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Sylvestre Bonnet

Sylvestre Bonnet

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7116
World Ranking
16118
National Ranking
283

Overview

Sylvestre Bonnet is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily within the field of Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Bonnet has contributed to multiple topics in their research, notably:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Their recent publications include:

  • Ruthenium-Based Photoactivated Chemotherapy (2023), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • In vivo metallophilic self-assembly of a light-activated anticancer drug (2023), Nature Chemistry
  • Light-triggered switching of liposome surface charge directs delivery of membrane impermeable payloads in vivo (2020), Nature Communications
  • The Self-Assembly of a Cyclometalated Palladium Photosensitizer into Protein-Stabilized Nanorods Triggers Drug Uptake In Vitro and In Vivo (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Challenges and Future Perspectives in Photocatalysis: Conclusions from an Interdisciplinary Workshop (2024), JACS Au

Bonnet frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Xue-Quan Zhou
  • Maxime A. Siegler
  • Andrea Pannwitz
  • Vadde Ramu
  • Yurii Husiev

Publishing predominantly in venues associated with structural chemistry and chemical sciences, Bonnet has notable numbers of works in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Why develop photoactivated chemotherapy

    Sylvestre Bonnet

  • Transition metal-complexed catenanes and rotaxanes in motion: Towards molecular machines

    Jean-Paul Collin;Valérie Heitz;Sylvestre Bonnet;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on transition metals and their decomposition pathways

    Bart Limburg;Elisabeth Bouwman;Sylvestre Bonnet

  • Activation of a photodissociative ruthenium complex by triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion in liposomes

    Sven H. C. Askes;Azadeh Bahreman;Sylvestre Bonnet

  • A Red-Light-Activated Ruthenium-Caged NAMPT Inhibitor Remains Phototoxic in Hypoxic Cancer Cells

    Lucien N. Lameijer;Daniël Ernst;Samantha L. Hopkins;Michael S. Meijer

  • Transition‐Metal‐Complexed Molecular Machine Prototypes

    S. Bonnet;J.-P. Collin;M. Koizumi;P. Mobian

  • Ruthenium-Based Photoactivated Chemotherapy

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  • In vivo metallophilic self-assembly of a light-activated anticancer drug

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  • A two-step spin crossover mononuclear iron(II) complex with a [HS-LS-LS] intermediate phase

    Sylvestre Bonnet;Maxime A. Siegler;José Sánchez Costa;Gábor Molnár

  • Ruthenium-based light-driven molecular machine prototypes: synthesis and properties

    Sylvestre Bonnet;Jean-Paul Collin

  • Solving the oxygen sensitivity of sensitized photon upconversion in life science applications

    Sven H. C. Askes;Sylvestre Bonnet

  • Influence of Sample Preparation, Temperature, Light, and Pressure on the Two-Step Spin Crossover Mononuclear Compound [Fe(bapbpy)(NCS)2]

    Sylvestre Bonnet;Gábor Molnár;José Sanchez Costa;Maxime A. Siegler

  • Preparation and Practical Applications of 2′,7′-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein in Redox Assays

    Megan J. Reiniers;Megan J. Reiniers;Rowan F. van Golen;Sylvestre Bonnet;Mans Broekgaarden

  • An in vitro cell irradiation protocol for testing photopharmaceuticals and the effect of blue, green, and red light on human cancer cell lines.

    S. L. Hopkins;B. Siewert;S. H. C. Askes;P. Veldhuizen

  • To cage or to be caged? The cytotoxic species in ruthenium-based photoactivated chemotherapy is not always the metal

    Jordi-Amat Cuello-Garibo;Michael S. Meijer;Sylvestre Bonnet

  • Rate and Stability of Photocatalytic Water Oxidation using [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as Photosensitizer

    B. Limburg;E. Bouwman;S.A. Bonnet

  • Photo-Uncaging of a Microtubule-Targeted Rigidin Analogue in Hypoxic Cancer Cells and in a Xenograft Mouse Model.

    Vincent H S van Rixel;Vadde Ramu;Austin B Auyeung;Nataliia Beztsinna

  • N-Acetylmethionine and Biotin as Photocleavable Protective Groups for Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes

    Roosmarijn E. Goldbach;Isabel Rodriguez‐Garcia;Joop H. van Lenthe;Maxime A. Siegler

  • Co-Registered Molecular Logic Gate with a CO-Releasing Molecule Triggered by Light and Peroxide

    Upendar Reddy G;Jörg Axthelm;Patrick Hoffmann;Nandaraj Taye

  • Ruthenium-decorated lipid vesicles: light-induced release of [Ru(terpy)(bpy)(oh2)]2+ and thermal back coordination

    Sylvestre Bonnet;Bart Limburg;Johannes D. Meeldijk;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • Spontaneous formation in the dark, and visible light-induced cleavage, of a Ru-S bond in water: a thermodynamic and kinetic study.

    Azadeh Bahreman;Bart Limburg;Maxime A. Siegler;Elisabeth Bouwman

  • Red-Light-Controlled Release of Drug-Ru Complex Conjugates from Metallopolymer Micelles for Phototherapy in Hypoxic Tumor Environments

    Wen Sun;Wen Sun;Wen Sun;Yan Wen;Raweewan Thiramanas;Raweewan Thiramanas;Mingjia Chen

  • Imaging Upconverting Polymersomes in Cancer Cells: Biocompatible Antioxidants Brighten Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion.

    Sven H. C. Askes;Wim Pomp;Samantha L. Hopkins;Alexander Kros

  • Temporal Control of Membrane Fusion through photolabile PEGylation of liposome membranes

    Li Kong;Sven H. C. Askes;Sylvestre Bonnet;Alexander Kros

  • Green light-induced apoptosis in cancer cells by a tetrapyridyl ruthenium prodrug offering two trans coordination sites

    V. H. S. van Rixel;B. Siewert;S. L. Hopkins;S. H. C. Askes

Frequent Co-Authors

Maxime A. Siegler
Maxime A. Siegler Johns Hopkins University
Elisabeth Bouwman
Elisabeth Bouwman Leiden University
Gábor Molnár
Gábor Molnár Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Paul Collin
Jean-Paul Collin University of Strasbourg
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage University of Strasbourg
Alexander Kros
Alexander Kros Leiden University
Azzedine Bousseksou
Azzedine Bousseksou Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Gerard van Koten
Gerard van Koten Utrecht University

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