Publications

Scriven, J., Chattapadhyay, D., Glaser, F., Elias, B., Michaudel, Q., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2026). Triplet Energy Transfer as a Handle to Tune 1,2-Dialkyldiazene Fragmentation in Radical C(sp ³ )–C(sp ² ) Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148(8), 8993-9005. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c22244 (Original work published 2026)

Abudayyeh, A. M., De Kreijger, S., Grau, S., Eryılmaz, E., Robeyns, K., Ertem, M. Z., Llobet, A., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2026). Enhanced Electrocatalytic and Selective CO2-to-CO Reduction by a Rhenium(I) Complex Bearing 6,6′-Substituted 2,2′-Bipyridines. ACS Catalysis, 16(1), 542-554. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c06871 (Original work published 2026)

Chantry, N., Cotic, A., De Kreijger, S., Di Forti, R., Elias, B., Troian-Gautier, L., & Cadranel, A. (2025). Nature of Anti‐Dissipative High‐Energy Excited States in Quaterpyridine‐Bridged Ruthenium Complexes. Angewandte Chemie, 1(1), e202507738. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202507738 (Original work published 2025)

De Kreijger, S., Ripak, A., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Investigation of the Excited-State Electron Transfer and Cage Escape Yields Between Halides and a Fe(III) Photosensitizer. Journal of the American chemical society, 146(15), 10286-10292. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c02808 (Original work published 2024)

De Kreijger, S., Cauët, E., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Synthesis of Ru(II) and Os(II) Photosensitizers Bearing one 9,10-diamino-1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene Scaffold. Dalton Transactions, 53, 10270-10284. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt01077a (Original work published 2024)

De Kreijger, S., Gillard, M., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Spectroscopic Techniques to Unravel Mechanistic Details in Light‐Induced Transformations and Photoredox Catalysis. ChemCatChem, 16(16), e202301100. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301100 (Original work published 2024)

Gillard, M., Troian-Gautier, L., Decottignies, A., & Elias, B. (2024). pH-Activatable Ruthenium(II) Fluorescein Salphen Schiff Base Photosensitizers for Theranostic Applications. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(4), 2549-2558. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01678 (Original work published 2024)

Glaser, F., De Kreijger, S., Achilleos, K., Narayan Satheesh, L., Ripak, A., Chantry, N., Bourgois, C., Quiquempoix, S., Scriven, J., Rubens, J., Vander Wee-Léonard, M., Daenen, M., Gillard, M., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). A Compendium of Methodically Determined Ground‐ and Excited‐State Properties of Homoleptic Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Photosensitizers. ChemPhotoChem, e202400134. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400134 (Original work published 2024)

Wee-Léonard, M. V., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Photoinduced One-Electron Chloride Oxidation in Water Using a Pentacationic Ir(III) Photosensitizer. Journal of the American chemical society, 146(16), 11031-11035. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c00478 (Original work published 2024)

Glaser, F., Aydogan, A., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). The great strides of iron photosensitizers for contemporary organic photoredox catalysis: On our way to the holy grail? Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 500(1), 215522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215522 (Original work published 2024)

Ripak, A., Vega Salgado, A. K., Valverde, D., Cristofaro, S., de Gary, A., Olivier, Y., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2024). Factors Controlling Cage Escape Yields of Closed- and Open-Shell Metal Complexes in Bimolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Journal of the American chemical society, 146(32), 22818-22828. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08158 (Original work published 2024)

Jacques, A., Devaux, A., Rubay, C., Pennetreau, F., Desmecht, A., Robeyns, K., Hermans, S., & Elias, B. (2023). Polypyridine Iridium(III) and Ruthenium(II) Complexes for Homogeneous and Graphene‐Supported Photoredox Catalysis. ChemCatChem, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202201672 (Original work published 2023)

Ripak, A., De Kreijger, S., Sampaio, R. N., Vincent, C. A., Cauët, É., Jabin, I., Tambar, U. K., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2023). Photosensitized activation of diazonium derivatives for C–B bond formation. Chem Catalysis, 3, 100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2022.100490 (Original work published 2023)

Cotic, A., Cerfontaine, S., Slep, L. D., Elias, B., Troian-Gautier, L., & Cadranel, A. (2023). Anti-Dissipative Strategies toward More Efficient Solar Energy Conversion. Journal of the American chemical society, 145(9), 5163-5173. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c11593 (Original work published 2023)

Ripak, A., De Kreijger, S., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2023). A protocol for determining cage-escape yields using nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. STAR Protocols, 4(2), 102312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102312 (Original work published 2023)

