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Silvia Marilia de Brito Costa.
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Personal identification

Full name
Silvia Marilia de Brito Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, S. M. B.
  • Silvia MB Costa ;Silvia MBD Costa ,Silvia BDCosta
  • Costa SMB;COSTA SB;COSTA SD
  • FULL PROFESSOR

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0615-3EF7-8151
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6978-8903
Researcher Id
M-8085-2013

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Publications

Journal article
  1. Botequim, David; Silva, Inês I. R.; Serra, Sofia G.; Melo, Eduardo P.; Prazeres, Duarte M. F.; Costa, Sílvia M. B.; Paulo, Pedro M. R.. "Fluorescent dye nano-assemblies by thiol attachment directed to the tips of gold nanorods for effective emission enhancement". Nanoscale 12 11 (2020): 6334-6345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nr00267d.
    10.1039/d0nr00267d
  2. Francisco, Alexandra P.; Botequim, David; Prazeres, Duarte M. F.; Serra, Vanda V.; Costa, Sílvia M. B.; Laia, César A. T.; Paulo, Pedro M. R.. "Extreme Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence from Porphyrins Induced by Gold Nanodimer Antennas". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10 7 (2019): 1542-1549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00373.
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00373
  3. Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Botequim, David; Jóskowiak, Agnieszka; Martins, Sofia; Prazeres, Duarte M. F.; Zijlstra, Peter; Costa, Sílvia M. B.. "Enhanced Fluorescence of a Dye on DNA-Assembled Gold Nanodimers Discriminated by Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 20 (2018): 10971-10980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12622.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12622
  4. Costa, Silvia. "Core-Assisted Formation of Porphyrin J-Aggregates in pH-Sensitive Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules Followed by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy". (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01390.
    10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01390
  5. Costa, Silvia. "Tip-Specific Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Plasmonic Biosensing: Effect of Linker Chain Length". (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00422.
    10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00422
  6. Costa, Silvia. "Influence of 3D aggregation on the photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe quantum dot films". (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.11.002.
    10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.11.002
  7. Teixeira, Raquel; Serra, Vanda Vaz; Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Andrade, Suzana M.; Costa, Silvia M. B.. "Encapsulation of photoactive porphyrinoids in polyelectrolyte hollow microcapsules viewed by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)". Rsc Advances 5 96 (2015): 79050-79060. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000361675800083&KeyUID=WOS:000361675800083.
    10.1039/c5ra15504e
  8. Garcia-Fernandez, Emilio; Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Costa, Silvia M. B.. "Evaluation of electrostatic binding of PAMAM dendrimers and charged phthalocyanines by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 6 (2015): 4319-4327. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000349005900041&KeyUID=WOS:000349005900041.
    10.1039/c4cp05373g
  9. Teixeira, Raquel; Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Costa, Silvia M. B.. "Gold Nanoparticles in Core-Polyelectrolyte-Shell Assemblies Promote Large Enhancements of Phthalocyanine Fluorescence". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 37 (2015): 21612-21619. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000361868400037&KeyUID=WOS:000361868400037.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04667
  10. Viseu, Maria Isabel; Tatikolov, Alexander S.; Correia, Raquel F.; Costa, Silvia M. B.. "Time evolution of monomers and aggregates of a polymethine dye probe the dynamics of model vesicles and micelles". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology a-Chemistry 280 (2014): 54-62. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000334991000008&KeyUID=WOS:000334991000008.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2014.02.007
  11. Martín-García, B.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Velázquez, M.M.. "Photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe QD/Polymer langmuir-blodgett thin films: Morphology effects". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 28 (2013): 14787-14795. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880528975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp311492z
  12. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Serra, V.V.; Sánchez-Coronilla, A.; Pires, S.M.G.; Faustino, M.A.F.; Silva, A.M.S.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Cavaleiro, J.A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "The Near-Mid-IR HOMO-LUMO gap in amide linked porphyrin-rhodamine dyads". Chemical Communications 49 78 (2013): 8809-8811. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883665621&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c3cc44925d
  13. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photoinduced electron-transfer in supramolecular complex of zinc porphyrin with poly(amido amine) dendrimer donor". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 234 (2012): 66-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859551143&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.12.021
  14. Andrade, S.M.; Raja, P.; Saini, V.K.; Viana, A.S.; Serp, P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Polyelectrolyte-assisted noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes with ordered self-assemblies of a water-soluble porphyrin". ChemPhysChem 13 16 (2012): 3622-3631. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868601847&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cphc.201200428
  15. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Sánchez-Coronilla, A.; Togashi, D.M.; Ferreira, H.; Ascenso, J.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Electrophilic reactivity of tetrabromorhodamine 123 is bromine induced: Convergent interpretation through complementary molecular descriptors". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 116 48 (2012): 11938-11945. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870807140&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp307461m
  16. Teixeira, R.; Andrade, S.M.; Vaz Serra, V.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Sánchez-Coronilla, A.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Cavaleiro, J.A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Reorganization of self-assembled dipeptide porphyrin J-aggregates in water-ethanol mixtures". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116 8 (2012): 2396-2404. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857729859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp2115719
  17. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin fluorescence as reporter of human serum albumin structural changes induced by guanidine hydrochloride". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 217 1 (2011): 125-135. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650677331&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.028
  18. Teixeira, R.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Viana, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Plasmon-enhanced emission of a phthalocyanine in polyelectrolyte films induced by gold nanoparticles". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 50 (2011): 24674-24680. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857320661&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp209605v
  19. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Electronic excited-state behavior of rhodamine 3B in AOT reverse micelles sensing contact ion pair to solvent separated ion pair interconversion". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114 32 (2010): 10417-10426. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955585657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp100571t
  20. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Single-molecule fluorescence of a phthalocyanine in pamam dendrimers reveals intensity-lifetime fluctuations from quenching dynamics". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 44 (2010): 19035-19043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149258553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp107412p
