Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Interests: photophysics; optical spectroscopy; dye chemistry; kinetics; energy and electron transfer; physical chemistry
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Interests: natural dyes; green products; synthetic dyes; extraction of plant pigments; bio-mordanting; chemical mordanting; microwave assisted extraction; ultrasonic assisted extraction
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Interests: synthesis and characterization of functional organic molecules and hybrid materials (organo-inorganic frameworks) for nonconventional and technological applications (nanotechnology, biotechnology, and photovoltaics)
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Interests: pigments; Asian lacquer; American lacquer; heritage science
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Interests: natural products; natural additives natural anticancer agents; dyes and pigments cytotoxicity; food and chemical toxicology; food safety; organic chemistry
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Interests: liquid crystals; liquid–crystalline polymers; liquid–crystalline networks; mesomorphic organometallic polymers; dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC); organic semiconductors; organic fluorescent molecules; metallo-organic fluorescent materials; crystal engineering; crystal structures; optical materials; second-order NLO molecules; dyes and pigments; flurophore/chromophore probes; chemosensor; solid-state emitters; fluorescent dyes
Interests: reaction-based colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent cyanide-selective sensors; white-light-emitting single molecules for white organic light-emitting diodes; near-infrared absorbing dyes for organic solar cells; soluble pentacene precursors for organic thin-film transistors
Interests: dye synthesis; high heat-stable dyes for color filters; fluorescent dyes for artificial photo-synthesis
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Interests: hydrogen bond; reaction mechanism; proton transfer; conformational isomerism; Schiff and Mannich bases; BODIPY dye; DFT; TD-DFT; DFPT calculations
2. Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of novel π-conjugated chromogenic molecules for applications in organic electronics (photovoltaics and OFETs); design, synthesis and characterization of N-rich heterocycles, including heteroacenes (azaacenes paraticularly), attractive from a structural viewpoint and for applications in organic electronics; design, synthesis and characterization of organic or metallo-organic materials with high fluorescence quantum yield, useful in OLED and in sensing field; design, synthesis and characterization of optical materials, specifically azo-materials (azochromophores by themselves and azochromophores grafted on polymeric matrix) for application in nonlinear optics, photonics and holographic devices
Interests: spectroscopy; imaging; chemometrics and artificial intelligence applied to the study of cultural heritage and environmental issues
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Interests: electrochemical and fluorescence sensing of metal ions; small molecules; proteins, and DNA, electrochemical and photochemcial regeneration of biological cofactors and hydrogen production using metal nanoparticles and metal complexes; inorganic colorants; photosensitiser; organic dyes; spectroscopy of colorants
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Interests: near-infrared absorbers; dyes for optical information storage (OIS) and liquid crystal display (LCD) applications; colorants for digital printing; textile dyes; design, synthesis and spectral properties of chromophores; polymethine, azo, metal complex and reactive dyes; aggregation of dyes; amphiphilic dyes (Langmuir-Blodgett films, micelles)
Interests: energy and charge transfer processes in optically responsive molecular material with practical application in bioimaging, sensing and photodynamic therapy; optical properties of carbon nanomaterials (carbon dots and nanographenes); photo-induced charge generation in organic semiconductors
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Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen π-conjugated heterocyclic compounds, and amino acid derivatives functionalyzed with heterocyclic moieties, for several applications such as nonlinear optics: second harmonic generators (SHG) and two-photon absorption (TPA) chromophores; optical chemosensors; photochromic materials, fluorescence probes and markers; organic light-emitting diodes (OLED´s); dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); ligands for catalysis
Interests: heterocyclic chemistry; molecular materials; molecular fluorescence; proton transfer processes (ESIPT); fluorescence sensing
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Interests: photodynamic therapy; phthalocyanine chemistry; bioorthogonal chemistry; supramolecular chemistry
Interests: computational chemistry; DFT/TDDFT; CASSCF/CASPT2/NEVPT2; excited states; dye-sensitized solar cells; photocatalysis; photochemistry
Interests: synthesis of heterocyclic dyes; disperse dyes; photostability of dyes; fluorogenic and luminogenic probes for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species detection; boronate probes
Interests: spalting; fungal pigments; bio art; wood decay; fungal secondary metabolites
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Interests: pigments; paintings; XRF; XRD; imaging; synchrotron radiation
Interests: carotenoids; food analysis; bioactive; food color
Interests: colour measurement; colour imaging; applications of machine learning to colour