Gillard, M., Elias, B., & et al. (2023). Luminescent Ruthenium(II) Complexes Used for the Detection of 8-Oxoguanine in the Human Telomeric Sequence. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 34(2), 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00578 (Original work published 2023)

De Kreijger, S., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2023). Chloride, Bromide, and Iodide Photooxidation in Acetonitrile/Water Mixtures Using Binuclear Iridium(III) Photosensitizers. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(39), 16196-16202. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02648 (Original work published 2023)

Bonnet, H., Morel, M., Devaux, A., Boissieras, J., Granzhan, A., Elias, B., Lavergne, T., Dejeu, J., & Defrancq, E. (2022). Assessment of presumed small-molecule ligands of telomeric i-DNA by biolayer interferometry (BLI). Chemical Communications, 58(33), 5116-5119. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc00836j (Original work published 2022)

Weynand, J., Episkopou, C., Le Berre, G., Gillard, M., Dejeu, J., Decottignies, A., Defrancq, E., Elias, B., & et al. (2022). Photo-induced telomeric DNA damage in human cancer cells. RSC Chemical Biology, 3(12), 1375-1379. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CB00192F (Original work published 2022)

Gillard, M., Piraux, G., Daenen, M., Abraham, M., Troian-Gautier, L., Bar, L., Bonnet, H., Loiseau, F., Jamet, H., Dejeu, J., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2022). Photo‐oxidizing Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Enhanced Visible Light Absorption and G‐quadruplex DNA Binding Abilities. Chemistry: A European Journal, e202202251. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202202251 (Original work published 2022)

Zhao, J., De Kreijger, S., Troian-Gautier, L., Yu, J., Hu, W., Zhang, X., Elias, B., & Moonshiram, D. (2022). Deciphering the photophysical kinetics, electronic configurations and structural conformations of iridium–cobalt hydrogen evolution photocatalysts. Chemical Communications. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc02286a (Original work published 2022)

De Kreijger, S., Schott, O., Troian-Gautier, L., Cauët, E., Hanan, G. S., & Elias, B. (2022). Red Absorbing Cyclometalated Ir(III) Diimine Photosensitizers Competent for Hydrogen Photocatalysis. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(13), 5245-5254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03727 (Original work published 2022)

Gupta, D., Lakraychi, A. E., Boruah, B. D., De Kreijger, S., Troian-Gautier, L., Elias, B., De Volder, M., & Vlad, A. (2022). Visible‐Light Augmented Lithium Storage Capacity in a Ruthenium(II) Photosensitizer Conjugated with a Dione‐Catechol Redox Couple. Chemistry: A European Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201220 (Original work published 2022)

Wodon, M., De Kreijger, S., Sampaio, R. N., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2022). Accumulation of mono-reduced [Ir(piq)2(LL)] photosensitizers relevant for solar fuels production. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00233-z (Original work published 2022)

Cotic, A., Cerfontaine, S., Slep, L. D., Elias, B., Troian-Gautier, L., & Cadranel, A. (2022). A photoinduced mixed valence photoswitch. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(24), 15121-15128. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp01791a (Original work published 2022)

Lentz, C., Marcélis, L., Troian-Gautier, L., Robeyns, K., Cauët, E., & Elias, B. (2021). Excited-state behavior and photoinduced electron transfer of pH-sensitive Ir(III) complexes with cyclometallation (C/N–) ratios between 0/6 and 3/3. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 405, 112957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112957 (Original work published 2021)

Bevernaegie, R., Wehlin, S. A. M., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2021). A Roadmap Towards Visible Light Mediated Electron Transfer Chemistry with Iridium(III) Complexes. ChemPhotoChem. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202000255 (Original work published 2021)

Cerfontaine, S., Troian-Gautier, L., Duez, Q., Cornil, J., Gerbaux, P., & Elias, B. (2021). MLCT Excited-State Behavior of Trinuclear Ruthenium(II) 2,2′-Bipyridine Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 60(1), 366-379. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03004 (Original work published 2021)

Aydogan, A., Bangle, R. E., De Kreijger, S., Dickenson, J. C., Singleton, M., Cauët, E., Cadranel, A., Meyer, G. J., Elias, B., Sampaio, R. N., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2021). Mechanistic investigation of a visible light mediated dehalogenation/cyclisation reaction using iron(iii), iridium(iii) and ruthenium(ii) photosensitizers. Catalysis Science & Technology, 11(24), 8037-8051. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cy01771c (Original work published 2021)

Aydogan, A., Bangle, R. E., Cadranel, A., Turlington, M. D., Conroy, D. T., Cauët, E., Singleton, M., Meyer, G. J., Sampaio, R. N., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2021). Accessing Photoredox Transformations with an Iron(III) Photosensitizer and Green Light. Journal of the American chemical society, 143(38), 15661-15673. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06081 (Original work published 2021)

