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A dual encapsulation strategy to generate anion-responsive luminescent lanthanide hydrogels

S. E. Bodman, C. Breen, A. R. Hambleton, S. J. Butler and H. Willcock, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 284–287.

DOI.org/10.1039/D3CC04877B

Featured on the Front Cover of Chemical Communications
Featured in the themed Collection ‘Chemosensors and Molecular Logic’   

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Transmembrane Transport of Inorganic Phosphate by a Strapped Calix[4]pyrrole

A. Cataldo, K. Norvaisa, L. Halgreen, S. E. Bodman, K. Bartik, S. J. Butler, and H. Valkenier. J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  2023, 145, 30, 16310–16314.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.3c04631

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Expedient Synthesis and Luminescence Sensing of the Inositol Pyrophosphate Cellular Messenger 5-PP-InsP5

M. L. Shipton, F. A. Jamion, S. Wheeler, A. M. Riley, F. Plasser, B. V. L. Potter and S. J. Butler. Chem. Sci.2023, 14, 4979-4985..

DOI.org/10.1039/D2SC06812E

Featured on the Front Cover of Chemical Science

Selected as ChemSci Pick of the Week and featured in the ‘2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection

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Structural and functional properties of the transporter SLC26A6 reveal mechanism of coupled anion exchange

D. N. Tippet, C. Breen, S. J. Butler, M. Sawicka, R. Dutzler, eLife, 2023, Advance Article. 

DOI.org/10.7554/eLife.87178.1

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Transmembrane Transport of Fluoride Studied by Time-Resolved Emission Spectroscopy

A. Cataldo, M. Chvojka, G. Park, V. Šindelář, F. P. Gabbaï, S. J. Butler* and H. Valkenier*. Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4185-4188.

DOI.org/10.1039/D3CC00897E

Featured in the themed Collection ‘Chemosensors and Molecular Logic

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Impact of Varying the Phenylboronic Acid Position in Macrocyclic Eu(III) Complexes on the Recognition of Adenosine Monophosphate

S. E. Bodman, C. Breen, F. Plasser, and S. J. Butler. Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 5494-5504.

DOI: 10.1039/D2QO01067D

Featured in the ‘Catalysis and Sensing (CASE) Special Issue’ in Memory of Prof. John Fossey

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Monofunctionalized Fluorinated Bambusurils and their Conjugates for Anion Transport and Extraction

N. A. De Simone, M. Chvojka, J. Lapesova, L. Martínez-Crespo, P. Slavik, J. Sokolov, S. J. Butler, H. Valkenier, V. Šindelář. J. Org. Chem2022, 87, 9829–9838.

doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00870

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Exploiting the Unique Properties of Lanthanide Complexes as FRET Probes: from Quantitation to Protein Dynamics

S. Wheeler and S. J. Butler. Analysis & Sensing2022, accepted.

doi.org/10.1002/anse.202200036

Featured in the Special Issue ‘Metal-Based Sensing’

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Crosslinked p(MMA) particles by RAFT emulsion polymerisation: tuning size and stability

C. J. Marsden, C. Breen, J. D. Tinkler, T. R. Berki, D. W. Lester, J. Martinelli, L. Tei, S. J. Butler and Helen Willcock. Polymer Chem., 2022, 13, 4124-4135.

DOI: 10.1039/d2py00337f

Featured in the Special Collection ‘Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series’

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Sterically demanding macrocyclic Eu(iii) complexes for selective recognition of phosphate and real-time monitoring of enzymatically generated adenosine monophosphate

S. E. Bodman, C. Breen, S. Kirkland, S. Wheeler, E. Robertson, F. Plasser, S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 3386-3394.

doi.org/10.1039/D1SC05377A

Featured on the Inside Back Cover.

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Localising nuclear spins by pseudocontact shifts from a single tagging site

H. W. Orton, E. H. Abdelkader, L. Topping, S. J. Butler, G. Otting. Magn. Reson. 2022, 3, 65–76.

doi.org/10.5194/mr-3-65-2022

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Localising Individual Atoms of Tryptophan Side Chains in the Metallo-β-lactamase IMP-1 by Pseudocontact Shifts from Paramagnetic Lanthanoid Tags at Multiple Sites. 

