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Reijo Sillanpää is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and focuses primarily on research in the fields of Materials Science and Medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research interests cover several main topics:

  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Reijo Sillanpää illustrate a focus on advanced materials incorporating boron clusters and their applications in imaging, anticounterfeiting, and nanomedicine:

  • "Water-Stable Carborane-Based Eu3+/Tb3+ Metal-Organic Frameworks for Tunable Time-Dependent Emission Color and Their Application in Anticounterfeiting Bar-Coding," 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Radiolabeled Cobaltabis(dicarbollide) Anion-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for In Vivo Bioimaging and Boron Delivery," 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • "Tuning the Cell Uptake and Subcellular Distribution in BODIPY-Carboranyl Dyads: An Experimental and Theoretical Study," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "o-Carborane-based fluorophores as efficient luminescent systems both as solids and as water-dispersible nanoparticles," 2022, Chemical Communications
  • "Towards the Application of Purely Inorganic Icosahedral Boron Clusters in Emerging Nanomedicine," 2023, Molecules

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Sillanpää include:

  • Francesç Teixidor
  • Clara Viñas
  • José Giner Planas
  • Justo Cabrera-González
  • Eliseo Ruíz

Sillanpää's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, highlighting ongoing engagement with specialized scientific communities. Notable venues with multiple publications include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Molecules

Best Publications

  • Are methyl groups electron-donating or electron-withdrawing in boron clusters? Permethylation of o-carborane.

    Francesc Teixidor;Gemma Barberà;Albert Vaca;Raikko Kivekäs

  • A Discrete P⋅⋅⋅I ? I⋅⋅⋅P Assembly: The Large Influence of Weak Interactions on the 31P NMR Spectra of Phosphane–Diiodine Complexes

    Rosario Núñez;Pau Farràs;Francesc Teixidor;Clara Viñas

  • Modulation of the CC distance in disubstituted l,2-R2-o-carboranes. Crystal structure of closo l,2-(SPh)2-l,2-C2B10H10

    Jordi Llop;Clara Viñas;Josep M Oliva;Francesc Teixidor

  • Chameleonic capacity of [3,3'-Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2]- in coordination. Generation of the highly uncommon S(thioether)-Na bond

    Francesc Teixidor;Josefina Pedrajas;Isabel Rojo;Clara Vinas

  • Fluorescence of new o-carborane compounds with different fluorophores: can it be tuned?

    Albert Ferrer-Ugalde;Arántzazu González-Campo;Clara Viñas;Jesús Rodríguez-Romero

  • The Distinct Effect of theo-Carboranyl Fragment: Its Influence on the I−I Distance in R3PI2 Complexes

    Francesc Teixidor;Rosario Núñez;Clara Viñas;Reijo Sillanpää

  • exo-nido-Cyclooctadienerhodacarboranes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Properties in Alkene Hydrogenation

    Francesc Teixidor;Miguel A. Flores;C. Viñas;and Reijo Sillanpää

  • C−C Plasticity in Boron Chemistry: Modulation of the Cc···Cc Distance in Mixed Pyrrolyl/Dicarbollide Complexes†

    Jordi Llop;Clara Viñas;Francesc Teixidor;Lluís Victori

  • Structural properties and applications of multidentate [O,N,O,X′] aminobisphenolate metal complexes

    Oula Wichmann;Reijo Sillanpää;Ari Lehtonen

  • Relevance of the Electronegativity of Boron in η5‐Coordinating Ligands: Regioselective Monoalkylation and Monoarylation in Cobaltabisdicarbollide [3,3′‐Co(1,2‐C2B9H11)2]− Clusters

    Isabel Rojo;Francesc Teixidor;Clara Viñas;Raikko Kivekäs

  • Synthesis and characterization of new fluorescent styrene-containing carborane derivatives: the singular quenching role of a phenyl substituent.

    Albert Ferrer-Ugalde;Emilio José Juárez-Pérez;Francesc Teixidor;Clara Viñas

  • The formation of nido [7,8-(PR2)2-7,8-C2B9H10]− from closo 1,2−(PR2)2−1,2−C2B10H10 (): a process enhanced by complexation

    Francesc Teixidor;Clara Viñas;M.Mar Abad;Raikko Kivekäs

  • Procedure for the degradation of 1,2-(PR2)2-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) and 1-(PR2)-2-R′-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12)

    Francesc Teixidor;Clara Viñas;M. Mar Abad;Rosario Nuñez

  • Hydrothermal syntheses, crystal structures, and properties of two-dimensional homo- and heterometallic cyanide-bridged complexes: [Cu2(CN)2(bpym)] and [Fe(bipy)2(CN)4Cu2] (bpym = 2,2'-bipyrimidine, bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine).

    Enrique Colacio;† José M. Domínguez-Vera;Francesc Lloret;José M. Moreno Sánchez

  • cis-Dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with tridentate and tetradentate Schiff base ligands. Preparation, structures and inhibition of aerial oxidation of aldehydes

    Janne Liimatainen;Ari Lehtonen;Reijo Sillanpää

  • Structural and magnetic diversity in cyano-bridged bi- and trimetallic complexes assembled from cyanometalates and [M(rac-CTH)]n+ building blocks (CTH = d,l-5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane).

    Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez;Raikko Kivekäs;Reijo Sillanpää;Joan Cano

  • Synthetic transformation of hydroxymatairesinol from Norway spruce (Picea abies) to 7-hydroxysecoisolariciresinol, (+)-lariciresinol and (+)-cyclolariciresinol

    Patrik Eklund;Reijo Sillanpää;Rainer Sjöholm

  • The [3,3′-Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2]− anion as a platform for new materials: synthesis of its functionalized monosubstituted derivatives incorporating synthons for conducting organic polymers

    Jordi Llop;Carlos Masalles;Clara Viñas;Francesc Teixidor

  • [Rh(7‐SPh‐8‐Me‐7,8‐C2B9H10)(PPh3)2]: A New Rhodacarborane with Enhanced Activity in the Hydrogenation of 1‐Alkenes

    Francesc Teixidor;Miquel A. Flores;Clara Viñas;Raikko Kivekäs

  • Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Orthogonally Protected 2,4-Diaminocyclopentanecarboxylates: A Flip from β-Amino- to β,γ-Diaminocarboxylates

    Loránd Kiss;Enikó Forró;Reijo Sillanpää;Ferenc Fülöp

  • Metallacarboranes as building blocks for polyanionic polyarmed aryl-ether materials.

    Pau Farràs;Francesc Teixidor;Raikko Kivekäs;Reijo Sillanpää

Frequent Co-Authors

Raikko Kivekäs
Raikko Kivekäs University of Helsinki
Francesc Teixidor
Francesc Teixidor Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Clara Viñas
Clara Viñas Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Ferenc Fülöp
Ferenc Fülöp University of Szeged
Enrique Colacio
Enrique Colacio University of Granada
Kalevi Pihlaja
Kalevi Pihlaja University of Turku
Elmar G. Weinhold
Elmar G. Weinhold RWTH Aachen University
Bengt Långström
Bengt Långström Uppsala University
Matti Haukka
Matti Haukka University of Jyväskylä
Santos Fustero
Santos Fustero University of Valencia

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