Publications de Paul Joseph Dyson

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Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Storage in Formic Acid and Alcohols

Paul Joseph Dyson, Katerina Stefania Sordakis

Hydrogen gas is a storable form of chemical energy that could complement intermittent renewable energy conversion. One of the main disadvantages of hydrogen gas arises from its low density, and therefore, efficient handling and storage methods are key fact ...

2018

Sustainable, Reshapable Surfactant-Polyelectrolyte Plastics Employing Water as a Plasticizer

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Zhangjun Huang, Haiyan Jia

Natural polymers such as those present in foods contain abundant noncovalent intra- and intermolecular interactions, notably hydrogen bonds, which make them rigid when dry, but on exposure to water soften, due to disruption of these interactions. This soft ...

2019

Rationalization of Solvation and Stabilization of Palladium Nanoparticles in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids by DFT and Vibrational Spectroscopy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Xiao Yuan

A combined DFT/vibrational spectroscopy approach is used to determine the interactions of the 1,3-dimethylimidazolium ([Mmim]+) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ([Emim]+) cations and [BF4]- anions with each other in the liquid state and with Pd nanoparticle ...

2012

Metabolization of [Ru(η6-C6H5CF3)(pta)Cl2]: a cytotoxic RAPTA-type complex with a strongly electron withdrawing arene ligand

Paul Joseph Dyson, Christian Hartinger, Anna Katherine Renfrew

The anticancer ruthenium-arene compd. [Ru(η6-C6H5CF3)(pta)Cl2] (pta = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane), termed RAPTA-CF3, with the electron-withdrawing α,α,α-trifluorotoluene ligand, is one of the most cytotoxic RAPTA compds. known. To ration ...

Springer2010

Elucidating the transition between CO2 physisorption and chemisorption in 1,2,4-triazolate ionic liquids at a molecular level

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Xuemei Yang

Capture of CO2 is a crucial process to achieve carbon neutrality. High-performance CO2 capture involves both physi- and chemi-sorption, with a transition between them. However, the underlying mechanistic insights required to produce the methods to tune the ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Optimization of drug combinations using Feedback System Control

Paul Joseph Dyson, Hubert van den Bergh, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Andrea Brett Gasser

We describe a protocol for the discovery of synergistic drug combinations for the treatment of disease. Synergistic drug combinations lead to the use of drugs at lower doses, which reduces side effects and can potentially lead to reduced drug resistance, w ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Catalytic hydrocracking of synthetic polymers into grid-compatible gas streams

Paul Joseph Dyson, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Felix Daniel Bobbink, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Kun-Han Lin, Reza Zamani

The use of methane as one of the cleanest energy sources has attracted significant public awareness, and methane production processes with less environmental impact than fracking are receiving considerable attention. Catalytic hydrocracking of plastic mate ...

2021

Rapid optimization of drug combinations for the optimal angiostatic treatment of cancer

Paul Joseph Dyson, Hubert van den Bergh, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Andrea Brett Gasser

Drug combinations can improve angiostatic cancer treatment efficacy and enable the reduction of side effects and drug resistance. Combining drugs is non-trivial due to the high number of possibilities. We applied a feedback system control (FSC) technique w ...

2015

Understanding the interactions of diruthenium anticancer agents with amino acids

Paul Joseph Dyson, Alexey Nazarov, Christian Hartinger

The dinuclear anticancer agents 1,n-bis{chlorido3-(oxo-kappa O)-2-methyl-4-(1H)-pyridinonato-kappa O4-ruthenium(II)}alkane (PyRu2n) exhibit high antiproliferative activity in human cancer cell. Reactivity studies with DNA and protein rev ...

