Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
(4) *David C. Magri, “Recent Advances in Fluorescence Sensing” in Specialist Periodical Reports Photochemistry, Volume 48, ed. A. Albini, S. Protti, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2021. p. 445-466.
(3) *David C. Magri and Carl J. Mallia. "Metal Ion Sensing for Biomedical Uses" in Supramolecular Systems in Biomedical Fields. Ed. H-J. Schneider, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. 2013. p 38-67.
(2) *David C. Magri. “Engineering Luminescent Molecules with Sensing and Logic Capabilities” in Molecular and Biomolecular Information Processing: From Logic Systems to Sensors and Actuators. Ed. E. Katz,Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany. 2012. p 79-98.
(1) *David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin. “Redox Properties of Radicals” in Encyclopedia of Radicals in Chemistry, Biology and Materials, C. Chatgilialoglu and A. Studer (eds). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom. 2012. p 249-274.
Peer-Reviewed Publications in Scientific Journals
(60) *David C. Magri and Anthony A. Camilleri, A White Light Emitting Reconfigurable Pyrazoline-Naphthalimide Logic Gate with Magnesium, Sodium and Proton Inputs, Chemical Communications, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06049C
(59) Joseph Grech, Jake C. Spiteri, Glenn J. Scerri and *David C. Magri, Molecular Logic with Ferrocene-Rylene Conjugates: Comparison of Naphthalenediimide, Naphthalimide and Perylenediimide Pourbaix Sensor Designs, Accepted to Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2023, 544, 121176. doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2022.121176 (Invited, special issue on Optical and Electrochemical Chemo- and Bio-sensors).
(58) Gabriel Gauci and *David C. Magri, Solvent-polarity reconfigurable fluorescent 4-piperazino-N-aryl-1,8-naphthalimide crown ether logic gates, RSC Advances 2022, 12, 35270-35278. DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07568g
(57) Glenn J. Scerri, Melchior Caruana, Nicola’ Agius, Godfrey Agius, Thomas J. Farrugia, Jake C. Spiteri, Alex D. Johnson and *David C. Magri, Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates and Pourbaix Sensors in Polyacrylamide Hydrogels, Molecules, 2022, 27, 5939, 1-9. doi.org/10.3390/molecules27185939 (Invited, Special Issue on Design, Synthesis and Application of Supramolecular Functional Materials).
(56) Darlene Sammut, Nathalie Bugeja, Konrad Szaciłowski and *David C. Magri, Molecular Engineering of Fluorescent Bichromophore 1,3,5-Triaryl-D2-Pyrazoline and 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Molecular Logic Gates. New Journal of Chemistry 2022, 46, 15042-15051. DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ02422E (Invited contribution).
(55) Alex D. Johnson, Joseph A. Buhagiar and *David C. Magri, 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide-Ferrocene Conjugates as Potential Multi-targeted Anticancer and Fluorescent Cellular Imaging Agents, RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021, 12, 2060-2064. DOI: 10.1039/D1MD00246E
(54) Nicola’ Agius and *David C. Magri, A Fluorescent Polymeric INHIBIT Logic Gate based on the Natural Product Quinidine, New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, 45, 14360-14363. DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ03045K.
(53) Nicole Zerafa, Miriam Cini and *David C. Magri, Molecular Engineering of 1,3,5-Triaryl-2-Pyrazoline Fluorescent Logic Systems Responsive to Acidity and Oxidisability and Attachment to Polymer Beads, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2021, 6, 93-99. DOI: 10.1039/D0ME00136H
(52) *David C. Magri, Logical Sensing with Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer, Coordination Chemical Reviews, 2021, 426, 213598, 1-13. (Invited special issue on Recent progress on molecular sensors and molecular logic gates). doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213598
(51) Glenn J. Scerri, Jake C. Spiteri and *David C. Magri, Pourbaix Sensors in Polyurethane Molecular Logic-based Coatings for Early Detection of Corrosion, Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 434-439. DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00839G
(50) Andreas Diacono, Marie Claire Aquilina, Andrej Calleja, Godfrey Agius, Gabriel Gauci, Konrad Szaciłowski and *David C. Magri, Enhanced Ion Binding by the Benzocrown Ether Receptor and Carbonyl of the Aminonaphthalimide Fluorophore in Water-Soluble Logic Gates, Organic and Biolomolecular Chemistry, 2020, 18, 4773-4782. (Invited special issue on the Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry). DOI:10.1039/d0ob00059k
(49) Claudia Galea, Damjan Makuc, Konrad Szaciłowski, Janez Plavec and *David C. Magri, Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Diaza-8-Crown-4-Dinitrophenyl Ethers, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2020, 32, 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2019.1662420
(48) Matthew Vella Refalo, Nicole V. Farrugia, Alex D. Johnson, Sylwia Klejna, Konrad Szaciłowski and *David C. Magri, Fluorimetric Naphthalimide-based Logic Gate Tagged Polymer Beads Responsive to Acidity and Oxidisability, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019, 7, 1522-15232. DOI: 10.1039/c9tc05545b (Invited special issue on the Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry).