Mahy, J., Lejeune, L., Haynes, T., Body, N., De Kreijger, S., Elias, B., Marques Marcilli, R. H., Fustin, C.-A., & Hermans, S. (2021). Crystalline ZnO Photocatalysts Prepared at Ambient Temperature: Influence of Morphology on p-Nitrophenol Degradation in Water. Catalysts, 11(10), 1182. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11101182 (Original work published 2021)

Gillard, M., Weynand, J., Bonnet, H., Loiseau, F., Decottignies, A., Dejeu, J., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2020). Flexible RuII Schiff base complexes: G‐quadruplex DNA binding and photo‐induced cancer cell death. Chemistry: A European Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202001409 (Original work published 2020)

Dekoninck, K., Létoquart, J., Laguri, C., Demange, P., Bevernaegie, R., Simorre, J.-P., Dehu, O., Iorga, B., Elias, B., Cho, S. H., & Collet, J.-F. (2020). Defining the function of OmpA in the Rcs stress response. eLife, 9(6), e60861 [1-23]. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60861 (Original work published 2020)

Weynand, J., Moreno-Betancourt, A., Loiseau, F., Berthet, N., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2020). Redox-Active Bis-Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex as a DNA Photo-Cleaving Agent. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(4), 2426-2433. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03312 (Original work published 2020)

Cerfontaine, S., Troian-Gautier, L., Wehlin, S. A. M., Loiseau, F., Cauët, E., & Elias, B. (2020). Tuning the excited-state deactivation pathways of dinuclear ruthenium(ii) 2,2′-bipyridine complexes through bridging ligand design. Dalton Transactions, 49(24), 8096-8106. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt01216e (Original work published 2020)

Cerfontaine, S., Wehlin, S. A. M., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2020). Photostable Polynuclear Ruthenium(II) Photosensitizers Competent for Dehalogenation Photoredox Catalysis at 590 nm. Journal of the American chemical society, 142(12), 5549-5555. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01503 (Original work published 2020)

Lakraychi, A. E., De Kreijger, S., Gupta, D., Elias, B., & Vlad, A. (2020). Phendione‐Transition Metal Complexes with Bipolar Redox for Lithium Batteries. ChemSusChem, 13(9), 2225-2231. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201903290 (Original work published 2020)

Bevernaegie, R., Wehlin, S. A. M., Piechota, E. J., Abraham, M., Philouze, C., Meyer, G. J., Elias, B., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2020). Improved Visible Light Absorption of Potent Iridium(III) Photo-oxidants for Excited-State Electron Transfer Chemistry. Journal of the American chemical society, 142(6), 2732-2737. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12108 (Original work published 2020)

Cerfontaine, S., Duez, Q., Troian-Gautier, L., Barozzino Consiglio, G., Loiseau, F., Cornil, J., De Winter, J., Gerbaux, P., & Elias, B. (2020). Efficient Convergent Energy Transfer in a Stereoisomerically Pure Heptanuclear Luminescent Terpyridine-Based Ru(II)–Os(II) Dendrimer. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(19), 14536-14543. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02336 (Original work published 2020)

Weynand, J., Bonnet, H., Loiseau, F., Ravanat, J.-L., Dejeu, J., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2019). Targeting G‐Rich DNA Structures with Photoreactive Bis‐Cyclometallated Iridium(III) Complexes. Chemistry: A European Journal, 25(55), 12730-12739. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201902183 (Original work published 2019)

Lentz, C., Schott, O., Auvray, T., Hanan, G. S., & Elias, B. (2019). Design and photophysical studies of iridium(iii)–cobalt(iii) dyads and their application for dihydrogen photo-evolution. Dalton Transactions, 48(41), 15567-15576. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt01989h (Original work published 2019)

Bevernaegie, R., Doix, B., Bastien, E., Diman, A., Decottignies, A., Feron, O., & Elias, B. (2019). Exploring the phototoxicity of hypoxic active iridium(III)-based sensitizers in 3D tumor spheroids. Journal of the American chemical society, 141(46), 18486-18491. (Original work published 2019)

Gillard, M., Laramée-Milette, B., Deraedt, Q., Hanan, G. S., Loiseau, F., Dejeu, J., Defrancq, E., Elias, B., & Marcélis, L. (2019). Photodetection of DNA mismatches by dissymmetric Ru(ii) acridine based complexes. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 6(9), 2260-2270. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qi00133f (Original work published 2019)