H. W. Orton, I. D. Herath, A. Maleckis, S. Jabar, M. Szabo, B. Graham, C. Breen, L. Topping, S. J. Butler and G. Otting, Magn. Reson., 2022, 3, 1-13.

doi.org/10.5194/mr-3-1-2022

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Anion Binding to a Cationic Europium(III) Probe Enables the First Real-Time Assay to Heparan Sulfotransferase Activity

S. Wheeler, C. Breen, Y. Li, S. H. Hewitt, E. Robertson, E. A. Yates, I. L. Barsukov, D. G. Fernig and S. J. Butler, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 596-605. Advance Article. 

DOI: 10.1039/D1OB02071D

Featured in the Special Collection 'The Supramolecular Chemistry of Anions'.

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A Chiral Lanthanide Tag for Stable and Rigid Attachment to Single Cysteine Residues in Proteins for NMR, EPR and Time-resolved Luminescence Studies. 

I. D. Herath, C. Breen, S. H. Hewitt, T. R. Berki, A. F. Kassir, C. Dodson, M. Judd, S. Jabar, N. Cox, G. Otting  and S. J. Butler, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 13009–13023.

doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101143

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Transmembrance Transport of Bicarbonate Unravelled

L. Martínez‐Crespo, S. H. Hewitt, N. Alessandro De Simone, V. Šindelář, A. P. Davis, S. J. Butler, H. Valkenier, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 7367-7375.

doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100491

Selected as a ‘Very Important Paper’ and featured on the Front Cover

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Polymerizable Gd(III) Buildings Blocks for the Synthesis of High Relaxivity Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents

T. R. Berki, J. Martinelli, L. Tei, H. Willcock and S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 3999-4013.

DOI:10.1039/D0SC04750C 

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Advances in anion binding and sensing using luminescent lanthanide complexes

S. E. Bodman and S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 2716-2734.

DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05419D

Featured on the Front Cover and in the Collection 'Most Popular 2021 Supramolecular Chemistry Articles'.

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Anion Receptors for the Discrimination of ATP and ADP in biological media

S. J. Butler and Katrina A. Jolliffe, ChemPlusChem, 2020, 86, 59-70.

DOI.org/10.1002/cplu.202000567

Featured in the Special Collection ‘Supramolecular Chemistry: Young Talents and their Mentors’.

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Critical Evaluation of the Interaction of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species with Blood to Inform the Clinical Translation of Nonthermal Plasma Therapy

A. Lin, E. Biscop, C. Breen, S. J. Butler, E. Smits and A. Bogaerts, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2020, 9750206.

https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9750206

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Tuning the anion binding properties of lanthanide receptors to discriminate nucleoside phosphates in a sensing array

S. H. Hewitt, G. Macey, R. Mailhot, M. R. J. Elsegood, F. Duarte, A. M. Kenwright and S. J. Butler. Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 3619-3628.

DOI.org/10.1039/C9SC06053G

Featured in the 'Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry Collection' and the '2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection'.

Tuning the anion binding properties of l

Time-resolved luminescence detection of peroxynitrite using a reactivity-based lanthanide probe

C. Breen, R. Pal, M. R. J. Elsegood, S. J. Teat, F. Iza, K. Wende, B. R. Buckley and S. J. Butler. Chem. Sci.2020, 11, 3164-3170.

DOI.org/10.1039/C9SC06053G 

Featured in the '2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection'.

Time-resolved luminescence detection of

A simple, robust, universal assay for real-time enzyme monitoring by signalling changes in nucleoside phosphate anion concentration using a europium(III)-based anion receptor

S. H. Hewitt,  R.Ali, R. Mailhot, C. R. Antonen, C. A. Dodson and S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5373-5381.

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC01552C

Edge Article.

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Cationic Europium Complexes for Visualizing Fluctuations in Mitochondrial ATP Levels in Living Cells

R. Mailhot, T. Traviss-Pollard, R. Pal and S. J. Butler, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 10745–10755

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801008

Highlighted as a Hot Paper.