(47) Alex D. Johnson, Rodrianne Zammit, Jasmine Vella, Mario Valentino, A. Joseph Buhagiar and *David C. Magri, Aminonaphthalimide Hybrids of Mixoxantrone and Amonafide as Anticancer and Fluorescent Cellular Imaging Agents, Bioorganic Chemistry, 2019, 93, 103287. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103287
(46) Glenn J. Scerri, Jake C. Spiteri, Carl J. Mallia and *David C. Magri, A Lab-on-a-Molecule with an Enhanced Fluorescent Readout on Detection of Three Chemical Species, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 4961-4964. DOI: 10.1039/c9ccoo924h
(45) *David C. Magri, Recent Progress on the Evolution of Pourbaix Sensors: Molecular Logic Gates for Protons and Oxidants, Chemosensors, 2018, 6, 48, 1-9. doi:10.3390/chemosensors 6040048 (invited).
(44) Matthew Vella Refalo, Jake C. Spiteri and *David C. Magri, Covalent Attachment of a Fluorescent 'Pourbaix sensor' onto a Polymer Bead for Sensing in Water, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 16474-16477. doi: 10.1039/C8NJ03224F
(43) Jake C. Spiteri, Alex D. Johnson, Sergey A. Denisov, Gediminas Jonusauskas, Nathan D. McClenaghan and *David C. Magri, A Fluorescent AND Logic Gate based on a Ferrocene-Naphthalimide-Piperazine Format Responsive to Acidity and Oxidisability, Dyes & Pigments, 2018, 157, 278-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.04.060
(42) Jake C. Spiteri, Sergey A. Denisov, Gediminas Jonusauskas, Sylwia Klejna, Konrad Szaciłowski, Nathan D. McClenaghan and *David C. Magri, Molecular engineering of logic gate types by module rearrangement in ‘Pourbaix Sensors’: the effect of excited-state electric fields, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, doi: 10.1039/c8b00485d (Front Cover)
(41) Jasmine M. A. Spiteri, Carl J. Mallia, Glenn J. Scerri and *David C. Magri, A fluorescent combinatorial logic gate with Na+, H+-enabled OR and H+-driven low-medium-high ternary logic functions, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 10116-10121. doi: 10.1039/C7OB01828B (Special issue on chemosensors and molecular logic).
(40) *David C. Magri and Jake C. Spiteri, Proof of Principle of a Three-Input AND-INHIBIT-OR Combinatorial Logic Gate Array, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 6706-6709. doi: 10.1039/c7ob01223c (Special issue on chemosensors and molecular logic).
(39) Maria A. Cardona, Damjan Makuc, Konrad Szaciłowski, Janez Plavec and *David C. Magri, Water-Soluble Amino[bis(ethanesulfonate)] Azobenzene pH Indicators: A UV-vis Absorption, DFT, and 1H-15N NMR Spectroscopy Study, ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 6159-6166. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00887.
(38) Glenn J. Scerri, Miriam Cini, Jonathan S. Schembri, Paola F. da Costa, Alex D. Johnson, *David C. Magri, Redox-Enabled, pH-Disabled Pyrazoline-Ferrocene INHIBIT Logic Gates, ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 1742-1745. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201700345 (Invited special issue on molecular logic).
(37) *David C. Magri, ‘Pourbaix Sensors’: Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates for pE and pH, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2017, 29, 741-748. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1287365 (Special issue from MSMLG conference).
