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Edgardo N. Durantini is affiliated with the National University of Río Cuarto in Argentina and has contributed extensively to research in multiple scientific fields. Their work spans Materials Science, Medicine, and Engineering, with a strong focus on Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics.

The researcher's main topics of study cover Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Conducting polymers and applications, Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Durantini's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Fullerene C60 derivatives as antimicrobial photodynamic agents, 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews
  • Evolution of Phthalocyanine Structures as Photodynamic Agents for Bacteria Inactivation, 2022, The Chemical Record
  • Electrosynthesis of a hyperbranched dendrimeric porphyrin polymer: optical and electronic characterization as a material for bifunctional electrochromic supercapacitors, 2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles with BODIPYs for Bioimaging and Antimicrobial Therapy Applications, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Photoactive antimicrobial coating based on a PEDOT-fullerene C60 polymeric dyad, 2021, RSC Advances

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Daniel A. Heredia, Javier E. Durantini, Edwin J. González López, Andrés M. Durantini, and Luís Otero.

Durantini's research is frequently published in venues including the SSRN Electronic Journal, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, and ACS Applied Bio Materials.

Best Publications

  • Light-driven production of ATP catalysed by F0F1-ATP synthase in an artificial photosynthetic membrane

    Gali Steinberg-Yfrach;Jean Louis Rigaud;Edgardo N. Durantini;Ana L. Moore

  • Carotene as a molecular wire: Conducting atomic force microscopy

    G. Leatherman;E. N. Durantini;D. Gust;Thomas Moore

  • Synthesis, properties, and photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli using a cationic and a noncharged Zn(II) pyridyloxyphthalocyanine derivatives.

    Inés Scalise;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • BODIPYs in antitumoral and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: An integrating review

    Maximiliano L. Agazzi;M. Belén Ballatore;Andrés M. Durantini;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • STM Contrast, Electron-Transfer Chemistry, and Conduction in Molecules

    Wenhai Han;Edgardo N. Durantini;Thomas A. Moore;Ana L. Moore

  • Photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli by novel meso-substituted porphyrins by 4-(3-N,N,N-trimethylammoniumpropoxy)phenyl and 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl groups.

    Daniel A. Caminos;Mariana B. Spesia;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • BODIPYs to the rescue: Potential applications in photodynamic inactivation

    Andres Matías Durantini;Daniel Alejandro Heredia;Javier Esteban Durantini;Edgardo Néstor Durantini

  • Photodynamic inactivation of Candida albicans sensitized by tri- and tetra-cationic porphyrin derivatives.

    M. Paula Cormick;M. Gabriela Alvarez;Marisa Rovera;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Photodynamic Studies and Photoinactivation of Escherichia coli Using meso-Substituted Cationic Porphyrin Derivatives with Asymmetric Charge Distribution¶

    Débora Lazzeri;Marisa Rovera;Liliana Pascual;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Synthesis, properties and photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli by novel cationic fullerene C60 derivatives.

    Mariana B. Spesia;M. Elisa Milanesio;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Porphyrin-fullerene C60 Dyads with High Ability to Form Photoinduced Charge-separated State as Novel Sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy¶

    M. Elisa Milanesio;M. Gabriela Alvarez;Viviana Rivarola;Juana J. Silber

  • Photodynamic effect of metallo 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-tris(4-methylphenyl) porphyrins in biomimetic AOT reverse micelles containing urease

    Inés Scalise;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Conductance of a biomolecular wire.

    Iris Visoly-Fisher;Kayvon Daie;Yuichi Terazono;Christian Herrero

  • Synthesis of porphyrin dyads with potential use in solar energy conversion

    Fernando Fungo;Luis A. Otero;Leonides Sereno;Juana J. Silber

  • Mechanisms of Escherichia coli photodynamic inactivation by an amphiphilic tricationic porphyrin and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-N,N,N-trimethylammoniumphenyl) porphyrin

    Daniel A. Caminos;Mariana B. Spesia;Patricia Pons;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Photodynamic Studies of Metallo 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(4-methoxyphenyl) porphyrin: Photochemical Characterization and Biological Consequences in a Human Carcinoma Cell Line ¶

    M. E. Milanesio;M. G. Alvarez;E. I. Yslas;C. D. Borsarelli

  • Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacteria

    Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Singlet Molecular Oxygen Quenching Ability of Carotenoids in a Reverse-micelle Membrane Mimetic System¶

    Mariana A. Montenegro;Mónica A. Nazareno;Edgardo N. Durantini;Claudio D. Borsarelli

  • Photodynamic activity of a new sensitizer derived from porphyrin-C60 dyad and its biological consequences in a human carcinoma cell line

    M. Gabriela Alvarez;César Prucca;M. Elisa Milanesio;Edgardo N. Durantini

  • Mechanistic insight of the photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli by a tetracationic zinc(II) phthalocyanine derivative.

    Mariana B. Spesia;Daniel A. Caminos;Patricia Pons;Edgardo N. Durantini

Frequent Co-Authors

Juana J. Silber
Juana J. Silber National University of Río Cuarto
Thomas A. Moore
Thomas A. Moore Arizona State University
Devens Gust
Devens Gust Arizona State University
Ana L. Moore
Ana L. Moore Arizona State University
Stuart Lindsay
Stuart Lindsay Arizona State University
Augusto C. Tomé
Augusto C. Tomé University of Aveiro
Yan Liu
Yan Liu Arizona State University
Juan Bisquert
Juan Bisquert Universitat Politècnica de València
Nongjian Tao
Nongjian Tao Arizona State University

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