Application of Lanthanide Luminescence in Probing Enzyme Activity

S. H. Hewitt and S. J. Butler, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6635 – 6647.

DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02824A548

2018 Emerging Investigators Special Issue

Recognition of proximally phosphorylated tyrosine residues and continuous analysis of phosphatase activity using a stable europium complex 

S. H. Hewitt, R. Liu and S. J. Butler, Supramol. Chem., 2018, 30 (9), 765-771.

DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1410548

Emerging UK Talent in Supramolecular Chemistry Special Issue

A Continuous Luminescence Assay for Monitoring Kinase Activity: Signalling the ADP/ATP Ratio using a Discrete Europium Complex

S. H. Hewitt, J. Parris, R. Mailhot and S. J. Butler*, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12626-12629.

DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05887j

Featured on Front (Inside) Cover

Quantitative Determination of Fluoride in Pure Water using Luminescent Europium Complexes

S. J. Butler*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 10879–10882. DOI:10.1039/C5CC03428K

Ratiometric Detection of ATP in Water and Real-Time Monitoring of Apyrase Activity with a Tripodal Zinc Complex

S. J. Butler*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 15768–15774. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404499

Highlighted as a Hot Paper

Europium Complexes as Versatile Intermediates in the Divergent Synthesis of Emissive Chiral Probes 

S. J. Butler, M. Delbianco, N. H. Evans, A. T. Frawley, R. Pal, D. Parker*, R. S. Puckrin and D. S. Yufit., Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5721-5730. 

DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00253a       

EuroTracker Dyes: Highly Emissive Europium Complexes as Alternative Organelle Stains for Live Cell Imaging 

S. J. Butler, L. Lamarque, R. Pal and D. Parker. Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1750–1756.

DOI: 10.1039/C3SC53056F

Comparative analysis of conjugated alkynyl chromophore-triazacyclononane ligands for sensitized emission of europium and terbium

M. Soulié, F. Latzko, S. J. Butler, R. Pal, J. Walton, P. Baldeck, C. Andraud, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, D. Parker, O. Maury. Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 8636–8646.

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402415

EuroTracker Dyes: design, synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of very bright europium complexes and their use in bioassays and cellular optical imaging

J. W. Walton, A. Bourdolle, S. J. Butler, M. Soulie, M. Delbianco, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, H. Puschmann, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, O. Maury, C. Andraud and D. Parker. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1600–1602.

DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35247h

Emissive Europium Complexes that Stain the Cell Walls of Healthy Plant Cells, Pollen Tubes and Roots

A. J. Palmer, S. H. Ford, S. J. Butler, T. J. Hawkins, P. J. Hussey, R. Pal, J. W. Walton and D. Parker*. RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 9356–9366.

DOI: 10.1039/C3RA45426F

Direct and Selective Tagging of Cysteine Residues in Peptides and Proteins with 4-Nitropyridyl Lanthanide Complexes

K. L. Gempf, S. J. Butler*, A. M. Funk and D. Parker*. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9104–9106. 

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45875J

Sulfopeptide Probes of the CXCR4/CXCL12 Interface Reveal Oligomer-Specific Contacts and Chemokine Allostery

J. J. Ziarek, A. E. Getschman, S. J. Butler, D. Taleski, B. Stephens, I. Kufareva, T. M. Handel, R. J. Payne* and B. F. Volkman*. ACS Chem. Biol., 2013, 8, 1955–1963.

 DOI: 10.1021/cb400274z

Bright Mono-Aqua Europium Complexes based on Triazacyclononane that Bind Anions Reversibly and Permeate Cells Efficiently

S. J. Butler, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, D. Parker* and J. W. Walton. Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 9511–9517.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301273

Tuning Colourimetric Indicator Displacement Assays for Naked-Eye Sensing of Pyrophosphate in Aqueous Media 

X. Liu, H. T. Ngo, Z. Ge, S. J. Butler and K. A. Jolliffe. Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 1680–1686.

DOI: 10.1039/C3SC22233K

Tyrosine Sulfation of Chemokine Receptor CCR2 Enhances Interactions with Both Monomeric and Dimeric Forms of the Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)

J. H. Y. Tan, J. P. Ludeman, J. Wedderburn, M. Canals, P. Hall, S. J. Butler, D. Taleski, A. Christopoulos, M. J. Hickey, R. J. Payne* and M. J. Stone*. J. Biol. Chem., 2013, 288, 10024–10034. 

