Publications

Luminescent lanthanide probes for cations and anions: Promises, compromises, and caveats

Martinon, T. L. M.; Pierre, V. C.* Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2023, 76, 102374.

IRON COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF

Pierre, V. C.; Huang, S.-Y.; Patent application

Kinetically Inert Macrocyclic Europium (III) Receptors for Phosphate

Martinon, T. L. M.; Ramakrishnam Raju, M. V.; Pierre, V. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 10064–10076 .

NMR Characterization of Polyethylene Glycol Conjugates for Nanoparticle Functionalization

Pasek-Allen, J. L.; Wilharm, R. K.; Bischof, J. C.; Pierre, V. C. ACS omega 2023, 8 , 4331-4336.

Advancing organ cryopreservation through scalable polymer coating of iron oxide nanoparticles

Pasek-Allen, J. K.; Gao, Z.; Wilharm, R. K.; Pierre, V. C.; Bischof, J. C. Cryobiology 2022, 109, 21.

Synthesis and characterization of gold-shell magnetic nanowires for theranostic applications

Dragos-Pinzaru, O.-G.; Buema, G.; Herea, D.-D.; Chiriac, H.; Lupu, N.; Minuti, A, E.; Stoian, G.; Shore, D.; Pierre, V. C.; Tabakovic, I.; Stadler, B. J. H. Coatings 2022, 12, 1755 .

Luminescent lanthanide probes for organic and inorganic phosphates

Martinon, T. L. M.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Asian J. 2022, e202200495.

Achieving Selectivity for Phosphate over Pyrophosphate with Iron(III)-Based Fluorescent Probes

Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C.* JACS Au, 2022, 2, 7, 1604–1609.

Phosphonate coating of commercial iron oxide nanoparticles for nanowarming cryopreserved samples

Pasek-Allen, J. L; Wilharm, R. K.; Gao, Z.; Pierre, V. C.*; Bischof, J. C.* J. Mat. Chem. B. 2022, 10, 3734-3746.

Coordinative Stabilization of Mononuclear Ti(IV) Chelates in Aqueous Environments to Enable Bioimaging Applications

Angus J. Koller, Shefali Saini, Ivis F. Chaple, M. Andrey Joaqui-Joaqui, Brett Paterson, Michelle T. Ma, Philip J. Blower, Valérie C. Pierre, Jerome R. Robinson, Suzanne E. Lapi, Eszter Boros Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202201211.

Exploiting the Fluxionality of Lanthanide Complexes in the Design of Paramagnetic Fluorine Probes

Wilharm, R. K.; Ramakrishnam Raju, M. V.; Hoefler, J. C.; Platas-Iglesias, C.; Pierre V. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 9, 4130–4142.

Metallointercalators-DNA Origami Supramolecular Self-Assemblies with Increased Serum Stability

M. Andrey Joaqui-Joaqui, Zoe Maxwell, Kriti Srivastava, Mandapati V. Ramakrishnam Raju, Edgar Arriaga and Valérie C. Pierre* ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 2, 2928–2941.

Design Principles and Applications of Selective Lanthanide-Based Receptors for Phosphate

Pierre, V. C.,* Wilharm, R. K. Front. Chem. 2022, 10, 821020.

A Walk across the Lanthanide Series – Trend in Affinity for Phosphate and Stability of Lanthanide Receptors from La(III) to Lu(III)

Wilharm, R. K.; Huang, S.-Y.; Gugger, I. J.; Pierre V. C. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 20, 15808-15817.

Design and Evaluation of the Environmental Outreach Activity for Middle School Students

Harris, S. M.; Peterson, K. L; Bailie, K.; Tower, C.; Rundle, B.; Ricks, T.; Pierre, V. C.* ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 25175-25187.

Catechol-based functionalizable ligands for gallium-68 PET imaging

M. Andrey Joaqui-Joaqui, Mukesh K. Pandey, Aditya Bansal, Mandapati V. Ramakrishnam Raju, Fiona Armstrong-Pavlik, Ayca Dundar, Henry Wong, Timothy R. DeGrado,* and Valérie C. Pierre* Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 12025–12038.

