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  1. A Modular Core–Shell Nanoparticle Platform for Dual‐Modal MRI–Luminescence With High Relaxivity

    Article • Small, July 2026, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  2. Transmembrane Transport Activity and Selectivity of Amide‐Based Macrocyclic Anion Receptors of Different Sizes

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  3. Fluorescent Polymeric Materials for Bacterial Interaction and Detection

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  4. Optimized Lanthanide(III) Tags for Rapid and Efficient Protein Labeling in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Luminescence Applications

    Article • ChemistryEurope, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  5. Advances in lanthanide probes for selective anion recognition and sensing in water

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  6. Determination of structures and binding energies of europium( iii ) complexes bound to biologically relevant anions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  7. Steric and Geometric Tuning of π‐Conjugated Antennae in Europium(III) Complexes for Selective ADP Recognition

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  8. Front Cover: Structural Requirements of Synthetic Anionophores for Inorganic Phosphate and Phosphate Esters (ChemistryEurope 2/2025)

    Article • ChemistryEurope, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  9. Structural Requirements of Synthetic Anionophores for Inorganic Phosphate and Phosphate Esters

    Article • ChemistryEurope, February 2025, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  10. Robustness and Sensitivity of Gd(III)–Gd(III) Double Electron–Electron Resonance (DEER) Measurements: Comparative Study of High-Frequency EPR Spectrometer Designs and Spin Label Variants

    Article • Applied Magnetic Resonance, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  11. A switch-on luminescent europium(iii) probe for selective and time-resolved detection of adenosine diphosphate (ADP)

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  12. Elucidating Polyphosphate Anion Binding to Lanthanide Complexes Using EXAFS and Pulsed EPR Spectroscopy

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  13. A dual encapsulation strategy to generate anion-responsive luminescent lanthanide hydrogels

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  14. A lanthanide tag for a complementary set of pseudocontact shifts

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  15. Transmembrane Transport of Inorganic Phosphate by a Strapped Calix[4]pyrrole

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  16. Expedient synthesis and luminescence sensing of the inositol pyrophosphate cellular messenger 5-PP-InsP5

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  17. Transmembrane transport of fluoride studied by time-resolved emission spectroscopy

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  18. Exploiting the Unique Properties of Lanthanide Complexes as FRET Probes: from Quantitation to Protein Dynamics

    Article • Analysis & Sensing, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  19. Monofunctionalized Fluorinated Bambusurils and Their Conjugates for Anion Transport and Extraction

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  20. Anion binding to a cationic europium(iii) probe enables the first real-time assay of heparan sulfotransferase activity

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  21. Crosslinked p(MMA) particles by RAFT emulsion polymerisation: tuning size and stability

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  22. Dissecting transmembrane bicarbonate transport by 1,8-di(thio)amidocarbazoles

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  23. Impact of varying the phenylboronic acid position in macrocyclic Eu(iii) complexes on the recognition of adenosine monophosphate

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  24. Sterically demanding macrocyclic Eu(iii) complexes for selective recognition of phosphate and real-time monitoring of enzymatically generated adenosine monophosphate

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  25. Transmembrane Transport of Bicarbonate Unravelled

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  26. Transmembrane Transport of Bicarbonate Unravelled**

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  27. Front Cover: Transmembrane Transport of Bicarbonate Unravelled (Chem. Eur. J. 26/2021)

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  28. Advances in anion binding and sensing using luminescent lanthanide complexes

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  29. Polymerizable Gd(iii) building blocks for the synthesis of high relaxivity macromolecular MRI contrast agents

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  30. Critical Evaluation of the Interaction of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species with Blood to Inform the Clinical Translation of Nonthermal Plasma Therapy

    Article • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, December 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  31. Anion Receptors for the Discrimination of ATP and ADP in Biological Media

    Article • ChemPlusChem, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  32. Time-resolved luminescence detection of peroxynitrite using a reactivity-based lanthanide probe

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  33. Tuning the anion binding properties of lanthanide receptors to discriminate nucleoside phosphates in a sensing array

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  34. A simple, robust, universal assay for real-time enzyme monitoring by signalling changes in nucleoside phosphate anion concentration using a europium(iii)-based anion receptor

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  35. Cationic Europium Complexes for Visualizing Fluctuations in Mitochondrial ATP Levels in Living Cells

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  36. Application of lanthanide luminescence in probing enzyme activity

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  37. Recognition of proximally phosphorylated tyrosine residues and continuous analysis of phosphatase activity using a stable europium complex

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  38. A continuous luminescence assay for monitoring kinase activity: signalling the ADP/ATP ratio using a discrete europium complex

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  39. EuroTracker® dyes: design, synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of very bright europium complexes and their use in bioassays and cellular optical imaging

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  40. Quantitative determination of fluoride in pure water using luminescent europium complexes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  41. Ratiometric Detection of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) in Water and Real-Time Monitoring of Apyrase Activity with a Tripodal Zinc Complex

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  42. Comparative Analysis of Conjugated Alkynyl Chromophore-Triazacyclononane Ligands for Sensitized Emission of Europium and Terbium

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler, Professor patrice l baldeck

  43. Tyrosine sulfation of chemokine receptor CCR2 enhances interactions with both monomeric and dimeric forms of the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1).

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  44. EuroTracker dyes: highly emissive europium complexes as alternative organelle stains for live cell imaging

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  45. Emissive europium complexes that stain the cell walls of healthy plant cells, pollen tubes and roots

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  46. Utility of tris(4-bromopyridyl) europium complexes as versatile intermediates in the divergent synthesis of emissive chiral probes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  47. Sulfopeptide Probes of the CXCR4/CXCL12 Interface Reveal Oligomer-Specific Contacts and Chemokine Allostery

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  48. Bright Mono-aqua Europium Complexes Based on Triazacyclononane That Bind Anions Reversibly and Permeate Cells Efficiently

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  49. Tyrosine Sulfation of Chemokine Receptor CCR2 Enhances Interactions with Both Monomeric and Dimeric Forms of the Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  50. Very bright europium complexes that stain cellular mitochondria

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  51. Anion binding in water at lanthanide centres: from structure and selectivity to signalling and sensing

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  52. Tuning colourimetric indicator displacement assays for naked-eye sensing of pyrophosphate in aqueous media

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Katrina Jolliffe, Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  53. Direct and selective tagging of cysteine residues in peptides and proteins with 4-nitropyridyl lanthanide complexes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  54. Selective Pyrophosphate Recognition by Cyclic Peptide Receptors in Physiological Saline

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  55. Design and Receptor Interactions of Obligate Dimeric Mutant of Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  56. Divergent and Site-Selective Solid-Phase Synthesis of Sulfopeptides

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  57. Synthesis of backbone modified cyclic peptides bearing dipicolylamino sidearms

    Article • Tetrahedron, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  58. Synthesis of a family of cyclic peptide-based anion receptors

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler

  59. Selective Anion Binding in Water with Use of a Zinc(II) Dipicolylamino Functionalized Diketopiperazine Scaffold

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

    Dr Stephen Jonathan Butler