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  1. Article ; Online: Quantum Chemical Study of the Pressure-dependent Phosphorescence of [Cr(ddpd)

    Förster, Christoph / Osthues, Helena / Schwab, Dominik / Doltsinis, Nikos L / Heinze, Katja

    Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 12, Page(s) e202300165

    Abstract: The chromium(III) complex [Cr(ddpd) ...

    Abstract The chromium(III) complex [Cr(ddpd)
    MeSH term(s) Cations ; Chromium/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Cations ; Chromium (0R0008Q3JB)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-25
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2025223-7
    ISSN 1439-7641 ; 1439-4235
    ISSN (online) 1439-7641
    ISSN 1439-4235
    DOI 10.1002/cphc.202300165
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  2. Article ; Online: Triplet Emitting C^N^C Cyclometalated Dibenzo[c,h]Acridine Pt(II) Complexes.

    Friedel, Joshua / Krause, Maren / Jordan, Rose / Maisuls, Iván / Brünink, Dana / Schwab, Dominik / Doltsinis, Nikos L / Strassert, Cristian A / Klein, Axel

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 27, Issue 22

    Abstract: In a series of Pt(II) complexes [Pt(dba)(L)] containing the very rigid, dianionic, bis-cyclometalating, tridentate C^N^C2− heterocyclic ligand dba2− (H2dba = dibenzo[c,h]acridine), the coligand (ancillary ligand) L = dmso, PPh3, CNtBu and Me2Imd (N,N’- ... ...

    Abstract In a series of Pt(II) complexes [Pt(dba)(L)] containing the very rigid, dianionic, bis-cyclometalating, tridentate C^N^C2− heterocyclic ligand dba2− (H2dba = dibenzo[c,h]acridine), the coligand (ancillary ligand) L = dmso, PPh3, CNtBu and Me2Imd (N,N’-dimethylimidazolydene) was varied in order to improve its luminescence properties. Beginning with the previously reported dmso complex, we synthesized the PPh3, CNtBu and Me2Imd derivatives and characterized them by elemental analysis, 1H (and 31P) NMR spectroscopy and MS. Cyclic voltammetry showed partially reversible reduction waves ranging between −1.89 and −2.10 V and increasing along the series Me2Imd < dmso ≈ PPh3 < CNtBu. With irreversible oxidation waves ranging between 0.55 (L = Me2Imd) and 1.00 V (dmso), the electrochemical gaps range between 2.65 and 2.91 eV while increasing along the series Me2Imd < CNtBu < PPh3 < dmso. All four complexes show in part vibrationally structured long-wavelength absorption bands peaking at around 530 nm. TD-DFT calculated spectra agree quite well with the experimental spectra, with only a slight redshift. The photoluminescence spectra of all four compounds are very similar. In fluid solution at 298 K, they show broad, only partially structured bands, with maxima at around 590 nm, while in frozen glassy matrices at 77 K, slightly blue-shifted (~580 nm) bands with clear vibronic progressions were found. The photoluminescence quantum yields ΦL ranged between 0.04 and 0.24, at 298 K, and between 0.80 and 0.90 at 77 K. The lifetimes τ at 298 K ranged between 60 and 14040 ns in Ar-purged solutions and increased from 17 to 43 µs at 77 K. The TD-DFT calculated emission spectra are in excellent agreement with the experimental findings. In terms of high ΦL and long τ, the dmso and PPh3 complexes outperform the CNtBu and Me2Imd derivatives. This is remarkable in view of the higher ligand strength of Me2Imd, compared with all other coligands, as concluded from the electrochemical data.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-19
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules27228054
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  3. Article ; Online: Compensation of Hybridization Defects in Phosphorescent Complexes with Pnictogen-Based Ligands-A Structural, Photophysical, and Theoretical Case-Study with Predictive Character.

    Gangadharappa, Sathish Chatnahalli / Maisuls, Iván / Schwab, Dominik A / Kösters, Jutta / Doltsinis, Nikos L / Strassert, Cristian A

    Journal of the American Chemical Society

    2020  Volume 142, Issue 51, Page(s) 21353–21367

    Abstract: In this work, for the first time, the comparative use of P-, As-, and Sb-based ligands in phosphorescent coordination compounds is reported toward new coordination chemical concepts in the design and realization of tailored triplet emitters with ... ...

