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João Costa Pessoa is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and is active in research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans detailed investigations in Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, with additional contributions to Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics emphasize crystallization and solubility studies, as well as X-ray diffraction in crystallography. They also focus on synthesis and properties of metal complexes, vanadium and halogenation chemistry, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms. Further areas of their study include crystallography and molecular interactions, and the synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks.

Frequent publication venues for João Costa Pessoa include The Cambridge Structural Database, where they have contributed extensively, along with articles in Inorganic Chemistry, the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Dalton Transactions, and Inorganica Chimica Acta.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by João Costa Pessoa cover various aspects of coordination and inorganic chemistry. These include:

  • Copper Complexes with 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives: Underlying Factors Affecting Their Cytotoxicity (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Binding of vanadium ions and complexes to proteins and enzymes in aqueous solution (2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Misinterpretations in Evaluating Interactions of Vanadium Complexes with Proteins and Other Biological Targets (2021, Inorganics)
  • Therapeutic potential of vanadium complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline ligands, quo vadis? Fate of complexes in cell media and cancer cells (2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)
  • New VIV, VIVO, VVO, and VVO2 Systems: Exploring their Interconversion in Solution, Protein Interactions, and Cytotoxicity (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)

Co-authorship collaborations include work with Isabel Correia, M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho, Nádia Ribeiro, Fernanda Marques, and Eugenio Garribba. These partnerships reflect repeated joint research efforts within the broader scope of chemistry and material sciences.

Best Publications

  • Vanadium compounds in medicine.

    Joao Costa Pessoa;Susana Beatriz Etcheverry;Dinorah Gambino

  • In vitro study of the insulin-mimetic behaviour of vanadium(IV, V) coordination compounds

    Dieter Rehder;João Costa Pessoa;Carlos Frederico Gusmao Campos Geraldes;Margarida M. Castro

  • Synthesis, characterization, and application of vanadium-salan complexes in oxygen transfer reactions.

    Pedro Adão;João Costa Pessoa;Rui T. Henriques;Maxim L. Kuznetsov

  • Vanadium and proteins: Uptake, transport, structure, activity and function

    João Costa Pessoa;Eugenio Garribba;Marino F.A. Santos;Teresa Santos-Silva

  • Vanadium ionic species from degradation of Ti-6Al-4V metallic implants: In vitro cytotoxicity and speciation evaluation.

    Bruna C. Costa;Cíntia K. Tokuhara;Luís A. Rocha;Rodrigo Cardoso de Oliveira

  • Biospeciation of antidiabetic VO(IV) complexes

    Tamás Kiss;Tamás Kiss;Tamás Jakusch;Dominik Hollender;Ágnes Dörnyei

  • Vanadium complexes immobilized on solid supports and their use as catalysts for oxidation and functionalization of alkanes and alkenes

    Mannar R. Maurya;Amit Kumar;J. Costa Pessoa

  • Salan vs. salen metal complexes in catalysis and medicinal applications: Virtues and pitfalls

    João Costa Pessoa;Isabel Correia

  • Hydroxyquinoline derived vanadium(IV and V) and copper(II) complexes as potential anti-tuberculosis and anti-tumor agents.

    Isabel Correia;Pedro Adao;Somnath Roy;Mohamed Wahba

  • Vanadium complexes having [VIVO]2+ and [VVO2]+ cores with binucleating dibasic tetradentate ligands: Synthesis, characterization, catalytic and antiamoebic activities

    Mannar R. Maurya;Aftab Alam Khan;Amir Azam;Samir Ranjan

  • Vanadium polypyridyl compounds as potential antiparasitic and antitumoral agents: new achievements.

    Julio Benítez;Lorena Becco;Isabel Correia;Sandra Milena Leal

  • Immobilisation of oxovanadium(IV), dioxomolybdenum(VI) and copper(II) complexes on polymers for the oxidation of styrene, cyclohexene and ethylbenzene

    Mannar R. Maurya;Aarti Arya;Pedro Adão;João Costa Pessoa

  • Vanadium complexes having [VO]2+, [VO]3+ and [VO2]+ cores with hydrazones of 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol: synthesis, characterization, reactivity, and catalytic potential

    Mannar R. Maurya;Chanchal Haldar;Amit Kumar;Maxim L. Kuznetsov

  • Polymer-Bound Oxidovanadium(IV) and Dioxidovanadium(V) Complexes As Catalysts for the Oxidative Desulfurization of Model Fuel Diesel

    Mannar R. Maurya;Aarti Arya;Amit Kumar;Maxim L. Kuznetsov

  • Vanadium(IV) and copper(II) complexes of salicylaldimines and aromatic heterocycles: Cytotoxicity, DNA binding and DNA cleavage properties.

    Isabel Correia;Somnath Roy;Cristina P. Matos;Sladjana Borovic

  • The speciation of vanadium in human serum

    Tamás Jakusch;João Costa Pessoa;Tamás Kiss;Tamás Kiss

  • PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF NEW OXOVANADIUM(IV) SCHIFF BASE COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM AMINO ACIDS AND AROMATIC O-HYDROXYALDEHYDES

    J.Costa Pessoa;I. Cavaco;I. Correia;M.T. Duarte

  • Copper(II) complexes with tridentate pyrazole-based ligands: synthesis, characterization, DNA cleavage activity and cytotoxicity.

    Sofia Gama;Filipa Mendes;Fernanda Marques;Isabel C. Santos

  • A novel vanadyl complex with a polypyridyl DNA intercalator as ligand: a potential anti-protozoa and anti-tumor agent.

    Julio Benítez;Lucía Guggeri;Isabel Tomaz;Isabel Tomaz;João Costa Pessoa

  • Vanadium(IV and V) Complexes of Schiff Bases and Reduced Schiff Bases Derived from the Reaction of Aromatic o-Hydroxyaldehydes and Diamines: Synthesis, Characterisation and Solution Studies

    Isabel Correia;João Costa Pessoa;M. Teresa Duarte;M. Fátima Minas da Piedade

  • Biospeciation of various antidiabetic VIVO compounds in serum

    Tamás Jakusch;Dominik Hollender;Éva Anna Enyedy;Cristina Sánchez González

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabel Correia
Isabel Correia Instituto Superior Técnico
Mannar R. Maurya
Mannar R. Maurya Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Tamás Kiss
Tamás Kiss University of Szeged
Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes
Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes University of Coimbra
Eugenio Garribba
Eugenio Garribba University of Sassari
Virtudes Moreno
Virtudes Moreno University of Barcelona
C. Guedes Soares
C. Guedes Soares Instituto Superior Técnico
Mercedes González
Mercedes González University of the Republic
Hugo Cerecetto
Hugo Cerecetto University of the Republic
Giovanni Micera
Giovanni Micera University of Sassari

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