(36) *David C. Magri, Alex D. Johnson and Jake C. Spiteri, Fluorescent Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Logic Gates for Acidity (pH) and Redox Potential (pE), Journal of Fluorescence, 2017, 27, 551-559. doi: 10.1007/s10895-016-1982-1.
(35) Maria A. Cardona, Marina Kveder, Ulrich Baisch, Michael R. Probert and *David C. Magri, Water-Soluble B-Aminobisulfonate Building Blocks for pH and Cu2+indicators, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 84712-84721. doi: 10.1039/c6ra17791c.
(34) Alex D. Johnson, Kyle A. Paterson, Jake C. Spiteri, Sergey A. Denisov, Gediminas Jonusauskas, Arnaud Tron, Nathan D. McClenaghan and *David C. Magri, Water-soluble naphthalimide-based ‘Pourbaix sensors’: pH and redox-activated fluorescent AND logic gates based on photoinduced electron transfer, New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40, 9917-9922. doi:10.1039/c6nj02023b (Highlighted on Front Cover).
(33) Kristina N. Farrugia, Damjan Makuc, Agnieszka Podborska, Konrad Szaciłowski, Janez Plavec and *David C. Magri, Colorimetric Naphthalene-based Thiosemicarbazide Anion Chemosensors with an Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) Mechanism, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 25, 4415-4422. DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201600509.
(32) *David C. Magri, Paola F. da Costa, Kyle A. Paterson, Supramolecular Chemistry in Water: Self-Assembly of Multi-component Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates in Micelles, Xjenza Online, 2016, 4, 64-71. DOI: 10.7423/Xjenza.2016.1.09 (COST special issue).
(31) Maria A. Cardona, Carl J. Mallia, Ulrich Baisch and *David C. Magri, Water-Soluble Amino(ethanesulfonate) and [(bis(ethanesulfonate)] Anthracenes as Fluorescent Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) pH Indicators and Fe3+ Chemosensors. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 3783-3791. DOI: 10.1039/C5RA22341E.
(30) *David C. Magri, Photoinduced Electron Transfer as a Design Concept for Luminescent Redox Indicators. Analyst, 2015, 140, 7484-7495. DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01491C.
(29) Jake C. Spiteri, Jonathan S. Schembri and *David C. Magri, A naphthalimide-based ‘Pourbaix sensor’: A redox and pH driven AND logic gate with photoinduced electron transfer and internal charge transfer mechanisms. New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 3349-3352. DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ00068H.
(28) Maria Victoria Caruana, Matthew Camilleri Fava and *David C. Magri, A Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Three-Input Inverted Enable OR Logic System by Self-Assembly of a Rhodamine Probe in Micelles, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 4, 239-243. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201402236 (Special issue on multi-component molecular-level devices and machines).
(27) Kristina N. Farrugia, Damjan Makuc, Agnieszka Podborska, Konrad Szaciłowski, Janez Plavec and *David C. Magri, UV-visible and 1H-15N NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Colorimetric Thiosemicarbazide Anion Sensors, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13, 1662-1672. DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02091J (Special issue on supramolecular chemistry in water).
(26) Ramon Zammit, Maria Pappova, Esther Zammit, John Gabarretta and *David C. Magri, 1,3,5-Triarylpyrazolines: pH-Driven Off-On-Off Molecular Logic Devices based on a ‘Receptor1-Fluorophore-Spacer-Receptor2’ Format with Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) and Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Mechanisms, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 93, 199-206. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2014-0266 (Special issue by alumni of Western University 100th anniversary of first paper from Department of Chemistry).
(25) *David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, Dissociative Electron Transfer to Diphenyl-Substituted Bicyclic Endoperoxides: The Effect of Molecular Structure on the Reactivity of Distonic Radical Anions and Determination of Thermochemical Parameters, Molecules, 2014, 19, 11999-12010. doi:10.3390/molecules190811999.
(24) Maria A. Cardona and *David C. Magri, Synthesis and spectrophotometric studies of water-soluble amino[bis(ethanesulfonate)] azobenzene pH indicators, Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 4559-4563. doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.06.079.
