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Francis D'Souza is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant focus in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francis D'Souza include:

  • Paul A. Karr
  • Prashanth K. Poddutoori
  • Youngwoo Jang
  • Sairaman Seetharaman
  • Vladimir N. Nesterov

They have published extensively in a range of journals. The most common venues for their publications are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Chemical Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Francis D'Souza include:

  • "Excited-State Electron Transfer in 1,1,4,4-Tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene (TCBD)- and Cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-diylidene-Expanded TCBD-Substituted BODIPY-Phenothiazine Donor-Acceptor Conjugates" (2020), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "A charge transfer state induced by strong exciton coupling in a cofacial μ-oxo-bridged porphyrin heterodimer" (2020), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Achievement of superior efficiency of TiO2 nanorod-nanoparticle composite photoanode in dye sensitized solar cell" (2020), Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • "Decelerating Charge Recombination Using Fluorinated Porphyrins in N,N-Bis(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)aniline-Aluminum(III) Porphyrin-Fullerene Reaction Center Models" (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Electrochemical sensor for selective tyramine determination, amplified by a molecularly imprinted polymer film" (2020), Bioelectrochemistry

Best Publications

  • Intermolecular and supramolecular photoinduced electron transfer processes of fullerene–porphyrin/phthalocyanine systems

    Mohamed E. El-Khouly;Osamu Ito;Phillip M. Smith;Francis D’Souza

  • Electrocatalytic Properties and Sensor Applications of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes

    Bailure S. Sherigara;Bailure S. Sherigara;Wlodzimierz Kutner;Francis D'Souza

  • Photoinduced electron transfer in supramolecular systems of fullerenes functionalized with ligands capable of binding to zinc porphyrins and zinc phthalocyanines

    Francis D'Souza;Osamu Ito

  • Electrochemically synthesized polymers in molecular imprinting for chemical sensing

    Piyush S. Sharma;Agnieszka Pietrzyk-Le;Francis D’Souza;Wlodzimierz Kutner;Wlodzimierz Kutner

  • Supramolecular donor–acceptor hybrids of porphyrins/phthalocyanines with fullerenes/carbon nanotubes: electron transfer, sensing, switching, and catalytic applications

    Francis D’Souza;Osamu Ito

  • Energy Transfer Followed by Electron Transfer in a Supramolecular Triad Composed of Boron Dipyrrin, Zinc Porphyrin, and Fullerene: A Model for the Photosynthetic Antenna-Reaction Center Complex

    Francis D'Souza;Phillip M. Smith;Melvin E. Zandler;Amy L. McCarty

  • Chemical functionalization and characterization of graphene-based materials

    Giovanni Bottari;Giovanni Bottari;Ma Ángeles Herranz;Leonie Wibmer;Michel Volland

  • Photosensitized electron transfer processes of nanocarbons applicable to solar cells

    Francis D'Souza;Osamu Ito

  • Distinguishing homogeneous from heterogeneous catalysis in electrode-driven water oxidation with molecular iridium complexes.

    Nathan D Schley;James D Blakemore;Navaneetha K Subbaiyan;Christopher D Incarvito

  • Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Photochemical Studies of Self-Assembled via Axial Coordination Zinc Porphyrin−Fulleropyrrolidine Dyads†

    Francis D'souza;Gollapalli R. Deviprasad;Melvin E. Zandler;Vu T. Hoang

  • Photosynthetic antenna-reaction center mimicry by using boron dipyrromethene sensitizers

    Mohamed E. El-Khouly;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Francis D'Souza

  • Probing the donor-acceptor proximity on the physicochemical properties of porphyrin-fullerene dyads: "tail-on" and "tail-off" binding approach.

    Francis D'Souza;Gollapalli R. Deviprasad;Mohamed E. El-Khouly;Mamoru Fujitsuka

  • Design and photochemical study of supramolecular donor–acceptor systems assembled via metal–ligand axial coordination

    Chandra B. Kc;Francis D'Souza

  • Corrole-fullerene dyads: formation of long-lived charge-separated states in nonpolar solvents.

    Francis D'Souza;Raghu Chitta;Kei Ohkubo;Mariusz Tasior

  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Mimicry: Low Reorganization Energy Driven Charge Stabilization in Self-Assembled Cofacial Zinc Phthalocyanine Dimer−Fullerene Conjugate

    Francis D’Souza;Eranda Maligaspe;Kei Ohkubo;Melvin E. Zandler

  • Donor−Acceptor Nanohybrids of Zinc Naphthalocyanine or Zinc Porphyrin Noncovalently Linked to Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Photoinduced Electron Transfer

    Raghu Chitta;Atula S. D. Sandanayaka;Amy L. Schumacher;§ Lawrence D'Souza

  • Organic solar cells. Supramolecular composites of porphyrins and fullerenes organized by polypeptide structures as light harvesters

    Taku Hasobe;Taku Hasobe;Kenji Saito;Prashant V. Kamat;Vincent Troiani

  • Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical behavior of cobalt(III), cobalt(II), and cobalt(I) complexes of meso-tetraphenylporphyrinate bearing bromides on the .beta.-pyrrole positions

    Francis D'Souza;Anne Villard;Eric Van Caemelbecke;Michelle Franzen

  • Self-assembled tetrapyrrole–fullerene and tetrapyrrole–carbon nanotube donor–acceptor hybrids for light induced electron transfer applications

    Raghu Chitta;Francis D'Souza

  • SELF-ASSEMBLED PORPHYRIN-C60 AND PORPHYCENE-C60 COMPLEXES VIA METAL AXIAL COORDINATION

    Francis D'Souza;Gollapalli R. Deviprasad;Muhammad S. Rahman;Jai-pil Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wlodzimierz Kutner
Wlodzimierz Kutner Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Melvin E. Zandler
Melvin E. Zandler Wichita State University
Shunichi Fukuzumi
Shunichi Fukuzumi Osaka University
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Osamu Ito
Osamu Ito Tohoku University
Jonathan P. Hill
Jonathan P. Hill National Institute for Materials Science
Mohamed E. El-Khouly
Mohamed E. El-Khouly Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology
Karl M. Kadish
Karl M. Kadish University of Houston
Kei Ohkubo
Kei Ohkubo Osaka University
Yasuyuki Araki
Yasuyuki Araki Tohoku University

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