Ligand cap affects coordination number but not necessarily affinity for anions of tris-bidentate europium complexes

Design and Applications of Metal-Based Molecular Receptors and Probes for Inorganic Phosphate

Design and Applications of Metal-Based Molecular Receptors and Probes for Inorganic Phosphate

Ramakrishnam Raju, M.V.; Harris, S. M.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 1090-1108. Part of the Themed Collection Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry.

A combination of factors: tuning the affinity of europium receptors for phosphate

Huang, S.-Y.; Qian, M.; Pierre, V. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 16087-16099.

The Stability of the Complex and the Basicity of the Anion Impacts the Selectivity and Affinity of Tripodal Gadolinium Complexes for Anions

Ramakrishnam Raju, M.V.;‡ Wilharm, R. K.;‡ Dresel, M. J.; McGreal, M. E.; Mansergh, J. P.; Marting, S. T.; Goodpaster; J. D.; Pierre, V. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 15189−15201.

DEVELOPMENT OF A CLICK-CHEMISTRY REAGENT COMPATIBLE WITH MASS CYTOMETRY

Shaklee, J.; Srivastava, K.; Brown, H.; Arriaga, E.; Pierre, V. C.; van Berlo, J. H. PATENT APPLICATION

A turn-on luminescent europium probe for cyanide detection in water

Huang, S.-Y.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 9210-9213.

A ParaCEST Imaging Agent for Copper and Zinc with Complete On/Off response

Srivastava, K.‡; Ferrauro, G.‡; Harris, S. M.; Longo, D. L.; Botta, M.; Aime, S.; Pierre, V.C.* Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 11346 - 11357

Fluorinated Paramagnetic Complexes: Sensitive and Responsive Probes for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging

Peterson, K. L; Srivastava, K.; Pierre, V. C.* Front. Chem. 2018, 6, 21.

Contrast Agents for MRI - Experimental Methods

Edited by Valerie C. Pierre and Matthew J. Allen

Development of a Click-Chemistry Reagent Compatible with Mass Cytometry

Jessica Shaklee; Kriti Srivastava, Heather Brown, Edgar Arriaga, Valerie C Pierre, Jop H van Berlo* Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 6657.

Achieving Selectivity for Copper over Zinc with Luminescent Terbium Probes Bearing Phenanthridine Antennas

Harris, S. M.‡; Srivastava, K.‡; League, A. B.; Ziebarth, K.; Pierre, V. C.* Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 2202-2213.

Comparing Strategies in the Design of Responsive Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: a Case Study with Copper and Zinc

Pierre, V. C.*; Harris, S. M.; Pailloux, S. L. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 342-351.

COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CAPTURING PHOSPHATE FROM WATER

Pierre, V. C.; Pailloux, S. L.; Huang, S.-Y.; Mandapati, R.” Patent application No. 62475356

An 8-coordinate, stable Fe(II) complex as a dual 19F and CEST contrast agent for ratiometric pH imaging

Srivastava, K.‡; Ferrauro, G.‡; Young, V.; Aime, S.; Pierre, V.C.* Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 12206–12213.

A gadolinium complex for catch-and-release of phosphate from aqueous solutions

Harris, S. M.; Nguyen, J. T.; Pailloux, S. L.; Mansergh, J. P.; Dresel, M. J.; Swanholm, T. B.; Gao, T.; Pierre, V. C.* Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51, 4549-4558.

Fe- and Ln-DOTAm-F12 are effective paramagnetic fluorine contrast agents for MRI in water and blood

Srivastava, K.; Weitz, E. A.; Peterson, K. L; Marjanska, M.; Pierre, V.C.* Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 1546–1557.

Electrodeposited Fe and Fe-Au Nanowires as MRI Contrast Agents

Shore, D.; Pailloux, S. L.; Zhang, J.; Gage, T.; Flannigan, D. J.; Garwood, M.; Pierre, V. C.; Stadler, B. J. H. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12634-12637.

