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Molecular mechanism of binding selectivity in four stereoisomeric europium complexes with human serum albumin

Sally Lok Wan Ng,* Xinyi Wen, David Parker,* Wei Han, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026, Accepted article, DOI: 10.1039/d6cp02317g

Measurement of Line Width and Anisotropy in C3/C4-Symmetric Gd(III) Complexes

Edward Latham, Chowan Ashok Kumar, Carlson Alexander, Nicholas Cox, Thierry Dubroca, David Parker, and Nicholas F. Chilton* Inorg Chem., 2026, 65, 13807-13816.

Protein binding regulates complex configuration: comparative analysis of three dynamically racemic europium(iii) complexes

Huishan Li, Dominic J. Black, Robert Pal and David Parker,* RSC Adv., 2026,16, 26165-26172.

Synthesis and preliminary assessment of fluorescent probes based on the competitive GPCR antagonists vismodegib and masupirdine

Carlson Alexander, Tsz-Lam Cheung, Chowan Ashok Kumar, Catherine H. H. Hor, Huishan Li, Xuizhi Zou and David Parker,* RSC Adv., 2026,16, 17745-17752.

Chemoselective and stereoselective charge transfer dynamic quenching with triazacyclononane europium and terbium tetra-azatriphenylene complexes

Xinyi Wen, Dominic J. Black, Robert Pal and David Parker,* Dalton Trans., 2026, 55, 5602-5607.

Dynamic chiral quenching of europium and terbium excited states

Xinyi Wen, Dominic J. Black, Mark A. Fox, Robert Pal and David Parker,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026, 28, 8769-8775.

Optimizing Intracellular Transport of Antimicrobial Metallohelices Delivers Selective Nanomolar Potency in E. coli

Miles L. Postings, Nicola J. Rogers,* Georgia Shreeve, Hualong Song, Guy Clarkson, Anish Mistry, John Moat, Grace-Taylor Joyce, Nicholas R. Waterfield, and  Peter Scott,* Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 1513-1527. 

Absolute Temperature Mapping Using Chiral Terbium Parashift Complexes for MRI Thermometry

Carlson Alexander, Huishan Li, Peter Harvey, Galina E. Pavlovskaya, Nicola J. Rogers,* and

David Parker,* Chem. Biomed. Imaging, 2026, 4, 610 - 618.  

Divergent late stage functionalisation of luminescent europium(III) complexes for targeting and imaging applications

Tsz-Lam Cheung, Carlson Alexander, Huishan Li, and David Parker,* Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 17177-17180. 

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Temperature dependent luminescence of europium/cyanine FRET pairs

Tsz-Lam Cheung and David Parker,* Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 19762-19768.  

Europium probe binding to serum albumin and α-1-AGP, key importance of configuration, charge and size complementarity

Huishan Li, Lok Wan Ng, Dominic J. Black, Wei Han, Robert Pal, and David Parker,* 

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 14544-14552.

This article is part of the themed collection: 15th anniversary Chemical Science community collection

Macrocyclic Transition-Metal Parashift Complexes for MRI at Clinical and Pre-clinical Magnetic Fields

Nicola J. Rogers,* Ashok Kumar Chowan, Carlson Alexander, Daniel Bowdery, Galina Pavlovskaya, and Peter Harvey, Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 11036-11046.  

Photoswitchable Antimicrobial Metallohelices

Changhao Liu, Mi Li, Xinyu Wang, Guoqing Li, Xue Zhao, Xuebin Wang, Siying Qin, Xuejian Zhang, Nicola J. Rogers, Xin Zhang, Qianshuo Dong, Guy J. Clarkson, Yuji Wang, Xinyi Yang, Peter Scott, Rubing Wang, and Hualong Song,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64 e202508959.

Enhanced Binding of Zn2+ Using a Sulfur Version of o-Aminophenol-Triacetate (APTRA): Introducing S-APTRA and Derivatives

Christopher Hogg, Laura L. Duncan, David Parker,  and  J. A. Gareth Williams,* Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 9509-9518. 

