes [Mo(C≡CR)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)(η-C7H7)]n+(n= 0 or 1; R =But, Fc, CO2Me, or C6H4-4-X, X = NH2, OMe, Me, H, CHO, CO2Me)

    Article • Organometallics, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  48. On the Causes of Potential Inversion in 1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(amino)benzenes

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

    Ruth Edge

  49. Experimental observation of spin delocalisation onto the aryl-alkynyl ligand in the complexes [Mo(CCAr)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)(η-C7H7)]+ (Ar = C6H5, C6H4-4-F; C7H7 = cycloheptatrienyl): an EPR and ENDOR investigation

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ruth Edge

  50. Metal-stabilised diynyl radicals: structure and reactivity of [Mo(CC–CCSiMe3)L2(η-C7H7)]˙+ (L2 = 2,2′-bipyridine or dppe)

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

    Ruth Edge

  51. Primary Photoprocesses in a Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Sarafloxacin

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, July 2009, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  52. Cations Modulate Polysaccharide Structure To Determine FGF−FGFR Signaling: A Comparison of Signaling and Inhibitory Polysaccharide Interactions with FGF-1 in Solution

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  53. Lack of Visible Chromophore Development in the Pulse Radiolysis Oxidation of 5,6-Dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic Acid Oligomers: DFT Investigation and Implications for Eumelanin Absorption Properties

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alessandro Pezzella, Professor Marco d'Ischia, Ruth Edge

  54. Lichens – Photophysical studies of potential new sunscreens

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  55. Photoreactivity of biologically active compounds. XIX: Excited states and free radicals from the antimalarial drug primaquine

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  56. Formation of a new class of 7π radicals via sterically induced P–P bond cleavage of the dimers [(CH)2(NR)2P]2

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ruth Edge

  57. Single and double reduction of C60 in 2:1 γ-cyclodextrin/[60]fullerene inclusion complexes by cyclodextrin radicals

    Article • Chemical Physics, December 2008, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  58. A pulse-radiolysis approach to fast reductive cleavage of a disulfide bond to uncage enzyme activity

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, November 2008, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  59. The Carbonate Radical: Its Reactivity with Oxygen, Ammonia, Amino Acids, and Melanins

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

    Ruth Edge

  60. Primary Photophysical Properties of Moxifloxacin- A Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, September 2008, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  61. Site-specific interactions of copper(II) ions with heparin revealed with complementary (SRCD, NMR, FTIR and EPR) spectroscopic techniques

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, August 2008, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  62. Synthesis, X‐ray Crystallography, Spectroelectrochemistry and Computational Studies on Potential Copper‐Based Radiopharmaceuticals

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, August 2008, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  63. Spectroelectrochemical and Computational Studies on the Mechanism of Hypoxia Selectivity of Copper Radiopharmaceuticals

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2008, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  64. Synthesis, Radiolabelling and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy of Styrene-Derivatised Bis(thiosemicarbazonato)zinc and -copper Complexes

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, April 2008, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  65. Direct Observation of NH2•Reactions with Oxygen, Amino Acids, and Melanins

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

    Ruth Edge

  66. A mechanistic study of the C–P bond cleavage reaction of 1,2-(PH2)2-C6H4 with nBuLi/Sb(NMe2)3

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ruth Edge

  67. The sulphate radical is not involved in aqueous radiation oxidation processes

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, January 2008, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  68. [Rh7(PiPr3)6H18][BArF4]2: A Molecular Rh(111) Surface Decorated with 18 Hydrogen Atoms

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Paul Robert Raithby, Ruth Edge

  69. A Dual Sensor Spin Trap for Use with EPR Spectroscopy

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  70. Chemical, Pulse Radiolysis and Density Functional Studies of a New, Labile 5,6-Indolequinone and Its Semiquinone

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alessandro Pezzella, Professor Marco d'Ischia, Ruth Edge

  71. Studies of carotenoid one-electron reduction radicals

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, February 2007, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  72. Photophysics of an Indigo Derivative (Keto and Leuco Structures) with Singular Properties

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, December 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  73. Spectral and Photophysical Studies of Substituted Indigo Derivatives in Their Keto Forms

    Article • ChemPhysChem, November 2006, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  74. Short-Lived Quinonoid Species from 5,6-Dihydroxyindole Dimers en Route to Eumelanin Polymers:  Integrated Chemical, Pulse Radiolytic, and Quantum Mechanical Investigation

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alessandro Pezzella, Professor Marco d'Ischia, Ruth Edge

  75. Deep-Red Luminescence and Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation by Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with 8-Hydroxyquinolines and Quinoline-8-thiol

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  76. Dopaquinone redox exchange with dihydroxyindole and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid

    Article • Pigment Cell Research, October 2006, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  77. Carotenoid Radical Anions and Their Protonated Derivatives

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  78. Monomeric Azaheterofullerene Derivatives RC59N: Influence of the R Moiety on Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Winfried Leibl, Ruth Edge

  79. Photophysical studies of six amphiphilic 2:1 cyclodextrin:[60]fullerene derivatives

    Article • Chemical Physics, June 2006, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  80. Mechanistic studies of melanogenesis: the influence of N-substitution on dopamine quinone cyclization

    Article • Pigment Cell Research, April 2006, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  81. Triplet-State and Singlet Oxygen Formation in Fluorene-Based Alternating Copolymers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  82. Pulse radiolysis study of the interaction of retinoids with peroxyl radicals

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, November 2005, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  83. Formation and reactivity of free radicals in 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde – the effect on isoprenaline photostability

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, May 2005, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  84. Spectroscopic properties and reactivity of free radical forms of A2E

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, April 2005, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  85. Photolysis of carotenoids in chloroform: enhanced yields of carotenoid radical cations in the presence of a tryptophan ester

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, February 2005, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  86. Magnetic field effect on singlet oxygen production in a biochemical system

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Ruth Edge

  87. Antioxidant inhibition of porphyrin-induced cellular phototoxicity

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, December 2001, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  88. Dietary uptake of lycopene protects human cells from singlet oxygen and nitrogen dioxide – ROS components from cigarette smoke

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, November 2001, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  89. One-electron reduction potentials of dietary carotenoid radical cations in aqueous micellar environments

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 2001, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  90. Characterisation of carotenoid radical cations in liposomal environments: interaction with vitamin C

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2001, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  91. The reduction potential of the β-carotene + /β-carotene couple in an aqueous micro-heterogeneous environment

    Article • FEBS Letters, April 2000, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  92. β-Carotene with vitamins E and C offers synergistic cell protection against NOx

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 1998, Wiley

    Ruth Edge

  93. Enhanced protection of human cells against ultraviolet light by antioxidant combinations involving dietary carotenoids

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, July 1998, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  94. Relative One-Electron Reduction Potentials of Carotenoid Radical Cations and the Interactions of Carotenoids with the Vitamin E Radical Cation

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge

  95. The carotenoids as anti-oxidants — a review

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, December 1997, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  96. Prooxidant and antioxidant reaction mechanisms of carotene and radical interactions with vitamins E and C

    Article • Nutrition, November 1997, Elsevier

    Ruth Edge

  97. Carotenoids Enhance Vitamin E Antioxidant Efficiency

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Ruth Edge