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Valérie Heitz is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, luminescence and fluorescent materials, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, as well as molecular sensors and ion detection.

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • Multifunctional cubic liquid crystalline nanoparticles for chemo- and photodynamic synergistic cancer therapy (2020), published in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Synthesis and In Vitro Studies of a Gd(DOTA)-Porphyrin Conjugate for Combined MRI and Photodynamic Treatment (2020), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy in the Near-Infrared Region with a Targeting Antimicrobial Peptide Connected to a π-Extended Porphyrin (2022), published in ACS Infectious Diseases
  • A Bis-Acridinium Macrocycle as Multi-Responsive Receptor and Selective Phase-Transfer Agent of Perylene (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecular Recognition by Chalcogen Bond: Selective Charge-Transfer Crystal Formation of Dimethylnaphthalene with Selenadiazolotetracyanonaphthoquinodimethane (2021), published in European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in their work include Henri-Pierre Jacquot de Rouville, Yusuke Ishigaki, Takuya Shimajiri, Johnny Hu, and Kota Asai.

Their research contributions have appeared in various scientific journals, with multiple publications in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - A European Journal, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ChemPlusChem, and Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Rotaxanes as new architectures for photoinduced electron transfer and molecular motions

    María-Jesús Blanco;M. Consuelo Jiménez;Jean-Claude Chambron;Valérie Heitz

  • Multiporphyrinic cages: architectures and functions.

    Stéphanie Durot;Julien Taesch;Valérie Heitz

  • Molecular photosensitisers for two-photon photodynamic therapy

    F. Bolze;S. Jenni;A. Sour;V. Heitz

  • Design and synthesis of porphyrin-containing catenanes and rotaxanes

    Jonathan A. Faiz;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Porphyrin Conjugates with High Two-Photon Absorption and Singlet Oxygen Generation for Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy†

    Julie Schmitt;Valérie Heitz;Angélique Sour;Frédéric Bolze

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

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

  • Photoinduced Electron- and Energy-Transfer Processes Occurring within Porphyrin-Metal-Bisterpyridyl Conjugates

    Jean-Paul Collin;Anthony Harriman;Valerie Heitz;Fabrice Odobel

  • Charge transfer across oblique bisporphyrins: two-center photoactive molecules

    Anne M. Brun;Anthony Harriman;Valerie Heitz;Jean Pierre Sauvage

  • Transition metal templated formation of [2]- and [3]-rotaxanes with porphyrins as stoppers

    Jean Claude Chambron;Valerie Heitz;Jean Pierre Sauvage

  • Construction of One-Dimensional Multicomponent Molecular Arrays: Control of Electronic and Molecular Motions

    Jean-Paul Collin;Pablo Gaviña;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer between porphyrinic subunits within a bis(porphyrin)-stoppered rotaxane

    Jean Claude Chambron;Anthony Harriman;Valerie Heitz;Jean Pierre Sauvage

  • A Liquid‐Crystalline [2]Catenane and Its Copper(I) Complex

    Etienne D. Baranoff;Julie Voignier;Takuma Yasuda;Valérie Heitz

  • Long-range electron transfer in porphyrin-containing [2]-rotaxanes: tuning the rate by metal cation coordination.

    Mikael Andersson;Myriam Linke;Jean Claude Chambron;Jan Davidsson

  • Effect of the spacer moiety on the rates of electron transfer within bis-porphyrin-stoppered rotaxanes

    Jean Claude Chambron;Anthony Harriman;Valerie Heitz;Jean Pierre Sauvage

  • Synthesis of a Bis-macrocycle Containing Two Back-to-Back Rigidly Connected 1,10-Phenanthroline Units as a Central Core and its Incorporation in a Handcuff-Like Catenane

    Julien Frey;Tomáš Kraus;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • Adjustable receptor based on a [3]rotaxane whose two threaded rings are rigidly attached to two porphyrinic plates: synthesis and complexation studies.

    Jean-Paul Collin;Julien Frey;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • Multiporphyrinic Rotaxanes: Control of Intramolecular Electron Transfer Rate by Steering the Mutual Arrangement of the Chromophores

    Myriam Linke;Jean-Claude Chambron, ,†;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage, ,†

  • Copper(I)-Assembled [3]Rotaxane Whose Two Rings Act as Flapping Wings

    Antoine Joosten;Yann Trolez;Jean-Paul Collin;Valérie Heitz

  • A [3]rotaxane with two porphyrinic plates acting as an adaptable receptor.

    Julien Frey;Christian Tock;Jean-Paul Collin;Valérie Heitz

  • Rotaxanes and Catenanes Built Around Octahedral Transition Metals

    Jean-Claude Chambron;Jean-Paul Collin;Valérie Heitz;Damien Jouvenot

  • A rotaxane with two rigidly held porphyrins as stoppers

    Jean-Claude Chambron;Valérie Heitz;Jean-Pierre Sauvage

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage University of Strasbourg
Jean-Paul Collin
Jean-Paul Collin University of Strasbourg
Lucia Flamigni
Lucia Flamigni National Research Council (CNR)
Anthony Harriman
Anthony Harriman Newcastle University
Kari Rissanen
Kari Rissanen University of Jyväskylä
Éva Tóth
Éva Tóth University of Orléans
Fabrice Odobel
Fabrice Odobel University of Nantes
Christiane Dietrich-Buchecker
Christiane Dietrich-Buchecker Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Francesco Barigelletti
Francesco Barigelletti University of Bologna
Takuma Yasuda
Takuma Yasuda Kyushu University

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