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  1. Synthesis of Azobenzene Dyes Mediated by CotA Laccase

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, November 2018, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  2. Recovering value from organic waste materials: Supercritical fluid extraction of oil from industrial grape seeds

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, November 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, Prof. Jose A. P. Coelho

  3. RuII(p-cymene) Compounds as Effective and Selective Anticancer Candidates with No Toxicity in Vivo

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  4. Methyl-cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Compounds with 2,2′-Bipyridine Derivatives Display Strong Anticancer Activity and Multidrug Resistance Potential

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, April 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  5. Novel ruthenium methylcyclopentadienyl complex bearing a bipyridine perfluorinated ligand shows strong activity towards colorectal cancer cells

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  6. A Sustainable Synthesis of Asymmetric Phenazines and Phenoxazinones Mediated by CotA-Laccase

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  7. pH-Switchability and Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Monocyclopentadienylruthenium(II)/iron(II) Tetrazoles/Tetrazolates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  8. Engineering a Bacterial DyP-Type Peroxidase for Enhanced Oxidation of Lignin-Related Phenolics at Alkaline pH

    Article • ACS Catalysis, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  9. η6-(2-phenoxyethanol) ruthenium(II)-complexes of 2,2′-bipyridine and its derivatives: Solution speciation and kinetic behaviour

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  10. Eco-friendly synthesis of indo dyes mediated by a bacterial laccase

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  11. The key role of coligands in novel ruthenium(II)-cyclopentadienyl bipyridine derivatives: Ranging from non-cytotoxic to highly cytotoxic compounds

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  12. An enzymatic route to a benzocarbazole framework using bacterial CotA laccase

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  13. Bacterial Enzymes and Multi-enzymatic Systems for Cleaning-up Dyes from the Environment

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  14. ChemInform Abstract: Laccase-Catalyzed Homocoupling of Primary Aromatic Amines Towards the Biosynthesis of Dyes.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  15. New iron(II) cyclopentadienyl derivative complexes: Synthesis and antitumor activity against human leukemia cancer cells

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, PhD Julia Lorenzo

  16. Mono(η5-cyclopentadienyl)metal(II) Complexes with Thienyl Acetylide Chromophores: Synthesis, Electrochemical Studies, and First Hyperpolarizabilities

    Article • Organometallics, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  17. Towards the rational biosynthesis of substituted phenazines and phenoxazinones by laccases

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  18. New water-soluble ruthenium(II) cytotoxic complex: Biological activity and cellular distribution

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  19. Important cytotoxicity of novel iron(II) cyclopentadienyl complexes with imidazole based ligands

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  20. Synthesis, structural characterization and leishmanicidal activity evaluation of ferrocenyl N-heterocyclic compounds

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  21. Laccase-Catalysed Homocoupling of Primary Aromatic Amines towards the Biosynthesis of Dyes

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  22. Synthesis of new Fe(II) and Ru(II) η5-monocyclopentadienyl compounds showing significant second order NLO properties

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  23. Benzo[c]thiophene Chromophores Linked to Cationic Fe and Ru Derivatives for NLO Materials: Synthesis Characterization and Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  24. Biological activity and cellular uptake of [Ru(η5-C5H5)(PPh3)(Me2bpy)][CF3SO3] complex

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  25. New polydentate Ru(III)-Salan complexes: Synthesis, characterization, anti-tumour activity and interaction with human serum proteins

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  26. Methyl syringate: An efficient phenolic mediator for bacterial and fungal laccases

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  27. Synthesis of organometallic ruthenium(II) complexes with strong activity against several human cancer cell lines

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  28. Synthesis and structural characterization of new piano-stool ruthenium(II) complexes bearing 1-butylimidazole heteroaromatic ligand

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  29. DNA interaction and cytotoxicity studies of new ruthenium(II) cyclopentadienyl derivative complexes containing heteroaromatic ligands

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, PhD Julia Lorenzo

  30. Evaluation of intermolecular interactions in thioxanthone derivatives: substituent effect on crystal diversity

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  31. Studies of the Antiproliferative Activity of Ruthenium (II) Cyclopentadienyl-Derived Complexes with Nitrogen Coordinated Ligands

    Article • Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, January 2010, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, PhD Julia Lorenzo

  32. Synthesis and Characterization of New Organometallic Benzo[b]thiophene Derivatives with Potential Antitumor Properties

    Article • Organometallics, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  33. Insights into the mechanism of azo and anthraquinonic dyes biotransformation by the Bacillus subtilis laccase

    Article • New Biotechnology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  34. On the Mechanism of Biotransformation of the Anthraquinonic Dye Acid Blue 62 by Laccases