    Abstract In this work, for the first time, the comparative use of P-, As-, and Sb-based ligands in phosphorescent coordination compounds is reported toward new coordination chemical concepts in the design and realization of tailored triplet emitters with nonconventional elements. By means of spectroscopic, X-ray diffractometric, and quantum-chemical methods, we reconstructed the nature of the chemical bonds as well as the influence of the increasingly heavy elements on the photoexcited state properties, which were correlated with the hybridization and polarizability of the pnictogen atoms (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-12-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3155-0
    ISSN 1520-5126 ; 0002-7863
    ISSN (online) 1520-5126
    ISSN 0002-7863
    DOI 10.1021/jacs.0c09467
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  4. Article ; Online: Elevator-like movements of prestin mediate outer hair cell electromotility.

    Kuwabara, Makoto F / Haddad, Bassam G / Lenz-Schwab, Dominik / Hartmann, Julia / Longo, Piersilvio / Huckschlag, Britt-Marie / Fuß, Anneke / Questino, Annalisa / Berger, Thomas K / Machtens, Jan-Philipp / Oliver, Dominik

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 7145

    Abstract: The outstanding acuity of the mammalian ear relies on cochlear amplification, an active mechanism based on the electromotility (eM) of outer hair cells. eM is a piezoelectric mechanism generated by little-understood, voltage-induced conformational ... ...

    Abstract The outstanding acuity of the mammalian ear relies on cochlear amplification, an active mechanism based on the electromotility (eM) of outer hair cells. eM is a piezoelectric mechanism generated by little-understood, voltage-induced conformational changes of the anion transporter homolog prestin (SLC26A5). We used a combination of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and biophysical approaches to identify the structural dynamics of prestin that mediate eM. MD simulations showed that prestin samples a vast conformational landscape with expanded (ES) and compact (CS) states beyond previously reported prestin structures. Transition from CS to ES is dominated by the translational-rotational movement of prestin's transport domain, akin to elevator-type substrate translocation by related solute carriers. Reversible transition between CS and ES states was supported experimentally by cysteine accessibility scanning, cysteine cross-linking between transport and scaffold domains, and voltage-clamp fluorometry (VCF). Our data demonstrate that prestin's piezoelectric dynamics recapitulate essential steps of a structurally conserved ion transport cycle.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/metabolism ; Cysteine/metabolism ; Anions/metabolism ; Ion Transport ; Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism ; Anion Transport Proteins/metabolism ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cysteine (K848JZ4886) ; Anions ; Membrane Transport Proteins ; Anion Transport Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-42489-8
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  5. Article ; Online: Pt(II) Complexes with Tetradentate C^N*N^C Luminophores: From Supramolecular Interactions to Temperature-Sensing Materials with Memory and Optical Readouts.

    Gutierrez Suburu, Matias E / Blanke, Meik / Hepp, Alexander / Maus, Oliver / Schwab, Dominik / Doltsinis, Nikos L / Zeier, Wolfgang G / Giese, Michael / Voskuhl, Jens / Strassert, Cristian A

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 21

    Abstract: A series of four regioisomeric Pt(II) complexes ( ...

    Abstract A series of four regioisomeric Pt(II) complexes (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules28217353
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  6. Article: Tropical land use drives endemic versus exotic ant communities in a global biodiversity hotspot

    Rakotomalala, Anjaharinony A. N. A. / Wurz, Annemarie / Grass, Ingo / Martin, Dominic A. / Osen, Kristina / Schwab, Dominik / Soazafy, Marie Rolande / Tscharntke, Teja / Raveloson Ravaomanarivo, Lala H.

    Biodiversity and conservation. 2021 Dec., v. 30, no. 14

    2021  

    Abstract: Understanding how land-use change affects biodiversity is a fundamental step to develop effective conservation strategies in human-modified tropical landscapes. Here, we analyzed how land-use change through tropical small-scale agriculture affects ... ...