(23) *David C. Magri, Matthew Camilleri Fava and Carl J. Mallia, A Sodium-Enabled 'Pourbaix Sensor': A Three-Input AND Logic Gate as a 'Lab-on-a-Molecule' for Na+, pH and pE" Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 1009-1011.
(22) Dana K. Adkinson, David C. Magri, Jason L. Pitters, Keith Griffiths, Peter R. Norton and Mark S. Workentin, Photolysis and Thermolysis of Pyridyl Carbonyl Azide Monolayers on Single-Crystal Platinum, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2013, 89, 1020-1028.
(21) Maria Cardona, Kristina Farrugia and *David C. Magri, Medical Diagnostics with Designed Molecules, Xjenza Online, 2013, 13, 34-41.
(20) Lara A. Gauci, Lindsay Kelland and *David C. Magri, Luminescent ‘On-Off’ CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot Chemodosimeter for Hydroxide Based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer from a Carboxylate Moiety,Journal of Fluorescence, 2013, 23, 793-798.
(19) Thomas J. Farrugia and *David C. Magri, 'Pourbaix Sensors’: A New Class of Fluorescent pE-pH Molecular AND Logic Gates based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer, New Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 37, 148-151 (Highlighted on the Meet Our Authors blog on January 16).
(18) *David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, Kinetics of the Photoinduced Dissociative Reduction of the Model Alkyl Peroxides Di-tert-Butyl Peroxide and Ascaridole, Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 6, 303-315.
(17) *David C. Magri, "Intelligent Molecules for Medical Applications, Research Matters, 2011, 1, 20-23.
(16) Vittorio A. Sauro, David C. Magri, Jason L. Pitters and Mark S. Workentin, Electrochemical Reduction of 1,4‑Dichloroazoethanes: Reductive Elimination of Chloride to Form Aryl Azines, Electrochimica Acta, 2010, 55, 5584-5591.
(15) *David C. Magri and A. Prasanna de Silva, From PASS 1 to YES to AND Logic: Building Parallel Processing into Molecular Logic Gates by Sequential Addition of Receptors, New Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 34, 476-481 (A Top 10 most accessed online for March 2010).
(14) Donald L. B. Stringle, David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, Efficient Homogeneous Radical-Anion Chain Reactions Initiated by Dissociative Electron Transfer to 3,3,6,6-Tetraaryl-1,2-dioxanes, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 178-188 (Very Important Paper).
(13) *David C. Magri, A Fluorescent AND Logic Gate Driven by Electrons and Protons, New Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 33, 457-461.
(12) David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, A Radical-Anion Chain Mechanism following Dissociative Electron Transfer Reduction of the Model Prostaglandin Endoperoxide 1,4-Diphenyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2008, 18, 3354-3361.
(11) David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, A Radical-Anion Chain Mechanism Initiated by Dissociative Electron Transfer to a Bicyclic Endoperoxide: Insight into the Fragmentation Chemistry of Neutral Biradicals and Distonic Radical Anions, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008, 14, 1698-1709 (Very Important Paper, Highlighted as a Frontispiece).
(10) David C. Magri, Thomas. P. Vance and A. Prasanna de Silva, From Complexation to Computation: Recent Progress in Molecular Logic, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2007, 360, 751-764.
(9) Fadia Najjar, Christiane André-Barrès, Corrinne Lacaze-Dufaure, David C. Magri, Mark S. Workentin and Théodore Tzèdakis, Electrochemical Reduction of Endoperoxides of G3-factor Endoperoxide and its Methyl Ether: Evidence for a Competition between Concerted and Stepwise Dissociative Electron Transfer, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2007, 13, 1174-1179.
(8) *David C. Magri, Gareth J. Brown, Gareth D. McClean and A. Prasanna de Silva, Communicating Chemical Congregation: A Molecular AND Logic Gate with Three Chemical Inputs as a ‘Lab-on-a-Molecule’ Prototype, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 4950-4951 (Highlighted in Nature Materials and Chemical & Engineering News, Cited over 300 times).
(7) David C. Magri, Gregory D. Coen, Robert L. Boyd and A. Prasanna de Silva, Consolidating Molecular AND Logic with Two Chemical Inputs, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2006, 568, 156-160 (Special Issue on Molecular Electronics).
