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Overview

Fernando Piña is a researcher affiliated with Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, specializing in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields, notably Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Fernando Piña has contributed to various academic journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Dyes and Pigments
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • ACS Omega
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Natural and Synthetic Flavylium-Based Dyes: The Chemistry Behind the Color," published in 2021 in Chemical Reviews
  • "Iron-gall inks: a review of their degradation mechanisms and conservation treatments," published in 2022 in Heritage Science
  • "A New Insight into the Degradation of Anthocyanins: Reversible versus the Irreversible Chemical Processes," published in 2022 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • "Evolution of Flavylium-Based Color Systems in Plants: What Physical Chemistry Can Tell Us," published in 2021 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: Unlocking the molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium," published in 2020 in Science Advances

Frequent collaborators in their research include Nuno Basílio, Víctor de Freitas, A. Jorge Parola, Joana Oliveira, and Johan Mendoza.

Best Publications

  • Chemistry and applications of flavylium compounds: a handful of colours

    Fernando Pina;Maria J. Melo;César A. T. Laia;A. Jorge Parola

  • Artificial Chemical Systems Capable of Mimicking Some Elementary Properties of Neurons

    Fernando Pina;Maria João Melo;Mauro Maestri;Paolo Passaniti

  • Photochemical and thermal degradation of anthocyanidins

    Paula Furtado;Paulo Figueiredo;Higuinaldo Chaves das Neves;Fernando Pina

  • Natural and Synthetic Flavylium-Based Dyes: The Chemistry Behind the Color.

    Luis Cruz;Nuno Basílio;Nuno Mateus;Victor de Freitas

  • Photochromism of 4‘-Methoxyflavylium Perchlorate. A “Write−Lock−Read−Unlock−Erase” Molecular Switching System

    Fernando Pina;Maria João Melo;Mauro Maestri;Roberto Ballardini

  • Luminescent and chromogenic molecular probes based on polyamines and related compounds

    Carlos Lodeiro;Fernando Pina

  • Anatase as an alternative application for preventing biodeterioration of mortars: evaluation and comparison with other biocides

    Ana Josina Fonseca;Fernando Pina;Maria Filomena Macedo;Nuno Leal

  • Anthocyanins and derivatives are more than flavylium cations

    Fernando Pina;Joana Oliveira;Victor de Freitas

  • Electrochromic and magnetic ionic liquids

    Aida Branco;Luís C. Branco;Fernando Pina

  • Multistate/Multifunctional Molecular-Level Systems: Light and pH Switching between the Various Forms of a Synthetic Flavylium Salt

    Fernando Pina;Ana Roque;Maria João Melo;Mauro Maestri

  • Chemical applications of anthocyanins and related compounds. A source of bioinspiration.

    Fernando Pina

  • The use of microspectrofluorimetry for the characterization of lake pigments.

    Ana Claro;Maria J. Melo;Stephan Schäfer;J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo

  • Highlights of metal ion-based photochemical switches

    Antonio Bianchi;Estefanía Delgado-Pinar;Enrique García-España;Claudia Giorgi

  • Fluorescent Chemosensors Containing Polyamine Receptors

    Fernando Pina;M. Alexandra Bernardo;Enrique García-España

  • Synthetic analogues of anthocyanins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

    Giuseppe Calogero;Alessandro Sinopoli;Ilaria Citro;Gaetano Di Marco

  • The effect of self-aggregation on the determination of the kinetic and thermodynamic constants of the network of chemical reactions in 3-glucoside anthocyanins

    Yoann Leydet;Raquel Gavara;Vesselin Petrov;Ana M. Diniz

  • THERMODYNAMICS AND FLUORESCENCE EMISSION STUDIES ON POTENTIAL MOLECULAR CHEMOSENSORS FOR ATP RECOGNITION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

    M. Teresa Albelda;M. Alexandra Bernardo;Enrique Garcia-España;M. Luz Godino-Salido

  • New insights into iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions

    Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo;Ricardo Córdoba;Paula Nabais;Valéria Silva

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of flavylium salts Malvin revisited

    Fernando Pina

  • A photochemical study on the blue dye indigo: from solution to ancient Andean textiles.

    Micaela M Sousa;Catarina Miguel;Isa Rodrigues;A Jorge Parola

  • Specific Supramolecular Interactions between Zn2+-Salophen Complexes and Biologically Relevant Anions

    Manoli Cano;Laura Rodríguez;Laura Rodríguez;João Carlos Lima;Fernando Pina

  • Photochromic flavylium compounds as multistate/multifunction molecular-level systems

    Fernando Pina;Mauro Maestri;Vincenzo Balzani

Frequent Co-Authors

João C. Lima
João C. Lima Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Carlos Lodeiro
Carlos Lodeiro Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Mauro Maestri
Mauro Maestri University of Bologna
Enrique García-España
Enrique García-España University of Valencia
Victor de Freitas
Victor de Freitas University of Porto
Antonio Bianchi
Antonio Bianchi University of Florence
J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo
J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo University of Coimbra
Barbara Valtancoli
Barbara Valtancoli University of Florence
Andrea Bencini
Andrea Bencini University of Florence
Vincenzo Balzani
Vincenzo Balzani University of Bologna

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