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Mireille Blanchard-Desce

Mireille Blanchard-Desce

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
18321
World Ranking
4742
National Ranking
146

Overview

Mireille Blanchard-Desce is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry and biomedical engineering. The scientist's work also spans subfields such as electronic, optical and magnetic materials, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Mireille Blanchard-Desce's research include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Research published by Mireille Blanchard-Desce appears in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Photochem
  • Molecules
  • New Journal of Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mireille Blanchard-Desce cover topics related to nonlinear optics, nanoparticles, and fluorophores. Selected publications include:

  • "Performance of DFT functionals for calculating the second-order nonlinear optical properties of dipolar merocyanines," 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Two-photon uncaging of bioactive compounds: Starter guide to an efficient IR light switch," 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews
  • "Acidic nanoparticles protect against α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration through the restoration of lysosomal function," 2022, Aging Cell
  • "Phthalocyanine-Cored Fluorophores with Fluorene-Containing Peripheral Two-Photon Antennae as Photosensitizers for Singlet Oxygen Generation," 2020, Molecules
  • "A Bottom-Up Approach to Red-Emitting Molecular-Based Nanoparticles with Natural Stealth Properties and their Use for Single-Particle Tracking Deep in Brain Tissue," 2021, Advanced Materials

Mireille Blanchard-Desce has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Jonathan Daniel
  • Olivier Mongin
  • Jean-Baptiste Verlhac
  • Nicolas Richy
  • Frédéric Paul

Best Publications

  • Large First Hyperpolarizabilities in Push-Pull Polyenes by Tuning of the Bond Length Alternation and Aromaticity

    Seth R. Marder;Lap-Tak Cheng;Bruce G. Tiemann;Andrienne C. Friedli

  • Enhanced two-photon absorption of organic chromophores: theoretical and experimental assessments ∗∗

    Francesca Terenziani;Claudine Katan;Ekaterina Badaeva;Sergei Tretiak

  • Distance-Dependent Fluorescence Quenching on Gold Nanoparticles Ensheathed with Layer-by-Layer Assembled Polyelectrolytes

    Grégory Schneider;Gero Decher;Nicolas Nerambourg;Raïssa Praho

  • Large Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities with Donor–Acceptor Polyenes Exhibiting Optimum Bond Length Alternation: Correlation Between Structure and Hyperpolarizability

    M. Blanchard-Desce;V. Alain;P. V. Bedworth;S. R. Marder

  • Charge instability in quadrupolar chromophores: symmetry breaking and solvatochromism.

    Francesca Terenziani;Anna Painelli;Claudine Katan;Marina Charlot

  • Effects of (Multi)branching of Dipolar Chromophores on Photophysical Properties and Two-Photon Absorption

    Claudine Katan;Francesca Terenziani;Olivier Mongin;Martinus H. V. Werts

  • Synthesis, fluorescence, and two-photon absorption of a series of elongated rodlike and banana-shaped quadrupolar fluorophores: a comprehensive study of structure-property relationships.

    Olivier Mongin;Laurent Porrès;Marina Charlot;Claudine Katan

  • Synthesis and photophysical properties of new conjugated fluorophores designed for two-photon-excited fluorescence.

    Olivier Mongin;Laurent Porrès;Laurent Moreaux;Jerome Mertz

  • Coherent Scattering in Multi-Harmonic Light Microscopy

    Laurent Moreaux;Olivier Sandre;Serge Charpak;Mireilles Blanchard-Desce

  • Mannose-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for efficient two-photon photodynamic therapy of solid tumors.

    Magali Gary-Bobo;Youssef Mir;Cédric Rouxel;David Brevet

  • Enhanced two-photon absorption with novel octupolar propeller-shaped fluorophores derived from triphenylamine.

    Laurent Porrès;Olivier Mongin;Claudine Katan;Marina Charlot

  • Nanoscale Push-Push Dihydrophenanthrene Derivatives as Novel Fluorophores for Two-Photon-Excited Fluorescence.

    Lionel Ventelon;Sandrine Charier;Laurent Moreaux;Jerome Mertz

  • Kinetics of electron transfer and electrochromic change during the redox transitions of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex

    Fabrice Rappaport;Mireille Blanchard-Desce;Jérôme Lavergne

  • Chromophores with Strong Heterocyclic Acceptors: A Poled Polymer with a Large Electro-Optic Coefficient

    Markus Ahlheim;Marguerite Barzoukas;Peter V. Bedworth;Mireille Blanchard-Desce

  • Molecular engineering of push–pull dipolar and quadrupolar molecules for two-photon absorption: A multivalence-bond states approach

    M. Barzoukas;M. Blanchard-Desce

  • Intramolecular charge transfer in donor-acceptor molecules

    A. Slama-Schwok;M. Blanchard-Desce;J. M. Lehn

  • The Synthesis and One‐ and Two‐Photon Optical Properties of Dipolar, Quadrupolar and Octupolar Donor–Acceptor Molecules Containing Dimesitylboryl Groups

    Jonathan C. Collings;Suk Yue Poon;Céline Le Droumaguet;Marina Charlot

  • Very large quadratic nonlinearities in solution of two push-pull polyene series: Effect of the conjugation length and of the end groups

    M. Barzoukas;M. Blanchard-Desce;D. Josse;J.-M. Lehn

  • Diaroyl(methanato)boron difluoride compounds as medium-sensitive two-photon fluorescent probes.

    Emmanuelle Cogné-Laage;Jean-François Allemand;Odile Ruel;Jean-Bernard Baudin

  • Molecular devices: Caroviologens as an approach to molecular wires—synthesis and incorporation into vesicle membranes

    Thomas S. Arrhenius;Mireille Blanchard-Desce;Maya Dvolaitzky;Jean-Marie Lehn

  • Investigation of two-photon absorption behavior in symmetrical acceptor–π–acceptor derivatives with dimesitylboryl end-groups. Evidence of new engineering routes for TPA/transparency trade-off optimization

    Marina Charlot;Laurent Porrès;Laurent Porrès;Christopher D. Entwistle;Andrew Beeby

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Mongin
Olivier Mongin University of Rennes
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Claudine Katan
Claudine Katan University of Rennes
Joseph Zyss
Joseph Zyss École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Isabelle Ledoux
Isabelle Ledoux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Thomas Pons
Thomas Pons ESPCI Paris
Seth R. Marder
Seth R. Marder University of Colorado Boulder
Frédéric Chaput
Frédéric Chaput Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Boilot
Jean-Pierre Boilot École Polytechnique
Jean-Pierre Majoral
Jean-Pierre Majoral Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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