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  35. Synthesis and electrochemical studies of η5-monocyclopentadienylruthenium(II) complexes with substituted thiophene nitrile ligands. Crystal structure of [Ru(η5-C5H5)(dppe)(NC{SC4H2}2NO2)][PF6]

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  36. Synthesis and structural characterization of ruthenium(II) and iron(II) complexes containing 1,2-di-(2-thienyl)-ethene derived ligands as chromophores

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  37. Enzymatic biotransformation of the azo dye Sudan Orange G with bacterial CotA-laccase

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  38. Synthesis of organometallic Ru(II) and Fe(II) complexes containing fused rings hemi-helical ligands as chromophores. Evaluation of non-linear optical properties by HRS

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  39. Mechanisms of enzymatic degradation of azo and anthraquinone dyes by bacterial CotA-laccase

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ligia O. Martins, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  40. Compromise between conjugation length and charge-transfer in nonlinear optical η5-monocyclopentadienyliron(II) complexes with substituted oligo-thiophene nitrile ligands: Synthesis, electrochemical studies and first hyperpolarizabilities

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  41. The crystal packing of a cationic complex can be determined by the counter-ion

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, October 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  42. Synthesis, Characterisation and Molecular Hyperpolarisabilities of Pseudo-Octahedral Hydrido(nitrile)iron(II) Complexes for Nonlinear Optics: X-ray Structure of [Fe(H)(dppe)2(4-NCC6H4NO2)][PF6]·CH2Cl2

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  43. Density functional theory calculations on η5-monocyclopentadienylnitrilecobalt complexes concerning their second-order nonlinear optical properties

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  44. A supramolecular zigzag chain of organometallic dipoles mediated by PF6−anions

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, July 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  45. Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of the bimetallic cyano-bridged [(η5-C5H5)(PPh3)2Ru(μ-CN)Ru(PPh3)2(η5-C5H5)][PF6]

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. João Rodrigues, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  46. Synthesis, Characterisation of (Arene)tricarbonylchromium Complexes Linked to Cationic Fe and Ru Derivatives and Studies of First Hyperpolarisabilities by Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, November 2003, Wiley

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  47. High first hyperpolarizability and perfectly aligned crystal packing for an organometallic compound [Fe(η5-C5H5)((R)–PROPHOS)(p-NCC6H4NO2)][PF6]·CH2Cl2

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  48. Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of η 5 -Monocyclopentadienyliron(II) Acetylide Derivatives. X-ray Crystal Structures of [Fe(η 5 -C 5 H 5 )(DPPE)( p -C⋮CC 6 H 4 NO 2 )] and [Fe(η 5 -C 5 H 5 )(DPPE)(( E )- p -C⋮CC 6 H 4 C(H)C(H)C 6 H 4 NO 2 )]

    Article • Organometallics, May 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, Professor Mark G. Humphrey

  49. Second harmonic generation of η5-monocyclopentadienyl ruthenium p-benzonitrile derivatives by Kurtz powder technique. Crystal and molecular structure determinations of [Ru(η5-C5H5)((+)-DIOP)(p-NCC6H4NO2)][X], X=PF6−, CF3SO3− and [Ru(η5-C5H5)((+)-DIOP)(...

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. João Rodrigues, Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  50. Synthesis of new donor/acceptor η5-cyclopentadienyl and η5-indenyliron(II) complexes with p-benzonitrile derivatives. Crystal structures of [Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(P(OC6H5)3)(p-NCC6H4NO2)][BF4]·CH2Cl2 and [Fe(η5-C9H7)(CO)(P(OC6H5)3)(p-NCC6H4NO2)][BF4]

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  51. Organometallic complexes for second-order non-linear optics: synthesis and molecular quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of η5-monocyclopentadienyliron(II) nitrile derivatives with different phosphines. X-ray crystal structure of [FeCp(DPPE)(p-NCC6H4NO2)][...

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  52. Article • Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  53. Hyper-Rayleigh scattering study of η5-monocyclopentadienyl–metal complexes for second order non-linear optical materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo, Dr. João Rodrigues

  54. Organometallic compounds for non-linear optics: Synthesis, reactivity and electrochemistry of chiral η5-monocyclopentadienyl(nitrile)iron complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, July 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo

  55. Syntheses and reactivity of p-substituted benzonitrile complexes derived from dicyclopentadienyl-molybdenum and -tungsten. Oxidative electrochemistry. The crystal structure of [Mo(η5-C5H5)2(SC6H5)(p-(CH3)2NC6H4CN)][PF6]

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Paula Alves Robalo