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.447359

Very Bright Europium Complexes that Stain Cellular Mitochondria

J. W. Walton, A. Bourdolle, S. J. Butler, M. Soulie, M. Delbianco, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, H. Puschmann, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, O. Maury, C. Andraud and D. Parker*. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1600–1602.

DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35247h

Anion Binding in Water at Lanthanide Centres: from Structure and Selectivity to Signalling and Sensing

S. J. Butler* and D. Parker*. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 1652–1666.

DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35144G

Alfred Werner centenary issue

Selective Pyrophosphate Recognition by Cyclic Peptide Receptors in Physiological Saline

S. J. Butler and K. A. Jolliffe*. Chem. Asian J., 2012, 7, 2621–2628.

DOI: 10.1002/asia.201200627

Design and Receptor Interactions of an Obligate Dimeric Mutant of the Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)

J. H. Y. Tan, M. Canals, J. P. Ludeman, J. Wedderburn, C. Boston, S. J. Butler, A. M. Carrick, T. R. Parody, D. Taleski, A. Christopoulos, R. J. Payne* and M. J. Stone*. J. Biol. Chem., 2012, 287, 14692–14702.

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.334201

Book Review: Macrocycles. Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications

S. J. Butler and D. Parker*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 11842–11842.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105634

Divergent and Site-Selective Solid-Phase Synthesis of Sulfopeptides

S. J. Butler, D. Taleski, M. J. Stone and R. J. Payne*. Chem. Asian J., 2011, 6, 1316–1320.

DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100232

Synthesis of a Family of Cyclic Peptide-based Anion Receptors

S. J. Butler and K. A. Jolliffe*. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 3471–3483.

DOI: 10.1039/c0ob01072c

Synthesis of Backbone Modified Cyclic Peptides Bearing Dipicolylamino Sidearms

S. J. Butler, K. A. Jolliffe*, W. Y. G. Lee, M. J. McDonough and A. J. Reynolds. Tetrahedron, 2011, 67, 1019–1029. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.11.100

Selective Anion Binding in Water with Use of a Zinc(II) Dipicolylamino Functionalized Diketopiperazine Scaffold

J. V. Carolan, S. J. Butler and K. A. Jolliffe*. J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 2992–2996.

DOI:10.1021/jo802555u

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Publications

Crosslinked p(MMA) particles by RAFT emulsion polymerisation: tuning size and stability

C. J. Marsden, C. Breen, J. D. Tinkler, T. R. Berki, D. W. Lester, J. Martinelli, L. Tei, S. J. Butler and Helen Willcock. Polymer Chem., 2022, 13, 4124-4135

DOI: 10.1039/d2py00337f

Featured in the Special Collection ‘Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series’

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Sterically demanding macrocyclic Eu(iii) complexes for selective recognition of phosphate and real-time monitoring of enzymatically generated adenosine monophosphate

S. E. Bodman, C. Breen, S. Kirkland, S. Wheeler, E. Robertson, F. Plasser, S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 3386-3394.

doi.org/10.1039/D1SC05377A

Featured on the Inside Back Cover.

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Localising nuclear spins by pseudocontact shifts from a single tagging site

H. W. Orton, E. H. Abdelkader, L. Topping, S. J. Butler, G. Otting. Magn. Reson. 2022, 3, 65–76.

doi.org/10.5194/mr-3-65-2022

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Localising Individual Atoms of Tryptophan Side Chains in the Metallo-β-lactamase IMP-1 by Pseudocontact Shifts from Paramagnetic Lanthanoid Tags at Multiple Sites. 

H. W. Orton, I. D. Herath, A. Maleckis, S. Jabar, M. Szabo, B. Graham, C. Breen, L. Topping, S. J. Butler and G. Otting, Magn. Reson., 2022, 3, 1-13.

doi.org/10.5194/mr-3-1-2022

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Anion Binding to a Cationic Europium(III) Probe Enables the First Real-Time Assay to Heparan Sulfotransferase Activity

S. Wheeler, C. Breen, Y. Li, S. H. Hewitt, E. Robertson, E. A. Yates, I. L. Barsukov, D. G. Fernig and S. J. Butler, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 596-605. Advance Article. 

