Uwe H. F. Bunz Organisch-Chemisches Institut Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Uwe H. F. Bunz has not added a biography. If you are Uwe H. F. Bunz and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications The Photophysics of Pyridine-derivatized Ortho-, Meta-, and Para-dibutylamino Cruciforms Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23671014 Click to Bind: Metal Sensors Chemistry, an Asian Journal. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23616387 Water-soluble Cruciforms and Distyrylbenzenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and PH-dependent Amine-sensing Properties The Journal of Organic Chemistry. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23586482 Poly(para-phenylene Vinylene) and Polynorbornadiene Containing Rod-coil Block Copoylmers Via Combination of Acyclic Diene Metathesis and Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization Macromolecular Rapid Communications. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23564689 Large N-heteroacenes: New Tricks for Very Old Dogs? Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23420781 Twisted Tethered Tolanes: Unanticipated Long-lived Phosphorescence at 77 K Journal of the American Chemical Society. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23346929 From Thia- to Selenadiazoles: Changing Interaction Priority Organic Letters. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23320619 Water-soluble Bis-triazolyl Benzochalcogendiazole Cycloadducts As Tunable Metal Ion Sensors The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23270512 Reactions of Large Tetraaza-N,N'-dihydroacenes: Formation of Unexpected Adducts and an Unstable Tetraazahexacene The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23234270 Imine Formation As a Simple Reaction to Construct Copper-reactive Cruciform Fluorophores The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23194075 Aldehyde-appended Distyrylbenzenes: Amine Recognition in Water Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22700534 Para-Connected Cyclophenylenes and Hemispherical Polyarenes: Building Blocks for Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes? Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22549829 Alkene Metathesis - a Tool for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Macromolecular Rapid Communications. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22508469 Aggregation and Interaction of Cationic Nanoparticles on Bacterial Surfaces Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22489570 Synthesis and Optical Properties of Diaza- and Tetraazatetracenes Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22345054 Large Azaacenes: Pyridine Rings Reacting Like Carbonyl Groups Organic Letters. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22316051 Cruciforms' Polarized Emission Confirms Disjoint Molecular Orbitals and Excited States Organic Letters. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22304697 Gold Nanoparticle-polymer/biopolymer Complexes for Protein Sensing Faraday Discussions. 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22455037 Water-soluble Distyrylbenzenes: One Core with Two Sensory Responses--turn-on and Ratiometric Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22045634 Aldehyde Cruciforms: Dosimeters for Primary and Secondary Amines Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21956686 Stable Hexacenes Through Nitrogen Substitution Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21887759 Colorimetric Bacteria Sensing Using a Supramolecular Enzyme-nanoparticle Biosensor Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21627131 Discrimination of Organic Acids Using a Three Molecule Array Based Upon Cruciform Fluorophores Journal of the American Chemical Society. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21520966 An Efficient Synthesis of Tetraazapentacenes Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21416569 Hydroxydialkylamino Cruciforms: Amphoteric Materials with Unique Photophysical Properties Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21341326 Effects of Electronegative Substitution on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Acenes and Diazaacenes Nature Communications. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20981019 Alpha-oligofurans: Molecules Without a Twist Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20572240 Gold Nanoparticle-fluorophore Complexes: Sensitive and Discerning "noses" for Biosystems Sensing Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20405519 Enzyme-amplified Array Sensing of Proteins in Solution and in Biofluids Journal of the American Chemical Society. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20329726 Water-soluble Benzo- and Naphtho-thiadiazole-based Bistriazoles and Their Metal-binding Properties Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20162134 Array-based Sensing of Normal, Cancerous, and Metastatic Cells Using Conjugated Fluorescent Polymers Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20039629 Cross-conjugated Cruciform Fluorophores Accounts of Chemical Research. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19961212 Unsymmetrical Cruciforms The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19856971 Poly(aryleneethynylene)s Macromolecular Rapid Communications. May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 21706662 Sensing of Proteins in Human Serum Using Conjugates of Nanoparticles and Green Fluorescent Protein Nature Chemistry. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20161380 Acidochromicity of Bisarylethynylbenzenes: Hydroxy Versus Dialkylamino Substituents The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19883041 Bis(4'-dibutylaminostyryl)benzene: Spectroscopic Behavior Upon Protonation or Methylation Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19859919 Alkynylated Aceno[2,1,3]thiadiazoles Organic Letters. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19839591 N-heteroacenes Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19551789 Detection and Differentiation of Normal, Cancerous, and Metastatic Cells Using Nanoparticle-polymer Sensor Arrays Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19549846 4n Pi Electrons but Stable: N,N-dihydrodiazapentacenes The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19438180 Hyperbranched: a Universal Conjugated Polymer Platform Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19373821 6,13-Diethynyl-5,7,12,14-tetraazapentacene Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19338039 Water Soluble Cruciforms: Effect of Surfactants on Fluorescence Chemistry, an Asian Journal. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19072940 Nano-conjugate Fluorescence Probe for the Discrimination of Phosphate and Pyrophosphate Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19034949 Cruciform-silica Hybrid Materials Chemistry, an Asian Journal. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19006130 Molecular Recognition Based on Low-affinity Polyvalent Interactions: Selective Binding of a Carboxylated Polymer to Fibronectin Fibrils of Live Fibroblast Cells Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18507462 Are N,N-dihydrodiazatetracene Derivatives Antiaromatic? Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18479106 Anomalous Photophysics of Bis(hydroxystyryl)benzenes: a Twist on the Para/meta Dichotomy Organic Letters. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18476714 Fluorescence Self-quenching of a Mannosylated Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) Induced by Concanavalin A Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18473459 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Alkynes to Azides. Construction of Operationally Functional Metal Responsive Fluorophores Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18463740 Water-soluble Cruciforms: Response to Protons and Selected Metal Ions Journal of the American Chemical Society. May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18433128 Hydroxycruciforms: Amine-responsive Fluorophores Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18425736 Rapid and Efficient Identification of Bacteria Using Gold-nanoparticle-poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) Constructs Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18228547 Detection and Identification of Proteins Using Nanoparticle-fluorescent Polymer 'chemical Nose' Sensors Nature Nanotechnology. May, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18654291 Terpyridine-based Cruciform-Zn2+ Complexes As Anion-responsive Fluorophores Organic Letters. Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17900132 Phenothiazine Cruciforms: Synthesis and Metallochromic Properties The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17691738 Array-based Sensing of Proteins Using Conjugated Polymers Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17658813 Hydroxy-cruciforms Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Jun, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17520111 Use of a Folate-PPE Conjugate to Image Cancer Cells in Vitro Bioconjugate Chemistry. May-Jun, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17373773 Controlling Polymer Properties Through Dynamic Metal-ligand Interactions: Supramolecular Cruciforms Made Easy Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17343290 A Thiadiazole-fused N,N-dihydroquinoxaline: Antiaromatic but Isolable Organic Letters. Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17309273 Cruciforms As Functional Fluorophores: Response to Protons and Selected Metal Ions Journal of the American Chemical Society. Sep, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16953627 Reduced Fluorescence Quenching of Cyclodextrin-acetylene Dye Rotaxanes Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16771466 Supramolecular Cruciforms Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16703134 Modulating the Sensory Response of a Conjugated Polymer by Proteins: an Agglutination Assay for Mercury Ions in Water Journal of the American Chemical Society. Mar, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16506758 Synthesis of a Peralkynylated Pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline Organic Letters. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16468760 Derivatives of Octaethynylphenazine and Hexaethynylquinoxaline Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jan, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16365836 Nonspecific Interactions of a Carboxylate-substituted PPE with Proteins. A Cautionary Tale for Biosensor Applications Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. Aug, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16089410 Chemistry. How Are Alkynes Scrambled? Science (New York, N.Y.). Apr, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15821080 Switching of Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Cruciforms: Metal Ion Sensing Journal of the American Chemical Society. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15783166 Mannose-substituted PPEs Detect Lectins: a Model for Ricin Sensing Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15742049 Templated Ceramic Microstructures by Using the Breath-figure Method Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Jan, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15614859 Sugar-poly(para-phenylene Ethynylene) Conjugates As Sensory Materials: Efficient Quenching by Hg2+ and Pb2+ Ions Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany). Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15526311 Pyridine-capped, Oligomeric (o-phenyleneethynylene)s Organic Letters. Nov, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15524430 Cruciform Pi-systems: Effect of Aggregation on Emission Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Aug, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15278144 Permanent Bubble Arrays from a Cross-linked Poly(para-phenyleneethynylene): Picoliter Holes Without Microfabrication Journal of the American Chemical Society. Mar, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15038697 Cruciform Pi-systems: Hybrid Phenylene-ethynylene/phenylene-vinylene Oligomers Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Dec, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14703808 Preferential End-to-end Assembly of Gold Nanorods by Biotin-streptavidin Connectors Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14611200 Conformational and Electronic Engineering of Twisted Diphenylacetylenes Organic Letters. Oct, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14535751 A Biosensing Model System: Selective Interaction of Biotinylated PPEs with Streptavidin-coated Polystyrene Microspheres Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12877473 Grafted Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization of a Polyester Side Chain Substituted Poly(paraphenyleneethynylene) Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12877472 Synthesis and Explosive Decomposition of Organometallic Dehydro[18]annulenes: an Access to Carbon Nanostructures Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12431111 Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Organometallic Cyclynes: Novel Nanoscale, Carbon-rich Topologies Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12203599 Increased Activity of in Situ Catalysts for Alkyne Metathesis Organic Letters. Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12182566 Organometallic Dendrimers Based on (tetraphenylcyclobutadiene)cyclopentadienylcobalt Modules Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12121108 Chiroptical Properties of Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) Copolymers in Thin Films: Large G-values Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12059196 Concave Butterfly-Shaped Organometallic Hydrocarbons? U.H.F.B. and M.L. Thank the NSF for Generous Support (CAREER, CHE 9981765, 2000-2004). U.H.F.B. is Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (2000-2004) Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Apr, 2001 | Pubmed ID: 11317302 Qualitative Identification of Carboxylic Acids, Boronic Acids, and Amines Using Cruciform Fluorophores Thimon Schwaebel1, Rio Carlo Lirag2, Evan A. Davey1, Jaebum Lim2, Uwe H. F. Bunz1, Ognjen Š. Miljanić2 1Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2Department of Chemistry, University of Houston JoVE 50858 Chimica
Qualitative Identification of Carboxylic Acids, Boronic Acids, and Amines Using Cruciform Fluorophores Thimon Schwaebel1, Rio Carlo Lirag2, Evan A. Davey1, Jaebum Lim2, Uwe H. F. Bunz1, Ognjen Š. Miljanić2 1Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2Department of Chemistry, University of Houston JoVE 50858 Chimica