  21. Serra, V.V.; Andrade, S.M.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Cavaleiro, J.A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "J-aggregate formation in bis-(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrins in water:pH and counterion dependence". New Journal of Chemistry 34 12 (2010): 2757-2765. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649336721&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c0nj00201a
  22. Costa, S.M.B.; Andrade, S.M.; Togashi, D.M.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Laia, C.A.T.; Isabel Viseu, M.; Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.. "Optical spectroscopy and photochemistry of porphyrins and phthalocyanines". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 13 4-5 (2009): 509-517. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68349160597&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  23. Madeira, C.; Estrela, N.; Ferreira, J.A.B.; Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Melo, E.P.. "Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer from cyan to yellow fluorescent protein validates a novel method to cluster proteins on solid surfaces". Journal of Biomedical Optics 14 4 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73349116900&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1117/1.3210770
  24. Andrade, S.M.; Teixeira, R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.. "Self-aggregation of free base porphyrins in aqueous solution and in DMPC vesicles". Biophysical Chemistry 133 1-3 (2008): 1-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38949150817&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpc.2007.11.007
  25. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Excited-state solvation of rhodamines: Dielectric and specific contributions". Polish Journal of Chemistry 82 4 (2008): 893-899. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42649139189&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  26. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Interaction of zinc tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine with cytochrome c in water and Triton-X 100 micelles". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 14 (2008): 4276-4282. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46449101586&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp076100+
  27. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Ordered self-assembly of protonated porphyrin induced by the aqueous environment of biomimetic systems". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1130 (2008): 305-313. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-47249133300&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1196/annals.1430.046
  28. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Borst, J.W.; Van Hoek, A.; Visser, A.J.W.G.. "Translational and rotational motions of albumin sensed by a non-covalent associated porphyrin under physiological and acidic conditions: A fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and time resolved anisotropy study". Journal of Fluorescence 18 3-4 (2008): 601-610. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46149104402&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10895-008-0329-y
  29. Valero, M.; López-Cornejo, P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Quenching of two conformers of the naphthalene derivative, nabumetone, in water". Journal of Luminescence 128 8 (2008): 1241-1247. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43049162151&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.12.033
  30. Wen, Z.C.; Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Novel pH tunable fluorescent sensor with dual recognition mode". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 199 1 (2008): 98-104. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48449087329&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.05.012
  31. Paulo, P.M.R.; Lopes, J.N.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Molecular dynamics simulations of porphyrin-dendrimer systems: Toward modeling electron transfer in solution". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 47 (2008): 14779-14792. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57449108708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp806849y
  32. Valero, M.; López-Cornejo, M.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Effect of the structure and concentration of cyclodextrins in the quenching process of naproxen". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 188 1 (2007): 5-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947536230&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.11.011
  33. Sobral, A.J.F.N.; Melo, S.M.; Ramos, M.L.; Teixeira, R.; Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Synthesis of flexible dimeric meso-tetrakis-porphyrins". Tetrahedron Letters 48 18 (2007): 3145-3149. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34047149782&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.047
  34. Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Medium effects on the isomerization of an anionic polymethine dye". Chemical Physics Letters 440 1-3 (2007): 73-78. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34247894030&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cplett.2007.04.003
  35. Paulo, P.M.R.; Lopes, J.N.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Molecular dynamics simulations of charged dendrimers: Low-to-intermediate half-generation PAMAMs". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 36 (2007): 10651-10664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34848888946&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp072211x
  36. Viseu, M.I.; Melo, E.P.; Carvalho, T.I.; Correia, R.F.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Unfolding kinetics of ß-lactoglobulin induced by surfactant and denaturant: A stopped-flow/fluorescence study". Biophysical Journal 93 10 (2007): 3601-3612. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-36549015809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1529/biophysj.106.101667
  37. Chen, L.; Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabrita, G.J.M.; Otzen, D.E.; Melo, E.P.. "Compaction of ribosomal protein S6 by sucrose occurs only under native conditions". Biochemistry 45 7 (2006): 2189-2199. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33144477068&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/bi051490g
  38. Andrade, S.M.; Teixeira, C.; Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.. "Self-association of free base porphyrins with aminoacid substituents in AOT reverse micelles". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 178 2-3 SPEC. (2006): 225-235. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33144475104&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2005.10.015
  39. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.. "Electron-transfer mechanism of the triplet state quenching of aluminium tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine by cytochrome c". Biophysical Chemistry 122 2 (2006): 143-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745751393&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpc.2006.03.003
  40. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.. "Lipophilic porphyrin microparticles induced by AOT reverse micelles: A fluorescence lifetime imaging study". Biophysical Chemistry 119 2 (2006): 121-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-30844441178&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpc.2005.08.005
  41. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Spectroscopic studies of water-soluble porphyrins with protein encapsulated in bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) reverse micelles: Aggregation versus complexation". Chemistry - A European Journal 12 4 (2006): 1046-1057. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-31344462940&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/chem.200500047
  42. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Activationless nonradiative decay in rhodamines: Role of NH and lower frequency vibrations in solvent kinetic isotope effects". Chemical Physics 321 1-2 (2006): 197-208. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-30644459110&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2005.08.069