Dochain, S., Nshimyumuremyi, J.-B., Dewez, D. F., Body, J.-F., Elias, B., Singleton, M., & Markó, I. E. (2019). Electrochemical and photochemical approaches for the synthesis of the C28–C38 fragment of okadaic acid. Tetrahedron, 75(15), 2280-2283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2019.02.060 (Original work published 2019)

Muller, D., Elias, B., Collard, L., Pels, C., Holveck, M.-J., & Nieberding, C. (2019). Polyphenism of visual and chemical secondary sexually-selected wing traits in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana: How different is the intermediate phenotype? PLoS One, 14(11), e0225003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225003 (Original work published 2019)

Jacques, A., Auvray, T., Bevernaegie, R., Loiseau, F., Cibian, M., Hanan, G. S., Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, A., & Elias, B. (2018). Proton sensitive charge-transfer excited states in bis-terdentate cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes : Spectroscopic and theoretical investigation. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica2017.10.018 (Original work published 2018)

Bevernaegie, R., Marcélis, L., Moreno-Betancourt, A., Laramée-Milette, B., Hanan, G. S., Loiseau, F., Sliwa, M., & Elias, B. (2018). Ultrafast charge transfer excited state dynamics in trifluoromethyl-substituted iridium(iii) complexes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(43), 27256-27260. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04265a (Original work published 2018)

Bevernaegie, R., Marcélis, L., Laramée-Milette, B., De Winter, J., Robeyns, K., Gerbaux, P., Hanan, G. S., & Elias, B. (2018). Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Iridium(III) Complexes: From Photophysics to Photooxidation of a Biological Target. Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 1356-1367. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02778 (Original work published 2018)

Weynand, J., Diman, A., Abraham, M., Marcélis, L., Jamet, H., Decottignies, A., Dejeu, J., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2018). Towards the Development of Photo-Reactive Ruthenium(II) Complexes Targeting Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA. Chemistry: A European Journal, 24(72), 19216-19227. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804771 (Original work published 2018)

Cerfontaine, S., Marcélis, L., Laramee-Milette, B., Hanan, G. S., Loiseau, F., De Winter, J., Gerbaux, P., & Elias, B. (2018). Converging Energy Transfer in Polynuclear Ru(II) Multiterpyridine Complexes: Significant Enhancement of Luminescent Properties. Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 2639-2653. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03040 (Original work published 2018)

Lentz, C., Schott, O., Auvray, T., Hanan, G., & Elias, B. (2017). Photocatalytic Hydrogen production using a red-absorbing Ir(III)-Co(III) dyad. Inorganic Chemistry. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00684 (Original work published 2017)

Piraux, G., Bar, L., Abraham, M., Lavergne, T., Jamet, H., Dejeu, J., Marcélis, L., Defrancq, E., & Elias, B. (2017). New Ruthenium-based probes for selective G-quadruplex targeting. Chemistry: A European Journal. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201702076 (Original work published 2017)

Passays, J., Rubay, C., Marcélis, L., & Elias, B. (2017). Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Triazolyl IrIII Nucleosides. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201601227 (Original work published 2017)

Deraedt, Q., Marcélis, L., Auvray, T., Loiseau, F., & Elias, B. (2016). Design and photophysical studies of acridine based Ru(II) complexes for applications as DNA photoprobes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 3649-3658. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201600468 (Original work published 2016)

Deraedt, Q., Loiseau, F., & Elias, B. (2016). Photochemical Tuning of Tris-Bidentate Acridine- and Phenazine-Based Ir(III) Complexes. Journal of Fluorescence, 2095-2103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-016-1904-2 (Original work published 2016)

Jacques, A., Schott, O., Robeyns, K., Hanan, G. S., & Elias, B. (2016). Hydrogen Photoevolution from a Green-Absorbing Iridium(III)-Cobalt(III) Dyad. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(12), 1779-1783. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201501467 (Original work published 2016)

Pinto Fernandez, A., Mace, Y., Drouet, F., Bony, E., Boidot, R., Draoui, N., Lobysheva, I., Corbet, C., Polet, F., Martherus, S.-R.-M., Deraedt, Q., Rodríguez, J., Lamy, Schicke, O., Delvaux, D., Louis, C., Kiss, R., Von Kriegsheim, A., Dessy, C., et al. (2016). A new ER-specific photosensitizer unravels (1)O2-driven protein oxidation and inhibition of deubiquitinases as a generic mechanism for cancer PDT. Oncogene : including Oncogene Reviews, 35(30), 3976-3985. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2015.474 (Original work published 2016)

Jacques, A., Cerfontaine, S., & Elias, B. (2015). Access to functionalized luminescent multi-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine ligands. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 80, 11143-11148. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b01897 (Original work published 2015)