DOI: 10.1039/D1OB02071D

Featured in the Special Collection 'The Supramolecular Chemistry of Anions'.

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A Chiral Lanthanide Tag for Stable and Rigid Attachment to Single Cysteine Residues in Proteins for NMR, EPR and Time-resolved Luminescence Studies. 

I. D. Herath, C. Breen, S. H. Hewitt, T. R. Berki, A. F. Kassir, C. Dodson, M. Judd, S. Jabar, N. Cox, G. Otting  and S. J. Butler, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 13009–13023.

doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101143

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Transmembrance Transport of Bicarbonate Unravelled

Luis Martínez‐Crespo, Sarah H. Hewitt, Nicola Alessandro De Simone, Vladimír Šindelář, Anthony P. Davis, Stephen J. Butler, Hennie Valkenier, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 7367-7375.

doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100491

Selected as a ‘Very Important Paper’ and featured on the Front Cover

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Polymerizable Gd(III) Buildings Blocks for the Synthesis of High Relaxivity Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents

Thomas R. Berki, Jonathan Martinelli, Lorenzo Tei, Helen Willcock and Stephen J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 3999-4013.

DOI:10.1039/D0SC04750C 

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Advances in anion binding and sensing using luminescent lanthanide complexes

S. E. Bodman and S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 2716-2734.

DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05419D

Featured on the Front Cover and in the Collection 'Most Popular 2021 Supramolecular Chemistry Articles'.

Sams paper.jpg
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Anion Receptors for the Discrimination of ATP and ADP in biological media

S. J. Butler and Katrina A. Jolliffe, ChemPlusChem, 2020, 86, 59-70.

DOI.org/10.1002/cplu.202000567

Featured in the Special Collection ‘Supramolecular Chemistry: Young Talents and their Mentors’.

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Critical Evaluation of the Interaction of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species with Blood to Inform the Clinical Translation of Nonthermal Plasma Therapy

A. Lin, E. Biscop, C. Breen, S. J. Butler, E. Smits and A. Bogaerts, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2020, 9750206.

https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9750206

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Tuning the anion binding properties of lanthanide receptors to discriminate nucleoside phosphates in a sensing array

S. H. Hewitt, G. Macey, R. Mailhot, M. R. J. Elsegood, F. Duarte, A. M. Kenwright and S. J. Butler. Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 3619-3628.

DOI.org/10.1039/C9SC06053G

Featured in the 'Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry Collection' and the '2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection'.

Tuning the anion binding properties of l

Time-resolved luminescence detection of peroxynitrite using a reactivity-based lanthanide probe

C. Breen, R. Pal, M. R. J. Elsegood, S. J. Teat, F. Iza, K. Wende, B. R. Buckley and S. J. Butler. Chem. Sci.2020, 11, 3164-3170.

DOI.org/10.1039/C9SC06053G 

Featured in the '2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection'.

Time-resolved luminescence detection of

A simple, robust, universal assay for real-time enzyme monitoring by signalling changes in nucleoside phosphate anion concentration using a europium(III)-based anion receptor

S. H. Hewitt,  R.Ali, R. Mailhot, C. R. Antonen, C. A. Dodson and S. J. Butler, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5373-5381.

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC01552C

Edge Article.

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Cationic Europium Complexes for Visualizing Fluctuations in Mitochondrial ATP Levels in Living Cells

R. Mailhot, T. Traviss-Pollard, R. Pal and S. J. Butler, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 10745–10755

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801008

Highlighted as a Hot Paper.