(6) John F. Callan, A. Prasanna de Silva and David C. Magri, Luminescent Sensors and Switches in the Early 21st Century, Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 8551-8588 (Most Cited Paper for period 2005-2008. Top 25 most downloaded. Cited over 1000 times).
(5) David C. Magri, John F. Callan, A. Prasanna de Silva, David B. Fox, Nathan D. McClenaghan and K. R. A. Samankumara Sandanayake, “The Anthracen-9-ylmethyloxy Unit: An Under-performing Motif within the Fluorescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) Sensing Framework, Journal of Fluorescence, 2005, 15, 769-775.
(4) A. Prasanna de Silva and David C. Magri, Optical Sensing and Switching with Designed Molecules, Chimia, 2005, 59, 218-221.
(3) David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, Model Dialkyl Peroxides of the Fenton Mechanistic Probe 2-Methyl-1-Phenyl-2-Propyl Hydroperoxide (MPPH): Kinetic Probes for Dissociative Electron Transfer, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2003, 1, 3418-3429.
(2) David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin, Model Acyclic Peroxides of the Fenton Probe 2-methyl-1-phenyl-2-propyl Hydroperoxide (MPPH): Kinetic Probes for Dissociative Electron Transfer in Organic Electrochemistry: Manuel L. Baizer Award Symposium in Honor of Jean-Michel Savéant, eds. M. S. Workentin, F. Maran and K. Chiba. Electrochemical Society, 2002, 69-73.
(1) David C. Magri, Robert L. Donkers and Mark S. Workentin, Kinetics of the Photoinduced Electron Transfer Dissociative Reduction of the Antimalarial Endoperoxide, Artemisinin, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2001, 138, 29-34.
Press Reviews, Articles & Radio Interviews
(16) Light, Chemistry and Computers, Lars Lorenz,The Sunday Times of Malta, 19 June 2016. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160619/life-features/Light-chemistry-and-computers.616033
(15) FluoriSense – Monitoring The Ocean’s Health, 2015 Climate Launchpad competition. http://climatelaunchpad.org/finalists/?tag=malta
(14) Discovering chemistry through colour. Interview with chemist Maria Cardona by Velislava Hillman, Times of Malta, 5 August 2015. Malta, http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150805/thezone-careers/discovering-chemistry-through-colour.579440
(13) Chemistry for Medicine, Maria Cardona, Think, July 2015, 13, 19. http://www.um.edu.mt/think/colour-chemistry-in-water/
(12) Colour Chemistry in Water, Kristina Farrugia, Think, July 2015, 13, 18. http://www.um.edu.mt/think/chemistry-for-medicine/
(11) Colouring Chemistry, Alexander Hili, Think, September 2014, 10, 42-45, ed. Edward Duca. http://www.um.edu.mt/think/colouring-chemistry/
(10) University Matters – Supramolecular Chemistry, The Sunday Times of Malta, 18 May 2014. p. 50.
(9) University Matters, Radio interview on Campus FM 103.7 with Patricia Camilleri. 17 & 20 February 2014 Topic of COST Action CM1005 Supramolecular Chemistry in Water.
(8) Optical Sensing and Logic with Molecules, 28 March 2014. http://www.um.edu.mt/newsoncampus/events/2013/optical_sensing_and_logic_with_molecules_28_mar.
(7) Developing ‘Lab-on-a-Molecule” Prototype, 27 January 2014. http://www.um.edu.mt/newsoncampus/researchinitiatives#item_205557.
(6) Meet Our Authors from January 2013 Issue of NJC, 16 January 2013 by Denise Parent, Managing Editor of NJC http://blogs.rsc.org/nj/
(5) "Intelligent molecules for medical applications", The Sunday Times of Malta, 15 December 2013.
(4) "Logical Chemicals", Student's Thinking, Thomas Farrugia, Think, 2013, 5, 4.
(3) "Labs in Solution", Student's Thinking, John Gabarretta, Think, 2013, 4, 4.
(2) "Three's company in the Lab on a Molecule" Nature Materials: Nanozone News, 5 April 2006 by Philip Ball. http://www.nature.com/materials/nanozone/news/060406/portal/ m060406-2.html
(1) "Molecule Signals Presence of Ion Trio" Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News, 4 April 2006 by Michael Freemantle. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/84/i15/8415iontrio.html