  43. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Non-radiative decay in rhodamines: Role of 1:1 and 1:2 molecular complexation with ß-cyclodextrin". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 173 3 SPEC. IS (2005): 309-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-21644435841&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2005.04.010
  44. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Interactions in noncovalent PAMAM/TMPyP systems studied by fluorescence spectroscopy". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 29 (2005): 13928-13940. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23844519570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp050894f
  45. Togashi, D.M.; Romão, R.I.S.; Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Self-organization of a sulfonamido-porphyrin in Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 7 22 (2005): 3874-3883. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28444450159&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b506442b
  46. Martins, A.M.; Ascenso, J.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Dias, A.R.; Ferreira, H.; Ferreira, J.A.B.. "Ion pairing in Ti(IV) trisamidotriazacyclononane compounds". Inorganic Chemistry 44 24 (2005): 9017-9022. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28844458790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ic0510258
  47. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Interactions of a sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine and cytochrome c in micellar systems: Binding and electron-transfer kinetics". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 44 (2004): 17188-17197. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-9244265560&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp0476161
  48. Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Complexation of polymethine dyes with human serum albumin: A spectroscopic study". Biophysical Chemistry 107 1 (2004): 33-49. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1042302180&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00218-7
  49. Andrade, S.M.; Carvalho, T.I.; Viseu, M.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Conformational changes of ß-lactoglobulin in sodium bis(2-etliylhexyl) sulfosuccinate reverse micelles: A fluorescence and CD study". European Journal of Biochemistry 271 4 (2004): 734-744. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1342322692&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.03977.x
  50. Viseu, M.I.; Carvalho, T.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Conformational Transitions in ß-Lactoglobulin Induced by Cationic Amphiphiles: Equilibrium Studies". Biophysical Journal 86 4 (2004): 2392-2402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1342293174&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  51. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Activated radiationless decay of rhodamine-3B: Nonequilibrium polarization effects in viscous solvents". Journal of Chemical Physics 120 17 (2004): 8095-8106. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2442630252&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.1676124
  52. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.; Gonsalves, A.M.D'A.R.. "Electric polarization effects on the electronic spectral shift of centrosymmetric compounds". Chemical Physics 300 1-3 (2004): 267-275. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842558828&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.02.009
  53. Tatikolov, A. S.; Costa, S. M. B.. "Energy transfer and fluorescence quenching in complexes of polymethine dyes with human serum albumin". Photochemistry and Photobiology 80 2 (2004): 250-256. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000225158400015&KeyUID=WOS:000225158400015.
    10.1562/2003-12-14-ra-027.1
  54. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Sobral, A.J.F.N.; Gonsalves, A.M.D'A.R.. "Self-aggregation of lipophilic porphyrins in reverse micelles of aerosol OT". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 31 (2004): 11344-11356. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4143112272&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp037901p
  55. Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.; Romão, R.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Incorporation of ß-lactoglobulin in a lipid/porphyrin monolayer at the air-water interface". Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 127 1 (2004): 77-90. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346422381&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2003.09.008
  56. Laia, C. A. T.; Costa, S. M. B.; Phillips, D.; Beeby, A.. "Electron-transfer kinetics in sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanines/cytochrome c complexes". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 22 (2004): 7506-7514.
    10.1021/jp036675g
  57. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Nunes, T.G.; Ferreira, L.F.V.; Ilharco, L.M.; Botelho Do Rego, A.M.. "Kinetics of triplet-triplet annihilation of tetraphenylporphyrin in liquid and frozen films of decanol on the external surface of zeolite. Fast probe diffusion in monolayers and polycrystals". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 107 3 (2003): 328-336. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037461678&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp021635i
  58. Paulo, P.M.R.; Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Clusters in polymer-surfactant AOT microemulsions probed by excited state quenching kinetics". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107 4 (2003): 1097-1105. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037473099&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp026954o
  59. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Non-Markovian effects in the radiationless decay of rhodamine 3B+ in water: Ethanol mixtures". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5 6 (2003): 1064-1070. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037444463&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b209612a
  60. Valero, M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photodegradation of Nabumetone in aqueous solutions". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 157 1 (2003): 93-101. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037459940&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00013-3
  61. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Non-covalent dendrimer-porphyrin interactions: The intermediacy of H-aggregates?". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2 5 (2003): 597-604. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345009987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  62. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence quenching of Acridine Orange in microemulsions induced by the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Piroxicam". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2 5 (2003): 605-610. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041418440&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  63. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.; Phillip, D.; Parker, A.W.. "Spectroscopy of photoinduced charge-transfer reactions between tetrasulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine and methyl viologen". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2 5 (2003): 555-562. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2942757131&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b301036h
  64. Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.; Romão, R.I.S.; Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Incorporation of ß-lactoglobulin in monolayers of dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide studied by Brewster angle microscopy". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 30 4 (2003): 259-272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037823137&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  65. Paulo, P.M.R.; Gronheid, R.; De Schryver, F.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Porphyrin-Dendrimer Assemblies Studied by Electronic Absorption Spectra and Time-Resolved Fluorescence". Macromolecules 36 24 (2003): 9135-9144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345547747&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ma034844p
  66. Melo, E. P.; Costa, S. M. B.; Cabral, J. M. S.; Fojan, P.; Petersen, S. B.. "Cutinase-AOT interactions in reverse micelles: the effect of 1-hexanol". Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 124 1 (2003): 37-47.