Application of Lanthanide Luminescence in Probing Enzyme Activity

S. H. Hewitt and S. J. Butler, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6635 – 6647.

DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02824A548

2018 Emerging Investigators Special Issue

Recognition of proximally phosphorylated tyrosine residues and continuous analysis of phosphatase activity using a stable europium complex 

S. H. Hewitt, R. Liu and S. J. Butler, Supramol. Chem., 2018, 30 (9), 765-771.

DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1410548

Emerging UK Talent in Supramolecular Chemistry Special Issue

A Continuous Luminescence Assay for Monitoring Kinase Activity: Signalling the ADP/ATP Ratio using a Discrete Europium Complex

S. H. Hewitt, J. Parris, R. Mailhot and S. J. Butler*, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12626-12629.

DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05887j

Featured on Front (Inside) Cover

Quantitative Determination of Fluoride in Pure Water using Luminescent Europium Complexes

S. J. Butler*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 10879–10882. DOI:10.1039/C5CC03428K

Ratiometric Detection of ATP in Water and Real-Time Monitoring of Apyrase Activity with a Tripodal Zinc Complex

S. J. Butler*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 15768–15774. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404499

Highlighted as a Hot Paper

Europium Complexes as Versatile Intermediates in the Divergent Synthesis of Emissive Chiral Probes 

S. J. Butler, M. Delbianco, N. H. Evans, A. T. Frawley, R. Pal, D. Parker*, R. S. Puckrin and D. S. Yufit., Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5721-5730. 

DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00253a       

EuroTracker Dyes: Highly Emissive Europium Complexes as Alternative Organelle Stains for Live Cell Imaging 

S. J. Butler, L. Lamarque, R. Pal and D. Parker. Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1750–1756.

DOI: 10.1039/C3SC53056F

Comparative analysis of conjugated alkynyl chromophore-triazacyclononane ligands for sensitized emission of europium and terbium

M. Soulié, F. Latzko, S. J. Butler, R. Pal, J. Walton, P. Baldeck, C. Andraud, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, D. Parker, O. Maury. Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 8636–8646.

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402415

EuroTracker Dyes: design, synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of very bright europium complexes and their use in bioassays and cellular optical imaging

J. W. Walton, A. Bourdolle, S. J. Butler, M. Soulie, M. Delbianco, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, H. Puschmann, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, O. Maury, C. Andraud and D. Parker. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1600–1602.

DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35247h

Emissive Europium Complexes that Stain the Cell Walls of Healthy Plant Cells, Pollen Tubes and Roots

A. J. Palmer, S. H. Ford, S. J. Butler, T. J. Hawkins, P. J. Hussey, R. Pal, J. W. Walton and D. Parker*. RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 9356–9366.

DOI: 10.1039/C3RA45426F

Direct and Selective Tagging of Cysteine Residues in Peptides and Proteins with 4-Nitropyridyl Lanthanide Complexes

K. L. Gempf, S. J. Butler*, A. M. Funk and D. Parker*. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9104–9106. 

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45875J

Sulfopeptide Probes of the CXCR4/CXCL12 Interface Reveal Oligomer-Specific Contacts and Chemokine Allostery

J. J. Ziarek, A. E. Getschman, S. J. Butler, D. Taleski, B. Stephens, I. Kufareva, T. M. Handel, R. J. Payne* and B. F. Volkman*. ACS Chem. Biol., 2013, 8, 1955–1963.

 DOI: 10.1021/cb400274z

Bright Mono-Aqua Europium Complexes based on Triazacyclononane that Bind Anions Reversibly and Permeate Cells Efficiently

S. J. Butler, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, D. Parker* and J. W. Walton. Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 9511–9517.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301273

Tuning Colourimetric Indicator Displacement Assays for Naked-Eye Sensing of Pyrophosphate in Aqueous Media 

X. Liu, H. T. Ngo, Z. Ge, S. J. Butler and K. A. Jolliffe. Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 1680–1686.

DOI: 10.1039/C3SC22233K

Tyrosine Sulfation of Chemokine Receptor CCR2 Enhances Interactions with Both Monomeric and Dimeric Forms of the Chemokine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)

J. H. Y. Tan, J. P. Ludeman, J. Wedderburn, M. Canals, P. Hall, S. J. Butler, D. Taleski, A. Christopoulos, M. J. Hickey, R. J. Payne* and M. J. Stone*. J. Biol. Chem., 2013, 288, 10024–10034. 

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.447359

Very Bright Europium Complexes that Stain Cellular Mitochondria

J. W. Walton, A. Bourdolle, S. J. Butler, M. Soulie, M. Delbianco, B. K. McMahon, R. Pal, H. Puschmann, J. M. Zwier, L. Lamarque, O. Maury, C. Andraud and D. Parker*. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1600–1602.

DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35247h

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