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Solar-light driven photocatalytic conversion of p -nitrophenol to p -aminophenol on CdS nanosheets and nanorods

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Exploring the hydrogen-bonding interactions in the piperazinylethanol substituted homoleptic zinc(II)-dithiocarbamate and its diimine 2,2′-bipyridyl and 1,10-phenanthroline adducts, and their DNA binding studies

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Application of Dithiocarbamates as Potential New Antitrypanosomatids-Drugs: Approach Chemistry, Functional and Biological

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Catalytic and photocatalytic remediation of toxic dye on hexagonal CuS/Cu 2 S nanoplates derived from a single source precursor

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Mercury(II) dithiocarbamates: Structural aspects and their use as single-source precursors for shape-controlled facile synthesis of HgS nanoparticles

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Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis and In Silico Modeling of Methanesulfonyl-Piperazine-Based Dithiocarbamates as Potential Anticancer, Thrombolytic, and Hemolytic Structural Motifs

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Tuning the Optical Properties of Phenanthriplatin: Towards New Photoactivatable Analogues

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Synthesis and Characterization of N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Dithiocarbamate Platinum Complexes with Antitumoral Activity

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Molecular, supramolecular, DNA-binding and biological studies of piperazine and piperidine based dithiocarbamates of biocompatible copper

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Synthesis, crystal structure, DNA binding and in vitro cytotoxicity studies of Zn(II) complexes derived from amino-alcohol Schiff-bases

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Synthesis, characterization and anti-cancer studies of Mn(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Pt(II) dithiocarbamate complexes - crystal structures of the Cu(II) and Pt(II) complexes

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Synthesis and utilization of platinum(II) dialkyldithiocarbamate precursors in aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition of platinum thin films as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

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Platinum(II) dithiocarbamate complexes [Pt(S2CNR2)Cl(PAr3)] as anticancer and DNA-damaging agents

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Piperazine-Based Co(III), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) Carbodithioate Complexes as Potential Anticancer Agent

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