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John Mack is affiliated with Rhodes University in South Africa and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist's publications concentrate on core topics such as Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies.

Frequent publication venues for John Mack include:

  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John Mack are:

  • A simple quinoline-thiophene Schiff base turn-off chemosensor for Hg2+ detection: spectroscopy, sensing properties and applications (2021, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy)
  • An imidazole-based fluorescent probe for the Mercury(II) Ion with rapid response in vitro (2023, Dyes and Pigments)
  • Sn(iv) N-confused porphyrins as photosensitizer dyes for photodynamic therapy in the near IR region (2020, Dalton Transactions)
  • Non-aggregated lipophilic water-soluble tin porphyrins as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (2020, New Journal of Chemistry)
  • Indium phthalocyanines: Comparative photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli (2021, Journal of Molecular Structure)

John Mack has collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tebello Nyokong
  • Balaji Babu
  • Rodah C. Soy
  • Nagao Kobayashi
  • Aviwe K. May

Best Publications

  • Structural modification strategies for the rational design of red/NIR region BODIPYs

    Hua Lu;Hua Lu;John Mack;Yongchao Yang;Zhen Shen

  • Photochemistry of nitrite and nitrate in aqueous solution: a review

    John Mack;James R. Bolton

  • Low Symmetry Phthalocyanines and Their Analogues

    John Mack;Nagao Kobayashi

  • Application of MCD spectroscopy to porphyrinoids

    John Mack;John Mack;Martin J. Stillman;Nagao Kobayashi

  • DEGRADATION PATHWAYS DURING THE TREATMENT OF METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER BY THE UV/H2O2 PROCESS

    Mihaela I. Stefan;John Mack;James R. Bolton

  • Photochemical Formation of the Anion Radical of Zinc Phthalocyanine and Analysis of the Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectral Data. Assignment of the Optical Spectrum of [ZnPc(-3)]-

    John Mack;Martin J. Stillman

  • Assignment of the optical spectra of metal phthalocyanines through spectral band deconvolution analysis and zindo calculations

    John Mack;Martin J Stillman

  • Application of MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT to a highly non-planar porphyrinoid ring system. New insights on red-shifted porphyrinoid spectral bands.

    John Mack;Yoshiaki Asano;Nagao Kobayashi;Martin J. Stillman

  • Expanded, Contracted, and Isomeric Porphyrins: Theoretical Aspects.

    John Mack

  • Optically active BODIPYs

    Hua Lu;John Mack;Tebello Nyokong;Nagao Kobayashi

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of fused-ring-expanded aza-boradiazaindacenes.

    Hua Lu;Soji Shimizu;John Mack;Zhen Shen

  • A facile one-pot synthesis of meso-aryl-substituted [14]triphyrin(2.1.1).

    Zhao-Li Xue;Zhen Shen;John Mack;Daiki Kuzuhara

  • A red fluorescent turn-on probe for hydrogen sulfide and its application in living cells

    Xingyu Qu;Cuijuan Li;Huachao Chen;John Mack

  • Methodological Survey of Simplified TD-DFT Methods for Fast and Accurate Interpretation of UV-Vis-NIR Spectra of Phthalocyanines.

    Alexander G. Martynov;John Mack;Aviwe K. May;Tebello Nyokong

  • Assignment of the Optical Spectra of Metal Phthalocyanine Anions

    John Mack;Martin J. Stillman

  • 103 – Electronic Structures of Metal Phthalocyanine and Porphyrin Complexes from Analysis of the UV–Visible Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectra and Molecular Orbital Calculations

    John Mack;Martin J. Stillman

  • Organosilicon compounds as fluorescent chemosensors for fluoride anion recognition

    Lizhi Gai;Lizhi Gai;John Mack;Hua Lu;Hua Lu;Tebello Nyokong

  • Electronic structure of reduced symmetry peripheral fused-ring-substituted phthalocyanines.

    Nagao Kobayashi;John Mack;and Kazuyuki Ishii;Martin J. Stillman

  • Phosphorus(V)-corrole: synthesis, spectroscopic properties, theoretical calculations, and potential utility for in vivo applications in living cells.

    Xu Liang;John Mack;John Mack;Li Min Zheng;Zhen Shen

  • Spectroscopy and electronic structure of electron deficient zinc phthalocyanines.

    Steven P. Keizer;John Mack;Barbara A. Bench;Sergiu M. Gorun

  • A selective colorimetric and fluorometric ammonium ion sensor based on the H-aggregation of an aza-BODIPY with fused pyrazine rings

    Hanzhuang Liu;John Mack;Qiuli Guo;Hua Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong Rhodes University
Nagao Kobayashi
Nagao Kobayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Zhen Shen
Zhen Shen Nanjing University
Martin J. Stillman
Martin J. Stillman University of Western Ontario
Hiroko Yamada
Hiroko Yamada Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Nanjing University
Karl M. Kadish
Karl M. Kadish University of Houston
David E. Heinrichs
David E. Heinrichs University of Western Ontario
Zheng Xu
Zheng Xu Beijing Jiaotong University
Kazuo Takimiya
Kazuo Takimiya Tohoku University

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