    10.1016/s0009-3084(03)00031-8
  67. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Excited state quenching kinetics of zinc meso-tetrakis (N-methylpyridinium-4-yl) porphyrin by methyl viologen in AOT reverse micelles". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4 7 (2002): 1141-1150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036208066&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b109960b
  68. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "The aqueous environment in AOT and Triton X-100 (w/o) microemulsions probed by fluorescence". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 1 7 (2002): 500-506. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142152015&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b201477g
  69. Viseu, M.I.; Gonçalves da Silva, A.M.; Antunes, P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Organization of cationic porphyrins in mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films. An absorption and steady-state fluorescence study". Langmuir 18 15 (2002): 5772-5781. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037162574&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la0117909
  70. Gonçalves da Silva, A.M.; Viseu, M.I.; Romão, R.I.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Behaviour of the water-soluble meso-tetra(4-methylpyridyl)porphine in mixed monolayers and in Langmuir-Blodgett films". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4 19 (2002): 4754-4762. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036400938&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b202743g
  71. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Liquid and frozen multilayers of decanol in zeolites as microreactors for direct and oxygen mediated triplet-triplet annihilation of porphyrin". International Journal of Photoenergy 4 4 (2002): 161-167. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0012857634&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  72. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Steady state and dynamic quenching of zinc tetramethylpyridylporphyrin by methyl viologen ion pairs. Salt effects". New Journal of Chemistry 26 12 (2002): 1774-1783. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036444198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b206789g
  73. Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photophysics and photochemistry of hydrophilic cyanine dyes in normal and reverse micelles". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 1 3 (2002): 211-218. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041408825&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b110450k
  74. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Aggregation Kinetics of Meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl) Porphine in the Presence of Proteins: Temperature and Ionic Strength Effects". Journal of Fluorescence 12 1 (2002): 77-82. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1942453717&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  75. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Rotational friction in AOT microemulsions: Relevance of hydrodynamic and dielectric contributions to microviscosities probed by fluorescent bis[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl] squaraine". Langmuir 18 5 (2002): 1494-1504. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037023027&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la011238j
  76. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Thermal isomerization of a symmetrical carbocyanine molecule: Charge transfer aspects". Chemical Physics Letters 354 5-6 (2002): 435-442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037128372&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00157-4
  77. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Spectroscopic studies on the interaction of a water soluble porphyrin and two drug carrier proteins". Biophysical Journal 82 3 (2002): 1607-1619. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036198482&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  78. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Rhodamine 3B+ ClO4 - electronic transitions: Reaction field and vibrational structure". Chemical Physics 273 1 (2001): 39-49. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035538573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  79. Vinogradov, A.M.; Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "The effect of anionic, cationic and neutral surfactants on the photophysics and isomerization of 3,3'-diethylthiacarbocyanine". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 3 19 (2001): 4325-4332. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035719970&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b104807b
  80. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Structural changes of a-chymotrypsin in reverse micelles of AOT studied by steady state and transient state fluorescence spectroscopy". Journal of Molecular Structure 565-566 (2001): 219-223. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035972613&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0022-2860(00)00899-1
  81. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Nicodem, D.E.. "Spectroscopic studies of 9,10-phenanthrenequinones in solution and on a silica surface". Journal of Molecular Structure 565-566 (2001): 93-96. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035972685&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0022-2860(00)00886-3
  82. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Solvatochromism and thermochromism of the electronic spectra of an indocarbocyanine dye". Journal of Molecular Structure 565-566 (2001): 83-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035972652&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0022-2860(00)00883-8
  83. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Solvent effects on the vibronic structure of S1 ¿ S0 transition of Rhodamine 3B". Journal of Molecular Structure 565-566 (2001): 35-38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4243617663&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0022-2860(00)00946-7
  84. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Thermally induced spectral diffusion of Rhodamine 3B in viscous polyols". Chemical Physics 269 1-3 (2001): 313-321. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035400050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0301-0104(01)00372-X
  85. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Ilharco, L.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Water in toluene revisited: Vibrational patterns in the stretching region". Spectrochimica Acta - Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 57 1 (2001): 137-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034742788&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  86. Costa, S.M.B.; López-Cornejo, P.; Togashi, D.M.; Laia, C.A.T.. "Photoinduced electron transfer in non-aqueous microemulsions". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 142 2-3 (2001): 151-161. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000850955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  87. Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Effects of normal and reverse micellar environment on the spectral properties, isomerization and aggregation of a hydrophilic cyanine dye". Chemical Physics Letters 346 3-4 (2001): 233-240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000708253&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00969-1
  88. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photokinetics in tetraphenylporphyrin - Molecular oxygen system at gas/solid interfaces: Effect of singlet oxygen quenchers on oxygen-induced delayed fluorescence". Chemical Physics 263 2-3 (2001): 423-436. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035862996&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0301-0104(00)00365-7
  89. Viseu, M.I.; da Silva, A.M.G.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Reorganization and desorption of catanionic monolayers. Kinetics of p-t and A-t relaxation". Langmuir 17 5 (2001): 1529-1537. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035815032&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  90. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Direct and oxygen-mediated triplet-triplet annihilation of tetraphenylporphyrin in multilayers of decanol on the external surface of NaA zeolite". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 139 2-3 (2001): 167-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0012867358&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  91. Tatikolov, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photophysical and aggregation properties of a long-chain squarylium indocyanine dye". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 140 2 (2001): 147-156. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0008611612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  92. Raju, B. B.; Costa, S. M. B.. "The role of molecular size in the excited state behavior of aminocoumarin dyes in restricted media - 2: study of BCI in AOT-formamide reversed micelles". Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 56 9 (2000): 1703-1710.
