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Eric Saint-Aman is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France, where their research focuses on materials science and chemistry. Their work is particularly concentrated in the fields of materials chemistry, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry, with additional interests spanning biomaterials and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's research topics include porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, molecular sensors and ion detection, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, radical photochemical reactions, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, as well as conducting polymers and their applications.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Frédérique Loiseau, Floris Chevallier, Christophe Bucher, Denis Frath, and Saioa Cobo, reflecting a collaborative research network.

Eric Saint-Aman has published several papers in prominent venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • All Visible Light Switch Based on the Dimethyldihydropyrene Photochromic Core, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Synthesis, molecular structure, spectroscopic characterization and antibacterial activity of the pyrazine magnesium porphyrin coordination polymer, 2020, Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Photochromic Metallopolymer Based on Dithienylethene as a Molecular Calculator, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • Photoredox Processes in the Aggregation and Gelation of Electron-Responsive Supramolecular Polymers Based on Viologen, 2022, ECS Advances
  • Dependency of the Dimethyldihydropyrene Photochromic Properties on the Number of Pyridinium Electron-Withdrawing Groups, 2020, ChemPhysChem

Publications by Eric Saint-Aman have appeared frequently in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Cambridge Structural Database, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal of Molecular Structure, and Chemistry of Materials.

Best Publications

  • Imidazolate-bridged dicopper(II) and copper-zinc complexes of a macrobicyclic ligand (cryptand). A possible model for the chemistry of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase

    Jean-Louis Pierre;Pierre Chautemps;Sidi Refaif;Claude Beguin

  • pH-controlled change of the metal coordination in a dicopper(II) complex of the ligand H-BPMP: crystal structures, magnetic properties, and catecholase activity.

    Stephane Torelli;C. Belle;I. Gautier-Luneau;J. Pierre

  • Dicopper(II) Complexes of H-BPMP-Type Ligands: pH-Induced Changes of Redox, Spectroscopic (19F NMR Studies of Fluorinated Complexes), Structural Properties, and Catecholase Activities

    Catherine Belle;C Beguin;I Gautier-Luneau;S Hamman

  • Valence Tautomerism in Octahedral and Square‐Planar Phenoxyl–Nickel(II) Complexes: Are Imino Nitrogen Atoms Good Friends?

    Olaf Rotthaus;Fabrice Thomas;Olivier Jarjayes;Christian Philouze

  • Fine tuning of the oxidation locus, and electron transfer, in nickel complexes of pro-radical ligands

    Olaf Rotthaus;Olivier Jarjayes;Fabrice Thomas;Christian Philouze

  • Ferrocene-appended porphyrins: Syntheses and properties

    Christophe Bucher;Charles H. Devillers;Jean-Claude Moutet;Guy Royal

  • A structural and functional model of galactose oxidase: control of the one-electron oxidized active form through two differentiated phenolic arms in a tripodal ligand.

    Fabrice Thomas;Gisèle Gellon;Isabelle Gautier-Luneau;Eric Saint-Aman

  • Intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded versus copper(II) coordinated mono- and bis-phenoxyl radicals.

    Fabrice Thomas;Olivier Jarjayes;Carole Duboc;Christian Philouze

  • Redox control of rotary motions in ferrocene-based elemental ball bearings.

    Adriana Iordache;Mircea Oltean;Anne Milet;Fabrice Thomas

  • Catecholase activity of a copper(II) complex with a macrocyclic ligand: unraveling catalytic mechanisms.

    Iryna A. Koval;Katalin Selmeczi;Catherine Belle;Christian Philouze

  • A first model for the oxidized active form of the active site in galactose oxidase: a free-radical copper complex

    Dacil Zurita;Isabelle Gautier-Luneau;Stéphane Ménage;Jean-Louis Pierre

  • Substrate binding in catechol oxidase activity: biomimetic approach.

    Stéphane Torelli;Catherine Belle;Sylvain Hamman;Jean-Louis Pierre

  • Galactose Oxidase Models: Tuning the Properties of CuII–Phenoxyl Radicals

    Aurélie Philibert;Fabrice Thomas;Christian Philouze;Sylvain Hamman

  • Complexation of poly(pyrrole-EDTA like) film modified electrodes : Application to metal cations electroanalysis

    Marie Heitzmann;Christophe Bucher;Jean-Claude Moutet;Eduardo Pereira

  • Dinuclear Zinc(II)−Iron(III) and Iron(II)−Iron(III) Complexes as Models for Purple Acid Phosphatases

    Sabine Albedyhl;Marie Therese Averbuch-Pouchot;Catherine Belle;Bernt Krebs

  • Catecholase activity of a μ-hydroxodicopper(II) macrocyclic complex: structures, intermediates and reaction mechanism

    Iryna A. Koval;Catherine Belle;Katalin Selmeczi;Christian Philouze

  • Voltammetric Sensing of Mercury and Copper Cations at Poly(EDTA-like) Film Modified Electrode

    George O. Buica;Christophe Bucher;Jean-Claude Moutet;Guy Royal

  • Galactose oxidase models: solution chemistry, and phenoxyl radical generation mediated by the copper status.

    Fabien Michel;Fabrice Thomas;Sylvain Hamman;Eric Saint-Aman

  • Voltammetric Sensing of Trace Metals at a Poly(pyrrole-malonic acid) Film Modified Carbon Electrode

    Marie Heitzmann;Luis Basaez;Francisco Brovelli;Christophe Bucher

  • Complexation and electrochemical sensing of anions by amide-substituted ferrocenyl ligands

    Olivier Reynes;Frederic Maillard;Jean-Claude Moutet;Guy Royal

  • Electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols using substituted N-hydroxyphthalimides as catalysts

    Karine Gorgy;Jean-Claude Lepretre;Eric Saint-Aman;Cathy Einhorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Moutet
Jean-Claude Moutet Joseph Fourier University
Jean-Louis Pierre
Jean-Louis Pierre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Carole Duboc
Carole Duboc Grenoble Alpes University
Jacques Pécaut
Jacques Pécaut Grenoble Alpes University
Marc Lemaire
Marc Lemaire Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Raymond Ziessel
Raymond Ziessel University of Strasbourg
Patrick Gamez
Patrick Gamez University of Barcelona
Jan Reedijk
Jan Reedijk Leiden University
Bernt Krebs
Bernt Krebs University of Münster
Jonathan L. Sessler
Jonathan L. Sessler The University of Texas at Austin

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