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A halogen bonding BODIPY-appended aza-crown ether for selective optical sensing of inorganic and organic ion-pair species

Jamie T. Wilmore, Andrew J. Taylor, Igor Marques, Vítor Félix and Paul D. Beer

Chem. Sci., 2025
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Macrocyclic squaramides as ion pair receptors and fluorescent sensors selective towards sulfates

Marta Zaleskaya, Damian Jagleniec and Jan Romański

Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 3904
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Bis[squaramido]ferrocenes as electrochemical sulfate receptors

Jakob D. E. Lane, William J. H. Greenwood, Victor W. Day, Katrina A. Jolliffe, Kristin Bowman-James and Louis Adriaenssens

New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 18119
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Remarkable enhancement of optical and electric properties by temperature-controlled solid-phase molecular motion

Meng-Meng Lun, Chang-Yuan Su, Qiang-Qiang Jia, Zhi-Xu Zhang, Jie Li, Hai-Feng Lu, Yi Zhang and Da-Wei Fu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 5026
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Real‐time Voltammetric Anion Sensing Under Flow**

Sophie C. Patrick, Robert Hein, Mohamed Sharafeldin, Xiaoxiong Li, Paul D. Beer and Jason J. Davis

Chemistry A European J, 2021, 27, 17700
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Fluorescence Recognition of Anions Using a Heteroditopic Receptor: Homogenous and Two-Phase Sensing

Marta Zaleskaya-Hernik, Łukasz Dobrzycki, Marcin Karbarz and Jan Romański

IJMS, 2021, 22, 13396
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Dual-Hydrogen Bond Donors for Chemical Sensors: Transducing Chemical Interactions into Electrical Signals

Seung-Ho Choi, Yeon-Joo Kim, Dong-Hee Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee and Seon-Jin Choi

KSS, 2025, 34, 352
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On the deprotonation of chlorothiazide

Rowan K. H. Brydson, Morven L. Gray, Alan R. Kennedy, Benjamin C. O'Hara, Michael W. Reid and Ifeka Ugbolue

Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem, 2025, 81, 102
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Progress in anion receptor chemistry

Lauren K. Macreadie, Alexander M. Gilchrist, Daniel A. McNaughton, William G. Ryder, Mohamed Fares and Philip A. Gale

Chem, 2022, 8, 46
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Ferrocene functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as supercapacitor electrodes

Gomaa A.M. Ali, Elżbieta Megiel, Piotr Cieciórski, Mohammad R. Thalji, Jan Romański, H. Algarni and Kwok Feng Chong

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 318, 114064
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Tripodal, Squaramide-Based Ion Pair Receptor for Effective Extraction of Sulfate Salt

Damian Jagleniec, Marcin Wilczek and Jan Romański

Molecules, 2021, 26, 2751
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Cooperative Transport and Selective Extraction of Sulfates by a Squaramide-Based Ion Pair Receptor: A Case of Adaptable Selectivity

Marta Zaleskaya, Marcin Karbarz, Marcin Wilczek, Łukasz Dobrzycki and Jan Romański

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 13749
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Application of the oxidation reaction of a ferrocene derivative (FcSQC6) as driving force for the transfer of hydrophilic sulphate anions at a microemulsion three-phase electrode

Julia Maciejewska-Komorowska, Karolina Peret, Marta Zaleskaya-Hernik, Jan Romański and Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka

Talanta, 2025, 128849
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Extend of Ligand‐Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT) Deciding Multi‐Responsive Colourimetric Sensing of Mn(II)/Mn(III)/Pb(II) by a Squaramide Ligand

P. Lasitha and G. Naresh Patwari

ChemistrySelect, 2025, 10
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Unraveling the Origin of Differentiable ‘Turn‐On’ Fluorescence Sensing of Zn2+ and Cd2+ Ions with Squaramides

P. Lasitha, S. Dasgupta and G. Naresh Patwari

ChemPhysChem, 2020, 21, 1564
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Experimental and theoretical study of novel polyamine bis(nitrophenylureylbenzamide) receptors with anion and cation interaction capacity

Jorge T. Escobedo-Robledo, Luis Miguel Lopéz-Martínez, Adrián Ochoa-Terán, Jesús Jara-Cortés, José A. Pérez-Pimienta, Anatoli K. Yatsimirsky, Georgina Pina-Luis and Karen L. Ochoa-Lara

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1315, 138856
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Recent Advancements in Ion‐Pair Receptors

Shafieq Ahmad Wagay, Lubna Khan and Rashid Ali

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2023, 18
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Recent advances in the development of ferrocene based electroactive small molecules for cation recognition: A comprehensive review of the years 2010–2020

Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta and Arunabha Thakur

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 431, 213685
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Highly Efficient, Tripodal Ion-Pair Receptors for Switching Selectivity between Acetates and Sulfates Using Solid–Liquid and Liquid–Liquid Extractions

Marta Zaleskaya, Łukasz Dobrzycki and Jan Romański

IJMS, 2020, 21, 9465
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Modulating fluorescent sensing of the pyrene-based ion pair receptor by docking on graphene quantum dots

Damian Jagleniec, Łukasz Dobrzycki and Jan Romański

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024, 399, 124410
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Selectivity Rule of Cryptands for Anions: Molecular Rigidity and Bonding Site

Jiayao Li, Changwei Wang and Yirong Mo

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
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Contemporary Developments in Ferrocene Chemistry: Physical, Chemical, Biological and Industrial Aspects

Umair Rauf, Ghulam Shabir, Saba Bukhari, Fernando Albericio and Aamer Saeed

Molecules, 2023, 28, 5765
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Synthesis of Novel Crown Ether-Squaramides and Their Application as Phase-Transfer Catalysts

Zsuzsanna Fehér, Dóra Richter, Sándor Nagy, Péter Bagi, Zsolt Rapi, András Simon, László Drahos, Péter Huszthy, Péter Bakó and József Kupai

Molecules, 2021, 26, 6542
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Squaramide-Tethered Sulfonamides and Coumarins: Synthesis, Inhibition of Tumor-Associated CAs IX and XII and Docking Simulations

Giulia Arrighi, Adrián Puerta, Andrea Petrini, Francisco J. Hicke, Alessio Nocentini, Miguel X. Fernandes, José M. Padrón, Claudiu T. Supuran, José G. Fernández-Bolaños and Óscar López

IJMS, 2022, 23, 7685
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The use of microelectrodes to study ion recognition by a squaramide-based ion pair receptor consisting of a ferrocene reporter

Marta Zaleskaya-Hernik, Marcin Karbarz and Jan Romański

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2023, 928, 117058
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From Binding to Building: A Squaramide-Based Ion Pair Receptor as an Iniferter for Functional Polymer Synthesis

Mikołaj Prokopski, Marta Zaleskaya-Hernik, Wojciech Witkowski, Piotr Garbacz and Jan Romański

Molecules, 2025, 30, 3362
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