Membrane lipid composition directs the cellular selectivity of antimicrobial metallohelices

Nicola J. Rogers,*   Miles L. Postings,   Ann Dixon,   John Moat,   Georgia Shreeve,   Louise Stuart,   Nick Waterfield,  and  Peter Scott, RSC Med. Chem., 2025, 16, 2249-2260. 

Mechanism of action and evaluation of ratiometric probes for uric acid using lanthanide complexes with tetraazatriphenylene sensitisers

Xinyi Wen, Huishan Li, Zhijie Ju, Renren Deng, and David Parker*, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 19944–19951. 

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Mechanistic Investigation of Sensitized Europium Luminescence: Excited State Dynamics and Luminescence Lifetime Thermometry

Tsz Lam Cheung, Zhijie Ju, Wenchao Zhang, David Parker,* and Renren Deng*, ACS Appl.

Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 43933–43941. 

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Dicobalt(II) helices kill colon cancer cells via enantiomer-specific mechanisms; DNA damage or microtubule disruption

Hualong Song,* Hana Kostrhunova, Jakub Cervinka, Julie Macpherson, Jaroslav Malina, Teena Rajan, Roger Phillips, Miles Postings, Samantha Shepherd, Xuejian Zhang,  Viktor Brabec,* Nicola J. Rogers,* and Peter Scott*, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 11029-11037.

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Transition metal Parashift and ParaCEST MRI agents: Current progress and challenges

Festus Slade, Joanna F. Collingwood, and Nicola J. Rogers*, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2024, 516, 215940 

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Unlocking same-sign CPL: solvent effects on spectral form and racemisation kinetics in nine-coordinate chiral europium(III) complexes

Davide F. De Rosa, Matthieu Starck, David Parker*, and Robert Pal*, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, 30, e202303227 

Spectral imaging in microscopy aids evaluation of the luminescent probe behaviour of europium complexes

Huishan Li, David Parker*, Jing-Xiang Zhang, and Hongguang Li*, J. Lumin., 2023, 260, 119852. 

Terahertz EPR spectroscopy using a 36-tesla high-homogeneity series-connected hybrid magnet

Thierry Dubroca,* Xiaoling Wang, Frédéric Mentink-Vigier, Bianca Trociewitz, Matthieu Starck, David Parker, Mark S. Sherwin, Stephen Hill, and J. Krzystek*, J. Magn. Reson., 2023, 353, 107480. 

Biodiesel Promotes Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Engine Lubricating Oil

Hualong Song, Abby Casey, Joanne Tory, David Coultas, Daniel Lester, Peter Scott, and Nicola J. Rogers,* Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2023, 62, 9054-9061.

Triplex metallohelices have enantiomer-dependent mechanisms of action in colon cancer cells

J. P. C. Coverdale, H. Kostrhunova, L. Markova, H. Song, M. Postings, H. E. Bridgewater, V. Brabec, Nicola J. Rogers,* and  P. Scott*, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 6656-6667.

Determination of molecular hydration in solution via changes in magnetic anisotropy

Marcus J. Giansiracusa, Michele Vonci, Yasmin L. Whyatt, Carys Williams, Kevin Mason, David Parker,* Eric J. L. McInnes,* and Nicholas F. Chilton*, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4531-4534.

Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields

Shiny Maity, Brad D. Price, C. Blake Wilson, Arnab Mukherjee, Matthieu Starck, David Parker, Maxwell Z. Wilson, Janet E. Lovett, Songi Han,* and Mark S. Sherwin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202212832.

Copper(II) complexes of cyclams with N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-aminoalkyl pendant arms as potential probes for 19F magnetic resonance imaging

Zuzana Kotková, Filip Koucký, Jan Kotek,* Ivana Císařová, David Parker, and Petr Hermann, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 1861-1875.

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