Editorial Board

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members

Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Science, Bedson Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: photophysics; optical spectroscopy; dye chemistry; kinetics; energy and electron transfer; physical chemistry
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Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
Interests: natural dyes; green products; synthetic dyes; extraction of plant pigments; bio-mordanting; chemical mordanting; microwave assisted extraction; ultrasonic assisted extraction
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Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Giuria 7 and Via Quarello 15, 10100 Torino, Italy
Interests: synthesis and characterization of functional organic molecules and hybrid materials (organo-inorganic frameworks) for nonconventional and technological applications (nanotechnology, biotechnology, and photovoltaics)
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Science Section, Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL, UK
Interests: pigments; Asian lacquer; American lacquer; heritage science
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Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: natural products; natural additives natural anticancer agents; dyes and pigments cytotoxicity; food and chemical toxicology; food safety; organic chemistry
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Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: liquid crystals; liquid–crystalline polymers; liquid–crystalline networks; mesomorphic organometallic polymers; dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC); organic semiconductors; organic fluorescent molecules; metallo-organic fluorescent materials; crystal engineering; crystal structures; optical materials; second-order NLO molecules; dyes and pigments; flurophore/chromophore probes; chemosensor; solid-state emitters; fluorescent dyes
Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, 40724 Taichung, Taiwan
Interests: reaction-based colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent cyanide-selective sensors; white-light-emitting single molecules for white organic light-emitting diodes; near-infrared absorbing dyes for organic solar cells; soluble pentacene precursors for organic thin-film transistors
Department of Textile System Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Interests: dye synthesis; high heat-stable dyes for color filters; fluorescent dyes for artificial photo-synthesis
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Faculty of Chemistry Department, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie Str., 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: hydrogen bond; reaction mechanism; proton transfer; conformational isomerism; Schiff and Mannich bases; BODIPY dye; DFT; TD-DFT; DFPT calculations
1. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cintia 21, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
2. Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of novel π-conjugated chromogenic molecules for applications in organic electronics (photovoltaics and OFETs); design, synthesis and characterization of N-rich heterocycles, including heteroacenes (azaacenes paraticularly), attractive from a structural viewpoint and for applications in organic electronics; design, synthesis and characterization of organic or metallo-organic materials with high fluorescence quantum yield, useful in OLED and in sensing field; design, synthesis and characterization of optical materials, specifically azo-materials (azochromophores by themselves and azochromophores grafted on polymeric matrix) for application in nonlinear optics, photonics and holographic devices
Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Interests: electrochemical and fluorescence sensing of metal ions; small molecules; proteins, and DNA, electrochemical and photochemcial regeneration of biological cofactors and hydrogen production using metal nanoparticles and metal complexes; inorganic colorants; photosensitiser; organic dyes; spectroscopy of colorants
Unterer Rheinweg 50, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Interests: near-infrared absorbers; dyes for optical information storage (OIS) and liquid crystal display (LCD) applications; colorants for digital printing; textile dyes; design, synthesis and spectral properties of chromophores; polymethine, azo, metal complex and reactive dyes; aggregation of dyes; amphiphilic dyes (Langmuir-Blodgett films, micelles)
Centro de Química Estrutural and Institute of Molecular Sciences, IST-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: energy and charge transfer processes in optically responsive molecular material with practical application in bioimaging, sensing and photodynamic therapy; optical properties of carbon nanomaterials (carbon dots and nanographenes); photo-induced charge generation in organic semiconductors
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Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen π-conjugated heterocyclic compounds, and amino acid derivatives functionalyzed with heterocyclic moieties, for several applications such as nonlinear optics: second harmonic generators (SHG) and two-photon absorption (TPA) chromophores; optical chemosensors; photochromic materials, fluorescence probes and markers; organic light-emitting diodes (OLED´s); dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); ligands for catalysis
Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), Groupe Chimie Organique pour les Matériaux, la Biologie et l'Optique (COMBO, UMR CNRS 7515, Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, CEDEX 02, 67087 Strasbourg, France
Interests: heterocyclic chemistry; molecular materials; molecular fluorescence; proton transfer processes (ESIPT); fluorescence sensing
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Retired, Formerly Colorants Research Basel, BASF Schweiz AG, CH 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
Interests: synthesis of dyes and pigments; anthraquinone; cyanine; azo and cationic dyes; electronic materials; process development and process safety
Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: photodynamic therapy; phthalocyanine chemistry; bioorthogonal chemistry; supramolecular chemistry
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT), Université de Lorraine & CNRS, F-54000 Nancy, France
Interests: computational chemistry; DFT/TDDFT; CASSCF/CASPT2/NEVPT2; excited states; dye-sensitized solar cells; photocatalysis; photochemistry
Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
Interests: synthesis of heterocyclic dyes; disperse dyes; photostability of dyes; fluorogenic and luminogenic probes for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species detection; boronate probes
Department of Wood Science & Engineering, 119 Richardson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Interests: spalting; fungal pigments; bio art; wood decay; fungal secondary metabolites
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Istituto di Scienze per il Patrimonio Culturale (ISPC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Biblioteca 4, 95124 Catania, Italy
Interests: pigments; paintings; XRF; XRD; imaging; synchrotron radiation
Food Colour & Quality Lab., Area of Nutrition & Food Science, Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Farmacia, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: carotenoids; food analysis; bioactive; food color
School of Design, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: colour measurement; colour imaging; applications of machine learning to colour
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