    10.1016/s1386-1425(00)00233-x
  93. Laia, C.A.T.; Brown, W.; Almgren, M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Temperature and composition dependence of the structure of isooctane/AOT microemulsion L2 phases with glycerol and formamide: A light scattering study". Langmuir 16 23 (2000): 8763-8770. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034324553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la000527p
  94. Togashi, D.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Absorption, fluorescence and transient triplet-triplet absorption spectra of zinc tetramethylpyridylporphyrin in reverse micelles and microemulsions of aerosol OT-(AOT)". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2 23 (2000): 5437-5444. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034548192&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b006336n
  95. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Coutinho, P.J.G.; Costa, S.M.B.; Martinho, J.M.G.. "Transient photokinetics of rhodamine 3B+ClO4/- in water:toluene mixtures". Chemical Physics 262 2-3 (2000): 453-465. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034672655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  96. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.; Ferreira, L.F.V.. "Activated radiationless decay of rhodamine 3B: Polarity and friction effects". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104 51 (2000): 11909-11917. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034514440&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  97. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Kinetics of oxygen induced delayed fluorescence of eosin adsorbed on alumina. the dependence on dye and oxygen concentrations". Chemical Physics Letters 320 1-2 (2000): 194-201. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001458813&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  98. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Pansu, R.. "The influence of water on the photophysical and photochemical properties of Piroxicam in AOT/iso-octane/water reversed micelles". Photochemistry and Photobiology 71 4 (2000): 405-412. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034175435&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  99. Viseu, M.I.; Velázquez, M.M.; Campos, C.S.; García-Mateos, I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Structural transitions in a bicationic amphiphile system studied by light-scattering, conductivity, and surface tension measurements". Langmuir 16 11 (2000): 4882-4889. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0342918651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la991493s
  100. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Pansu, R.. "Structural changes in W/O Triton X-100/cyclohexane-hexanol/water microemulsions probed by a fluorescent drug Piroxicam". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 226 2 (2000): 260-268. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034659764&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  101. Raju, B.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Role of molecular size in the excited state behavior of aminocoumarin dyes in restricted media - 2: Study of BC I in AOT-formamide reversed micelles". Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 56 9 (2000): 1703-1710. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033624316&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  102. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Lopes, J.M.; Serralha, F.N.; Ribeiro, F.R.. "Effect of zeolite properties on ground-state and triplet-triplet absorption, prompt and oxygen induced delayed fluorescence of tetraphenylporphyrin at gas/solid interface". Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 56 9 (2000): 1745-1757. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033624327&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  103. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "The location of tryptophan, N-acetyltryptophan and a-Chymotrypsin in reverse micelles of AOT: A fluorescence study". Photochemistry and Photobiology 72 4 (2000): 444-450. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034309739&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  104. Melo, E.P.; Taipa, M.A.; Castellar, M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "A spectroscopic analysis of thermal stability of the Chromobacterium viscosum lipase". Biophysical Chemistry 87 2-3 (2000): 111-120. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034735624&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  105. Laia, C.A.T.; Brown, W.; Almgren, M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Light scattering study of water-in-oil AOT microemulsions with poly(oxy)ethylene". Langmuir 16 2 (2000): 465-470. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033639581&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la990684s
  106. Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.; Viseu, M.I.; Malathi, A.; Antunes, P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Organization of meso-tetra(4-N-stearylpyridyl)porphine in pure and mixed monolayers at the air/water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett films". Langmuir 16 3 (2000): 1196-1204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0342732944&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/la990802b
  107. Viseu, M.I.; Edwards, K.; Campos, C.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Spontaneous vesicles formed in aqueous mixtures of two cationic amphiphiles". Langmuir 16 5 (2000): 2105-2114. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033876023&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  108. Valero, M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Santos, M.A.. "Conformations of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug nabumetone in aqueous environments". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 132 1-2 (2000): 67-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001904371&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  109. Laia, C. A. T.; Costa, S. M. B.. "Probing the interface polarity of AOT reversed micelles using centro-symmetrical squaraine molecules". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1 18 (1999): 4409-4416.
