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Jonathan S. Lindsey is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and focuses primarily on materials science with a significant concentration in materials chemistry. Their work spans several related subfields including molecular biology, organic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's research covers various topics mainly within crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry. Additional areas include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, luminescence and fluorescent materials, and porphyrin metabolism and disorders.

Recent publications by Jonathan S. Lindsey include:

  • The fluorescence quantum yield parameter in Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-Meaning, misperception, and molecular design, 2021, Chemical Physics Reviews
  • Comprehensive review of photophysical parameters (ε, Φf, τs) of tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) and zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) - Critical benchmark molecules in photochemistry and photosynthesis, 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews
  • Absorption and Fluorescence Spectral Database of Chlorophylls and Analogues, 2020, Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Digital Database of Absorption Spectra of Diverse Flavonoids Enables Structural Comparisons and Quantitative Evaluations, 2023, Journal of Natural Products
  • Photophysical Properties and Electronic Structure of Zinc(II) Porphyrins Bearing 0-4 meso-Phenyl Substituents: Zinc Porphine to Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP), 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Jonathan S. Lindsey has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Masahiko Taniguchi, Phattananawee Nalaoh, Pengzhi Wang, Haoyu Jing, and Khiem Chau Nguyen.

Their work has been published in various academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Molecules
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology

Best Publications

  • Rothemund and Adler-Longo reactions revisited: synthesis of tetraphenylporphyrins under equilibrium conditions

    Jonathan S. Lindsey;Irwin C. Schreiman;Henry C. Hsu;Patrick C. Kearney

  • PhotochemCAD‡: A Computer‐Aided Design and Research Tool in Photochemistry

    Hai Du;Ru-Chun Amy Fuh;Junzhong Li;L. Andrew Corkan

  • Self-assembly in synthetic routes to molecular devices. Biological principles and chemical perspectives : a review

    J. S Lindsey

  • Probing electronic communication in covalently linked multiporphyrin arrays. A guide to the rational design of molecular photonic devices.

    Dewey Holten;David F Bocian;Jonathan S Lindsey

  • Investigation of the synthesis of ortho-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins

    Jonathan S. Lindsey;Richard W. Wagner

  • One-flask synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes and their application in the synthesis of trans-substituted porphyrin building blocks

    Chang-Hee Lee;Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Refined Synthesis of 5-Substituted Dipyrromethanes

    Benjamin J. Littler;Mark A. Miller;Chen-Hsiung Hung;Richard W. Wagner

  • A molecular photonic wire

    Richard W. Wagner;Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Molecular Memories That Survive Silicon Device Processing and Real-World Operation

    Zhiming Liu;Zhiming Liu;Amir A. Yasseri;Amir A. Yasseri;Jonathan S. Lindsey;Jonathan S. Lindsey;David F. Bocian;David F. Bocian

  • Design, Synthesis, and Photodynamics of Light-Harvesting Arrays Comprised of a Porphyrin and One, Two, or Eight Boron-Dipyrrin Accessory Pigments

    Feirong Li;Sung Ik Yang;Yangzhen Ciringh;Jyoti Seth

  • Synthesis of tetraphenylporphyrins under very mild conditions

    Jonathan S. Lindsey;Henry C. Hsu;Irwin C. Schreiman

  • Molecular Optoelectronic Gates

    Richard W. Wagner;Jonathan S. Lindsey;Jyoti Seth;Vaithianathan Palaniappan

  • Investigation of Conditions Giving Minimal Scrambling in the Synthesis of trans-Porphyrins from Dipyrromethanes and Aldehydes.

    Benjamin J. Littler;Yangzhen Ciringh;Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Structural Control of the Photodynamics of Boron-Dipyrrin Complexes

    Hooi Ling Kee;Christine Kirmaier;Lianhe Yu;Patchanita Thamyongkit

  • A Scalable Synthesis of Meso-Substituted Dipyrromethanes

    Joydev K. Laha;Savithri Dhanalekshmi;Masahiko Taniguchi;and Arounaguiry Ambroise

  • Database of Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of >300 Common Compounds for use in PhotochemCAD.

    Masahiko Taniguchi;Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Synthetic routes to meso-patterned porphyrins.

    Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Boron-dipyrromethene dyes for incorporation in synthetic multi-pigment light-harvesting arrays

    Richard W. Wagner;Jonathan S. Lindsey

  • Soluble Synthetic Multiporphyrin Arrays. 2. Photodynamics of Energy-Transfer Processes

    # Jiunn-Shyong Hsiao;Brent P. Krueger;Richard W. Wagner;Thomas E. Johnson

  • Rational syntheses of porphyrins bearing up to four different meso substituents.

    Polisetti Dharma Rao;Savithri Dhanalekshmi;Benjamin J. Littler;Jonathan S. Lindsey

Frequent Co-Authors

David F. Bocian
David F. Bocian University of California, Riverside
Dewey Holten
Dewey Holten Washington University in St. Louis
Christine Kirmaier
Christine Kirmaier Washington University in St. Louis
Werner G. Kuhr
Werner G. Kuhr University of California, Riverside
Daniel T. Gryko
Daniel T. Gryko Polish Academy of Sciences
Michael R. Hamblin
Michael R. Hamblin University of Johannesburg
Veena Misra
Veena Misra North Carolina State University
Paul A. Loach
Paul A. Loach Northwestern University
Francisco Zaera
Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside
Dongho Kim
Dongho Kim Yonsei University

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