Compounds, Complexes and Methods Useful for Detecting and/or Treating Bacterial Pathogens

Pierre, V. C.; Pailloux, S. L. International Application No. PCT/US2016/066790

Turning an aptamer into a light-switch probe with a single bioconjugation

Wickramaratne, T. M.; Pierre, V. C. Bioconjugate Chem., 2015, 26, 63–70.

Effect of lanthanide complex structure on cell viability and association

Peterson, K. L.; Dang, J. L; Weitz, E. A.; Lewandowski, C.; Pierre, V. C. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 6013–6021.

Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 30+ Years and Where are We Going?

Pierre, V. C.; Allen, M. J.; Caravan, P. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 19, 127-131.

The Basis for the Molecular Recognition and the Selective Time-Gated Luminescent Detection of ATP and GTP by a Lanthanide Complex

Weitz, E. A.; Chang, J.; Rosenfield, A. H.; Morrow, E.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4052-4060.

The Basis for Sensitive and Selective Time-Delayed Luminescence Detection of Hydroxyl Radical by Lanthanide Complexes

Peterson, K. L.; Margherio, M.; Doan, P.; Wilke, K. T.; Pierre, V. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 9390-9098.

A Magnetoplasmonic Imaging Agent for Copper(I) with dual Response by MRI and Dark Field Microscopy

Weitz, E. A.; Lewandowski, C.; Smolensky, E. D.; Marjanska, M.; Pierre, V. C.* ACS Nano 2013, 7, 5842-5849.

Magnetoluminescent Light-Switches: Dual Modality in DNA Detection

Smolensky, E. D.; Peterson, K. L.; Weitz, E. A.; Lewandowski, C.; Pierre, V. C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8966-8972.

Scaling Laws at the Nano Size: the Effect of Particle Size and Shape on the Magnetism and Relaxivity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Contrast Agents

Smolensky, E. D.; Park, H.-Y. E.; Zhou, Y.; Rolla, G. A.; Marjanska, M.; Botta, M.; Pierre, V. C.* J. Mat. Chem. B 2013, 1, 2818-2828.

LUMINESCENT PROBES HAVING A PHENATHRIDINYL ANTENNA, AND METHODS OF USE

Pierre, V. C. U.S. Patent Application No. 14/022,962

A Selective Luminescent Sensor for the Time-Gated Detection of ATP

Weitz, E. A.; Chang, J. Y.; Rosenfield, A.; Pierre, V. C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16099-16102.

A Responsive Particulate MRI Contrast Agent for Copper(I): a Cautionary Tale

Smolensky, E. D.; Marjanska, M.; Pierre, V. C.* Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 8039-8046. Invited contribution – special issue on New Talent in the Americas

Magnetoluminescent Agents for Dual MRI and Time-Gated Fluorescence Imaging

Smolensky, E. D.; Zhou, Y.; Pierre, V. C.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 12, 2141-2147. Invited contribution – special issue on Metal-Based MRI probes. Featured in ChemistryView

Conjugation Effects of Various Linkers on Gd(III) MRI Contrast Agents with Dendrimers: Optimizing the Hydroxypyridinonate (HOPO) Ligands with Nontoxic, Degradable Esteramide (EA) Dendrimers For High Relaxivity

Floyd, W.; Klemm, P.; Smiles, D.; Kohlgruber, A.; Pierre, V. C.; Mynar, J.; Frechet, J.-M. J.; Raymond, K. N.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2390-2393.

Fe3O4@organic@Au: High Saturation Magnetization Core-Shell Nanocomposites as Magnetoplasmonic MRI Contrast Agents

Smolensky, E. D.; Neary, M. C.; Zhou, Y.; Berquo, T. S.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 2149-2151.

A Ratiometric Probe for the Time-Gated Luminescence Detection of Potassium in Water

Weitz, E. A.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 541-543. Invited contribution – special issue on Emerging Investigators.