    10.1039/a905100g
  110. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Hydrogen bonding effects in the photophysics of a drug, piroxicam, in homogeneous media and dioxane-water mixtures". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1 18 (1999): 4213-4218. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033568839&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/a906213k
  111. Raju, B.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Nanosecond time resolved emission spectroscopy of aminocoumarins in AOT reversed micelles". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1 21 (1999): 5029-5034. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033230997&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  112. Valero, M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Ascenso, J.R.; Velázquez, M.M.; Rodríguez, L.J.. "Complexation of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Nabumetone with modified and unmodified cyclodextrins". Journal of Inclusion Phenomena 35 4 (1999): 663-677. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033478931&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  113. Raju, B.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Erratum: Nanosecond time resolved emission spectroscopy of aminocoumarins in AOT reversed micelles (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (1999) 1 (5029))". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1 24 (1999): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033572251&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  114. Carvalho, C.M.L.; Melo, E.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.; Aires-Barros, M.R.. "A steady-state fluorescence study of cutinase microencapsulated in AOT reversed micelles at optimal stability conditions". Biotechnology Letters 21 8 (1999): 673-681. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032830485&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  115. Raju, B.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Excited-state behavior of 7-diethylaminocoumarin dyes in AOT reversed micelles: Size effects". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 103 21 (1999): 4309-4317. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001560308&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  116. Ferreira, J.A.B.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Rhodamine 3B+ClO4 - in water:toluene mixtures: Evidence of water cluster formation". Chemical Physics Letters 307 3-4 (1999): 139-146. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000320009&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  117. Melo, E.P.; Carvalho, C.M.L.; Aires-Barros, M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "Deactivation and conformational changes of cutinase in reverse micelles". Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 4 (1998): 380-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032550831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  118. Laia, C.A.T.; López-Cornejo, P.; Costa, S.M.B.; D'Oliveira, J.; Martinho, J.M.G.. "Dynamic light scattering study of AOT microemulsions with nonaqueous polar additives in an oil continuous phase". Langmuir 14 13 (1998): 3531-3537. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032099078&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  119. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence quenching of a squaraine dye by water in AOT reversed micelles". Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions 94 16 (1998): 2367-2373. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748602098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  120. Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Ground- and excited-state solvation of a squaraine dye by water in dioxane". Chemical Physics Letters 285 5-6 (1998): 385-390. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000784571&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  121. López-Cornejo, P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Luminescence of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin in ethylene glycol-in-oil microemulsions". Langmuir 14 8 (1998): 2042-2049. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041357664&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  122. Pinho Melo, E.; Aires-Barros, M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "Thermal unfolding of proteins at high pH range studied by UV absorbance". Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods 34 1 (1997): 45-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031047243&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  123. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Lopes, J.M.; Ramôa Ribeiro, F.. "Delayed fluorescence induced by molecular oxygen quenching of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin triplets at gas/solid interfaces of silica and zeolite". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101 8 (1997): 1355-1363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031077098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  124. González-Blanco, C.; Velázquez, M.M.; Costa, S.M.B.; Barreleiro, P.. "Fluorescence study of acridone in w/o microemulsions perturbed by the addition of water-soluble polymers". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 189 1 (1997): 43-50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0342601445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  125. Melo, E.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "Denaturation of a recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani in AOT-iso-octane reverse micelles: A steady-state fluorescence study". Photochemistry and Photobiology 63 2 (1996): 169-175. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030038712&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  126. Khairutdinov, R.F.; Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Triplet decay kinetics of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin on the surface of quantized colloidal MoS2 particles studied by Monte Carlo techniques". Langmuir 12 3 (1996): 714-718. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0012812340&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  127. Khairutdinov, R.F.; Rubtsova, N.A.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Size effect in steady-state and time-resolved luminescence of quantized MoS2 particle colloidal solutions". Journal of Luminescence 68 6 (1996): 299-311. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030194211&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0022-2313(96)00028-2
  128. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.. "Pore size effect on kinetics of photoinduced electron transfer in the quinone-amine system on the silica surface studied by diffuse-reflectance laser flash photolysis". Journal of Physical Chemistry 100 37 (1996): 15171-15179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000272849&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  129. Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence studies of the drug Piroxicam in reverse micelles of AOT and microemulsions of Triton X-100". Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 100 (1996): 195-200. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001132031&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  130. Medeiros, G.M.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Premicellar aggregates in a mixed system of a surfactant (SDS) and polymer (EHEC)". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 119 2-3 (1996): 141-148. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030590857&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0927-7757(96)03767-3
  131. Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Netto-Ferreira, J.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Time-resolved absorption and emission spectra of triplet state ß-phenylpropiophenone adsorbed on silicalite". Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 51 8 (1995): 1385-1388. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0010669552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  132. Melo, E.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "Structural effect of reversed micelles of AOT over a recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi - A steady state fluorescence study". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 750 (1995): 85-88. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029129510&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb19931.x
