Publications by Paul Joseph Dyson

Carbamate-bond breaking on bulk oxides realizes highly efficient polyurethane depolymerization

Paul Joseph Dyson, Xinbang Wu, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson, Laura Piveteau

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

A Facile Strategy Based on Ionic Liquids to Modulate the Antibacterial, Flame-Retardant, and Sensing Properties of Cotton Fabrics

Surface treatment of textiles causes a significant amount of environmental pollution and endowing traditional fabrics with multiple functions through facile methods remains challenging. Here a simple strategy is proposed involving the copolymerization of m ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Fluorene-Terminated π-Conjugated Spiro-Type Hole Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Guixiang Li

Spiro-OMeTAD is a widely used hole transport material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), but its inherent low hole mobility and poor thermal stability affect the overall performance of PSCs. To overcome these limitations, we develop a series of fluore ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2025

Single-site ruthenium catalyst supported on zeolite for CO2 hydrogenation to methyl formate

Paul Joseph Dyson, Victor Carle Adrien Boureau, Xunhui Wang, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson

Technologies for the transformation of atmospheric CO2 to useful chemicals, such as formic acid (FA), are essential to combatting excessive fossil fuel use and will need to be implemented on large scale. However, hydrogenation of CO2 to (base-free) FA is c ...

2025

Formation Dynamics of Thermally Stable 1D/3D Perovskite Interfaces for High-Performance Photovoltaics

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei

Direct understanding of the formation and crystallization of low-dimensional (LD) perovskites with varying dimensionalities employing the same bulky cations can offer insights into LD perovskites and their heterostructures with 3D perovskites. In this stud ...

Wiley2025

Polycondensation as a Universal Method for Preparing High-density Single-atom Catalyst Libraries

Mounir Driss Mensi, Paul Joseph Dyson, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Pascal Miéville, Miyeon Chang, Xinbang Wu, Xunhui Wang, Laura Piveteau, Ariana Serban, Timo Markus Oskar Felder, David Fernando Reyes Vasquez

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) present a promising subclass of classic heterogeneous catalysts by maximizing metal dispersion and enhancing efficiency. Although high-density SACs (HD-SACs) are reported, their synthesis is typically constrained to specific me ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Protein-based nanomedicines for cancer theranostics: From supramolecular self-assembly to AI-driven design and applications

Paul Joseph Dyson

Protein-based nanomedicines represent a paradigm shift in cancer theranostics, capitalizing on superior biocompatibility, molecular recognition, and multifunctional adaptability. This review delineates their evolution from supramolecular self-assembly to a ...

2025

Unveiling the Roles of Pt and CeO2 during Solvent-Free Amide Hydrogenation Utilizing Operando Photoelectron Photoionization Coincidence Spectroscopy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Xinbang Wu, Roland Christopher Turnell-Ritson

The hydrogenation of amides to amines is an important reaction in the synthesis of building blocks in organic chemistry. However, the solvent-free hydrogenation of amides (requiring heterogeneous catalysts and high reaction temperatures) is challenging, wi ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Dopamine Dopes the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Ursula Röthlisberger, David Lyndon Emsley, Fatemeh Ansari, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Lukas Pfeifer, Nikolaos Lempesis, Virginia Carnevali, Ümmügülsüm Günes, Likai Zheng

The electron transport layer (ETL) is a crucial component of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as it greatly influences their photovoltaic performance. Among various currently used ETL materials, SnO₂ stands out due to its unique advantages, including low‐temp ...

Wiley2025

Tuning the selectivity of NH3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei

Selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) of NH3 to N2 is one of the most effective methods used to eliminate NH3 emissions. However, achieving high conversion over a wide operating temperature range while avoiding over-oxidation to NOx remains a significant cha ...

Nature Research2025

Cation interdiffusion control for 2D/3D heterostructure formation and stabilization in inorganic perovskite solar modules

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yong Ding, Xianfu Zhang

Inorganic perovskite solar cells could benefit from surface passivation using 2D/3D perovskite heterostructures. However, conventional spacer cations fail to exchange with the tightly bonded Cs cation in the inorganic perovskite to form 2D layers atop; or, ...

2025

Half-Sandwich Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes with Hydrazinocurcuminoid-like Ligands

Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Ruthenium and osmium half-sandwich complexes with hydrazinocurcuminoid ligands, 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3,5-diyl)bis(ethene-2,1-diyl))bis-(2-methoxyphenol) (HZPcurc) and 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3,5-diyl)bis(ethene- ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Identification of glutathione transferase (GST P1) inhibitors via a high-throughput screening assay and implications as alternative treatment options for breast cancers

Gerardo Turcatti, Marc Chambon, Jonathan Patrice Vesin, Paul Joseph Dyson

Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GST P1) is an important drug target as it is implicated in drug resistance. GST P1-1 inhibitors are typically non-productive analogues of glutathione which covers broad chemical space; hence it is likely that several clinica ...

Public Library of Science (PLoS)2025

Special issue on advances in catalysis in aqueous media

Paul Joseph Dyson

ELSEVIER2025

Functionalized Phenyl Methanaminium Salts Provide Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Liping Zhong

One of the leading approaches to enhancing the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) involves passivating the perovskite surface and grain boundaries with large ammonium salts. Here, we report the synthesis of furan-, thiophene-, and s ...

2025

Azide as a photolabile ligand in gold(I) therapeutics

Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kedar Ashok Abhyankar

Gold-based compounds are gaining attention as potential alternatives to platinum-based chemotherapeutics due to their high antiproliferative activity and unique mechanisms of action. However, challenges remain in enhancing their selectivity and reducing si ...

2025

Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy Modulates the Immune Microenvironment of Pleural Mesothelioma and Improves the Impact of Dual Immune Checkpoint Inhibition

Paul Joseph Dyson, Aspasia Gkasti, Yameng Hao

Pleural mesothelioma is a fatal disease with limited treatment options. Recently, pleural mesothelioma management has improved with the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). In first-line therapy, dual PD-1 and CTLA-4 blockade enhances tumor c ...

AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH2025

Versatile self-assembled monolayers for perovskite-based optoelectronic devices

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yong Ding, Li Tao

The emergence of metal halide perovskite materials has triggered a revolutionary change in optoelectronic devices. Due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties and defect tolerance, metal halide perovskites can be used for a wide range of application ...

2025

Dual[sbnd]active[sbnd]site accelerated hydrogenation facilitates efficient electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Paul Joseph Dyson

Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) materials are the most promising copper-based catalysts for electrochemical nitrate (NO3[sbnd]) reduction to ammonia (NH3). Nevertheless, adsorption for N[sbnd]containing intermediates (NO3[sbnd], NO2[sbnd], etc.) is too[sbnd]strong, ...

2025

Tuning In Vitro Cytotoxicity in Diruthenium(I) bis-Cyclopentadienyl Complexes

Paul Joseph Dyson

A series of diruthenium(I) aminocarbyne complexes of general formula Ru2Cp2(CO)(L)(mu-CO){mu-CNMe (Cy)} (L = NH3, 2; Py, 3, PPh3, 4; DMSO, 5; thiourea, 6) and [Ru2Cp2(mu-H)(CO)(2){mu-CNMe (Cy)}], 7, were prepared from the tric ...

WILEY2025