Surface Functionalization of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for MRI Applications: Effect of Anchoring Group and Ligand Exchange Protocol

Smolensky, E. D.; Park, H.-Y. E.; Berquo, T. S.; Pierre, V. C.* Contrast Media Mol. Imaging, 2011, 6, 189-199.

A Selective and Sensitive Luminescent Probe for the Time-Gated Detection of Hydroxyl Radical in Water

Page, S. E.; Wilke, K. T.; Pierre, V. C.* Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2423-2425.

Principles of Responsive Lanthanide-Based Luminescent Probes for Cellular Imaging

Thibon, A.; Pierre, V. C.* Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2009, 394, 107-120. Invited contribution. Most Cited Article of 2009.

A Highly Selective Luminescence Sensor for the Time‐Gated Detection of Potassium

Thibon, A.; Pierre, V. C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 434-435.

OLDER PUBLICATIONS

14. Zeglis, B. M.; Pierre, V. C.; Kaiser, J. T.; Barton, J. K. “A Bulky Rhodium Complex Bound to an Adenosine-Adenosine DNA Mismatch: General Architecture of the Metalloinsertion Binding Mode” Biochemistry 2009, 48, 4247-4253.

13. Augustyn, K.; Pierre, V. C.; Barton, J. K. “Metallointercalators as Probes of DNA Recognition and Reactions.” Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology.

12. Zeglis, B. M.; Pierre, V. C.; Barton, J. K. “Metallointercalators and Metalloinsertors” Chem. Comm. 2007, 4565-4579. Feature and cover article of this issue.

11. Cordier, C.; Pierre, V. C.; Barton, J. K. “Insertion of a Bulky Rhodium Complex into a Cytosine-Cytosine Mismatch: an NMR Solution Study” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12287-12295.

10. Pierre, V. C.; Kaiser, J. T.; Barton, J. K. “DNA bound by a Rhodium Intercalator: Structural Insights into Finding a Mismatch” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 429-434.

9. Pierre, V. C.; Botta, M.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. “Substituent Effects on Gd(III)-based MRI Contrast Agents – Optimizing the Stability of the Complex and the Number and Exchange Rate of Coordinated Water Molecules” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 8355-8364.

8. Pierre, V. C.; Botta, M.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. “Fe(III) Templated Gd(III) Self-Assemblies – a New Route Toward Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9272-9273.

7. Pierre, V. C.; Botta, M.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. “Tuning the Coordination Number of Hydroxypyridonate-based Gadolinium Complexes – Implications for MRI Contrast Agents” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5344-5345.

6. Pierre, V. C.; Botta, M.; Raymond, K. N. “A Dendrimeric Gadolinium Chelate with Fast Water Exchange and High Relaxivity at High Magnetic Field Strength” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 504-505.

5. Raymond K. N. and Pierre, V. C. “Next Generation, High Relaxivity Gadolinium MRI Agents” Bioconjugate Chem. 2005, 16, 3-8. Most accessed paper of Bioconjugate Chem. in 2005.

4. Pierre, V. C.; Melchior, M.; Doble, D. M. J.; Raymond, K. N. “Toward Optimized High-Relaxivity MRI Agents: Thermodynamic Selectivity of Hydroxypyridonate/Catecholate Ligands” Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 8520-8525.

3. Konemann, M.;, Hees, U.; Pierre, V. “Perylene derivatives and their use as dispersants” Patent application N FR2850651A1 2004

2. Doble, D. M. J.; Melchior, M.; O’Sullivan, B.; Siering, C.; Xu, J.; Pierre, V. C.; Raymond, K. N. “Toward Optimized High-Relaxivity MRI Agents: The Effect of Ligand Basicity on the Thermodynamic Stability of Hexadentate Hydroxypyridonate/Catecholate Gadolinium(III) Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4930-4937.

1. Fuss, J.; Pierre, V. C.; Tupper, K. A. “Carbonyl(h5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-(triflato-O)(triisopropylphosphine-P)ruthenium(II).” Acta Cryst., Sect. E 2002, E58, m482-m483.