  133. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.. "Kinetics of intersystem electron transfer within triplet radical ion pairs on silica studied by diffuse-reflectance laser flash photolysis. Bell-shaped energy gap dependence on the surface". Journal of Physical Chemistry 99 4 (1995): 1267-1275. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751156512&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  134. Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Netto-Ferreira, J.C.; Khmelinskii, I.V.; Garcia, A.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photochemistry on surfaces: Matrix isolation mechanisms study of interactions of benzophenone adsorbed on microcrystalline cellulose investigated by diffuse reflectance and luminescence techniques". Langmuir 11 1 (1995): 231-236. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029208130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  135. Viera Ferreira, L.F.; Oliveira, A.S.; Khmelinskii, I.V.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Sensitized absorption and emission of monomer and dimer forms of acridine orange adsorbed onto microcrystalline cellulose". Journal of Luminescence 60-61 C (1994): 485-488. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028407863&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  136. Coutinho, P.J.G.; Costa, S.M.B.. "The formation of radical ions of ZnTPP in lecithin vesicles evaluated by a global kinetic treatment". Chemical Physics 182 2-3 (1994): 399-408. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-21744433478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  137. Levin, P.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.. "Kinetics of return intersystem electron transfer in triplet radical ion pairs in solution and on silica. Surface effect on bell-shaped energy-gap dependence". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 82 1-3 (1994): 137-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000834368&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  138. Coutinho, P.J.G.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Kinetics of the electron transfer reaction between 3ZnTPP* and methyl viologen in lecithin vesicles studied by global analysis". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 82 1-3 (1994): 149-160. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000527048&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  139. Ferreira, L.F.V.; Garcia, A.R.; Freixo, M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photochemistry on surfaces: Solvent-matrix effect on the swelling of cellulose. An emission and absorption study of adsorbed auramine O". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 89 12 (1993): 1937-1944. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000846921&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/FT9938901937
  140. Levin, P.P.; Ferreira, L.F.V.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Recombination kinetics of triplet radical ion pairs adsorbed onto microcrystalline cellulose studied by diffuse-reflectance laser flash photolysis". Langmuir 9 4 (1993): 1001-1008. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000344226&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  141. Viseu, M.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Mechanism of photosensitized reduction of tetrazolium blue I. homogeneous solvent: ethanol". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 76 3 (1993): 171-183. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50749132228&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  142. Viseu, M.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Mechanism of photosensitized reduction of tetrazolium blue II. Heterogeneous solvent: Triton X-100 micelles". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 76 3 (1993): 185-198. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0012077896&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  143. Medeiros, G.M.M.; Leitão, M.F.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence of acridine and acridine 9-carboxylic acid in anionic micelles". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 72 3 (1993): 225-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000025344&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  144. Viseu, M.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence quenching of chlorophyll-a in non-ionic micelles. Effect of micellar and quencher concentrations on the static and dynamic quenching parameters". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 89 12 (1993): 1925-1936. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37049077626&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/FT9938901925
  145. Velázquez, M.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "A study of fluorescence quenching in homomicelles and mixed micelles analyzed by diffusion-controlled and fractal reaction model kinetics". Chemical Physics Letters 190 3-4 (1992): 247-254. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0011321213&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  146. Levin, P.P.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Costa, S.M.B.; Katalnikov, I.V.. "Geminate recombination kinetics of triplet radical ion pairs on silica studied by diffuse reflectance laser flash photolysis". Chemical Physics Letters 193 6 (1992): 461-468. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-5244252579&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  147. Melo, E.C.C.; Costa, S.M.B.; Maçanta, A.L.; Santos, H.. "The use of the n-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acid to probe the water content of sodium dodecyl sulfate, dodecyltimethylammonium chloride, and triton X-100 micelles". Journal of Colloid And Interface Science 141 2 (1991): 439-453. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026104016&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  148. Viseu, M.I.; de Castro, C.A.N.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Diffusion coefficients of tetrazolium blue in homogeneous and micellar solutions". International Journal of Thermophysics 12 2 (1991): 323-331. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249920455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/BF00500755
  149. Viseu, M.I.; Gonçalves, M.L.S.S.; Costa, S.M.B.; Ferreira, M.I.C.. "Mechanism of the electrochemical reduction of tetrazolium blue in non-ionic micelles. Part II. Cyclic voltammetry and controlled-potential coulometry". Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 282 1-2 (1991): 215-227. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44949286258&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  150. Viseu, M.I.; Gonçalves, M.L.S.S.; Costa, S.M.B.; Ferreira, M.I.C.. "Mechanism of the electrochemical reduction of tetrazolium blue in non-ionic micelles. Part I. Polarography". Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 282 1-2 (1991): 201-214. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1642535133&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  151. Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence quantum yield evaluation of strongly absorbing dye solutions as a function of the dye concentration". Journal of Luminescence 48-49 PART 1 (1991): 395-399. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025792178&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  152. Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Costa, S.M.B.; Pereira, E.J.. "Fluorescence quantum yield evaluation of strongly absorbing dye solutions as a function of the excitation wavelength". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 55 3 (1991): 361-376. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001411038&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  153. Costa, S.M.B.; Velázquez, M.M.; Tamai, N.; Yamazaki, I.. "Luminescence of porphyrins. Relevance to electron transfer processes". Journal of Luminescence 48-49 PART 1 (1991): 341-351. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025792451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  154. Levin, P.P.; Vieira Ferreira, L.F.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Diffuse-reflectance laser photolysis studies of geminate recombination kinetics of triplet radical pairs adsorbed on microcrystalline cellulose". Chemical Physics Letters 173 4 (1990): 277-281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001030081&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  155. Viseu, M.I.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Evaluation of partition coefficients in micelles from combined steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence-quenching data". Chemical Physics Letters 175 1-2 (1990): 43-50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4243449012&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  156. Velázquez, M.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Fluorescence quenching of pyrene by N-hexadecyl pyridinium chloride in mixed anionic micelles". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 86 24 (1990): 4043-4048. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000412784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/FT9908604043
  157. Melo, E.C.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Kinetics of fluorescence quenching of n(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acids by tertiary amines in non-ionic micelles of Triton X-100". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 86 12 (1990): 2155-2162. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0039923761&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/FT9908602155
  158. Maçanita, A.L.; Costa, F.P.; Costa, S.M.B.; Melo, E.C.; Santos, H.. "The 9-anthroate chromophore as a fluorescent probe for water". Journal of Physical Chemistry 93 1 (1989): 336-343. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000525874&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  159. Melo, E.C.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "A critical evaluation of partition constants in nonionic micelles". Journal of Physical Chemistry 91 22 (1987): 5635-5640. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-5244258787&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  160. Costa, S. M. B.; Lopes, Jmfm; Martins, M. J. T.. "STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING KINETICS OF WATER-SOLUBLE ZINC PORPHYRINS IN REVERSED MICELLES". Journal of the Chemical Society-Faraday Transactions Ii 82 (1986): 2371-2378.