SPRINGER2018

Future Swiss Energy Economy: The Challenge of Storing Renewable Energy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat

Fossil fuels and materials on Earth are a finite resource and the disposal of waste into the air, on land, and into water has an impact on our environment on a global level. Using Switzerland as an example, the energy demand and the technical challenges, a ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Expanded Phase Distribution in Low Average Layer-Number 2D Perovskite Films: Toward Efficient Semitransparent Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Yong Ding, Yen-Cheng Liu

The application of low average layer-number (< n & rang;

2021

Highly cytotoxic trithiophenolatodiruthenium complexes of the type [(eta(6)-p-MeC6H4Pr (i) )(2)Ru-2(SC6H4-p-X)(3)](+): synthesis, molecular structure, electrochemistry, cytotoxicity, and glutathione oxidation potential

Paul Joseph Dyson, Olivier Pierre Zava, Mathurin Baquié

A series of cationic dinuclear p-cymene ruthenium trithiophenolato complexes of the type (eta(6)-p-MeC6H4Pr (i) )(2)Ru-2(SC6H4-p-X)(3) (1 X is H, 2 X is Me, 3 X is Ph, 4 X is Br, 5 X is OH, 6 X is NO2, 7 X is OMe, 8 X is CF3, 9 X is F, 10 X is Pr (i) ...

Springer2012

Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes with Glycosylated NHC-Carbene Co-Ligands: Synthesis, Hydrolytic Behavior, and Binding to Biological Molecules

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Mouna Hadiji

Ruthenium(II) complexes with a three-legged piano-stool structure based on an arene ring, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-carbene ligand with a peracetylated glucose moiety and two chlorides or one bidentate ligand, were prepared and characterized by spect ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Masking specific effects of ionic liquid constituents at the solid-liquid interface by surface functionalization

Paul Joseph Dyson, Felix Daniel Bobbink

Ion specific effects of ionic liquid (IL) constituents on the surface charge and aggregation properties of two types of particles (positively charged amidine (AL) and polyimidazolium-functionalized sulfate (SL-IP-2) latexes) were investigated in IL solutio ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Anchoring single platinum atoms onto nickel nanoparticles affords highly selective catalysts for lignin conversion

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Linfeng Pan, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Jun Li, Lichen Bai, Lu Chen, Yun Tong

Due to the highly complex polyphenolic structure of lignin, depolymerization without a prior chemical treatment is challenging, and new catalysts are required. Atomically dispersed catalysts are able to maximize the atomic efficiency of noble metals, simul ...

ELSEVIER2021

Hydrogen storage and delivery: immobilization of a highly active homogeneous catalyst for the decomposition of formic acid to hydrogen and carbon dioxide

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Weijia Gan

The homogeneous catalytic system, based on water-soluble ruthenium(II)– TPPTS catalyst (TPPTS = meta-trisulfonated triphenylphosphine), selectively decomposes HCOOH into H2 and CO2 in aqueous solution. Although this reaction results in only two gas product ...

Springer Netherlands2009

Binding of Organometallic Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Complexes to an Oligonucleotide: A Combined Mass Spectrometric and Theoretical Study

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Christian Gossens, Antoine Dorcier

Ru(II) and Os(II) p-cymene dichloride complexes with either a pta (1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane) or [pta-Me]Cl ligand which exhibit anticancer activity were prepd. and characterized by 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Thr ...

2005

Pivotal Role of the Basic Character of Organic and Salt Catalysts in C-N Bond Forming Reactions of Amines with CO2

Paul Joseph Dyson, Martin Hulla

Organocatalysts promote a range of C-N bond forming reactions of amines with CO2. Herein, we review these reactions and attempt to identify the unifying features of the catalysts that allows them to promote a multitude of seemingly unrelated reactions. Ana ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2020

Fabrication of gold nano- and microstructures in ionic liquids - A remarkable anion effect

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei

Au nano- and microstructures such as polyhedral crystals, large single-cryst. nanoplates, hollow trapeziform crystals, holey polyhedra, and dendrites were produced via microwave heating of HAuCl4·4H2O in a variety of ionic liqs. (ILs) in the absence of cap ...

2008

Crosslinking Allosteric Sites on the Nucleosome

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ursula Röthlisberger, Lucinda Kate Batchelor, Thibaud Edouard Alistair von Erlach

Targeting defined histone protein sites in chromatin is an emerging therapeutic approach that can potentially be enhanced by allosteric effects within the nucleosome. Here we characterized a novel hetero-bimetallic compound with a design based on a nucleos ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2019