    10.1039/f29868202371
  161. Costa, S.M.B.; Brookfield, R.L.. "Interactions of excited-state porphyrin-quinone in reversed micelles studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics 82 7 (1986): 991-1002. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000517486&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/F29868200991
  162. Costa, S.M.B.; Lopes, J.M.F.M.; Martins, M.J.T.. "Steady-state fluorescence quenching kinetics of water-soluble zinc porphyrins in reversed micelles". Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics 82 12 (1986): 2371-2378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37049084976&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/F29868202371
  163. Costa, S.M.B.; Aires de Barros, M.R.; Conde, J.P.. "Porphyrin-quinone excited state interactions in reversed micelles". Journal of Photochemistry 28 2 (1985): 153-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-5644245008&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  164. Mooney III, W.F.; Brown, P.E.; Russell, J.C.; Costa, S.B.; Pedersen, L.G.; Whitten, D.G.. "Photochemistry and photophysics of surfactant trans-stilbenes in supported multilayers and films at the air-water interface". Journal of the American Chemical Society 106 19 (1984): 5659-5667. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0021494641&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  165. Costa, S.M.B.; Maçanita, A.L.; Formosinho, S.J.. "Effective distances of exothermic charge-transfer reactions in the excited state". Journal of Physical Chemistry 88 18 (1984): 4089-4095. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0010877192&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  166. Costa, S. M. B.; Dias, A. R.; Pina, F. J. S.. "PHOTOSUBSTITUTION REACTIONS OF W(ETA-C5H5)2(CH3)2 PF6 - SOME EVIDENCE FOR AN ALPHA-ELIMINATION MECHANISM". Journal of the Chemical Society-Dalton Transactions 1 (1981): 314-316.
    10.1039/dt9810000314
  167. Costa, S. M. B.; Melo, E. C. C.. "DETECTION OF RADICAL IONS IN SOLUTION - THE POSSIBLE INTERMEDIACY OF A RYDBERG STATE". Journal of Photochemistry 17 1-2 (1981): 10-10.
    10.1016/0047-2670(81)85037-x
  168. Costa, S.M.B.; Dias, A.R.; Pina, F.J.S.. "Photosubstitution reactions of [w(¿-C5H5)2(CH3) 2][PF6]: Some evidence for an a-elimination mechanism". Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 1 (1981): 314-316. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-8844245920&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/DT9810000314
  169. Costa, Silvia M.B.; Thomas, J.K.. "PHOTOSENSITIZED ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS IN MICELLAR SYSTEMS.". (1981): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0019670302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  170. Frank, H.A.; Bolt, J.D.; Costa, S.M.D.B.; Sauer, K.. "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance detection of carotenoid triplet states". Journal of the American Chemical Society 102 15 (1980): 4893-4898. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001478685&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  171. Russell, J.C.; Costa, S.B.; Seiders, R.P.; Whitten, D.G.. "Photochemistry of a surfactant stilbene in organized media: A probe for hydrophobic sites in micelles, vesicles, and other assemblies [2]". Journal of the American Chemical Society 102 17 (1980): 5678-5679. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001271886&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  172. Costa, S.M.B.; Maçanita, A.L.. "Transient effects in charge-transfer diffusion-controlled processes in nonionic micelles". Journal of Physical Chemistry 84 19 (1980): 2408-2412. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0013079457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  173. Costa, S.M.B.; Dias, A.R.; Pina, F.J.S.. "Photosubstitution reactions on di-¿5-cyclopentadienylmolybdenum and -tunsten complexes". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 175 2 (1979): 193-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-5544293601&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  174. Costa, S.M.B.; Maçanita, A.L.. "The dynamics of excited charge transfer complexes in non ionic micelles". Journal of Photochemistry 9 2 (1978): 295-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842661694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  175. Costa, Silvia. "Model systems for photosynthesis IV. Photosensitization by chlorophyll a monolayers at a lipid/water interface". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences 341 1625 (1974): 167-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1974.0180.
    10.1098/rspa.1974.0180
  176. Costa, Smdb; Harris, J. M.; Leblanc, R. M.; Porter, G.; Froines, J. R.; Orger, B. H.. "MODEL SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS .3. PRIMARY PHOTOPROCESSES OF CHLOROPLAST PIGMENTS IN MONOMOLECULAR ARRAYS ON SOLID SURFACES". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical and Physical Sciences 326 1567 (1972): 503-&.
    10.1098/rspa.1972.0023
  177. Cookson, R.C.; Costa, S.M.D.B.; Hudec, J.. "The photoisomerisation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene". Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications 21 (1969): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37049121517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/C29690001272
  178. Cookson, R. C.; De B. Costa, S. M.; Hudec, J.. "Photochemical addition of amines to styrenes". Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications 13 (1969): 753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c29690000753.
    10.1039/c29690000753
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