    Abstract Understanding how land-use change affects biodiversity is a fundamental step to develop effective conservation strategies in human-modified tropical landscapes. Here, we analyzed how land-use change through tropical small-scale agriculture affects endemic, exotic, and non-endemic native ant communities, focusing on vanilla landscapes in north-eastern Madagascar, a global biodiversity hotspot. First, we compared ant species richness and species composition across seven land-use types: old-growth forest, forest fragment, forest-derived vanilla agroforest, fallow-derived vanilla agroforest, woody fallow, herbaceous fallow, and rice paddy. Second, we assessed how environmental factors drive ant species richness in the agricultural matrix to identify management options that promote endemic and non-endemic native while controlling exotic ant species. We found that old-growth forest, forest fragment, and forest-derived vanilla agroforest supported the highest endemic ant species richness. Exotic ant species richness, by contrast, was lowest in old-growth forest but highest in herbaceous fallows, woody fallows, and rice paddy. Rice paddy had the lowest non-endemic native ant species richness. Ant species composition differed among land-use types, highlighting the uniqueness of old-growth forest in harboring endemic ant species which are more sensitive to disturbance. In the agricultural matrix, higher canopy closure and landscape forest cover were associated with an increase of endemic ant species richness but a decrease of exotic ant species richness. We conclude that preserving remnant forest fragments and promoting vanilla agroforests with a greater canopy closure in the agricultural matrix are important management strategies to complement the role of old-growth forests for endemic ant conservation in north-eastern Madagascar.
    Keywords agroforestry ; canopy ; fallow ; habitat fragmentation ; land use change ; landscapes ; old-growth forests ; paddies ; rice ; small-scale farming ; species richness ; Madagascar
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-12
    Size p. 4417-4434.
    Publishing place Springer Netherlands
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2000787-5
    ISSN 1572-9710 ; 0960-3115
    ISSN (online) 1572-9710
    ISSN 0960-3115
    DOI 10.1007/s10531-021-02314-4
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  7. Article: Listening to a changing landscape: Acoustic indices reflect bird species richness and plot-scale vegetation structure across different land-use types in north-eastern Madagascar

    Dröge, Saskia / Martin, Dominic Andreas / Andriafanomezantsoa, Rouvah / Burivalova, Zuzana / Fulgence, Thio Rosin / Osen, Kristina / Rakotomalala, Eric / Schwab, Dominik / Wurz, Annemarie / Richter, Torsten / Kreft, Holger

    Ecological indicators. 2021 Jan., v. 120

    2021  

    Abstract: New technologies like ecoacoustic surveys promise time and cost efficiency for biodiversity assessments, serve as a basis for effective conservation policies, and are particularly appealing for remote and highly diverse tropical areas. Acoustic indices ... ...

    Abstract New technologies like ecoacoustic surveys promise time and cost efficiency for biodiversity assessments, serve as a basis for effective conservation policies, and are particularly appealing for remote and highly diverse tropical areas. Acoustic indices facilitate the analysis of large acoustic datasets but no consensus on their performance has been reached yet. We evaluated the efficacy of four acoustic indices (Acoustic Complexity Index, Acoustic Diversity Index, Acoustic Evenness Index, Acoustic Entropy) for sound data analysis and biodiversity assessments inside a national park and the agricultural mosaic landscape of north-eastern Madagascar, a global biodiversity hotspot. We used self-built sound recorders to continuously record soundscapes on 80plots across seven land-use types (old-growth forest, forest fragment, forest–derived and fallow-derived vanilla agroforest, herbaceous and woody fallow, rice paddy) and compared index values between land–use types, assessed the correlation with bird species richness as measured by point counts, and related the acoustic indices to plot- and landscape-scale parameters. The Acoustic Diversity Index, Acoustic Evenness Index (inverse) and Acoustic Entropy were highest in old-growth forest and lowest for rice paddies and fallow land. Index values for structurally similar land-use types did not differ significantly from each other. The correlation of the three acoustic indices with bird species richness was strongest during daytime (R2≥0.30). Differences in the index values were best explained by land-use type and vegetation density. Our results showed that all investigated indices except the Acoustic Complexity Index were suitable biodiversity indicators for a tropical, agricultural landscape. Soundscape diversity was positively affected by plot-scale vegetation structure, emphasizing the importance of forests and particularly old-growth forest for conservation. We demonstrated that acoustic indices and sound recordings are a useful tool for assessing biodiversity in tropical agricultural mosaic landscapes. To realize the full potential of ecoacoustics in conservation, sampling guidelines and user-friendly analysis packages will be key to facilitate a wider implementation.
    Keywords acoustics ; agricultural landscapes ; agroforestry ; birds ; cost effectiveness ; data collection ; entropy ; fallow ; habitat fragmentation ; land use ; national parks ; old-growth forests ; paddies ; rice ; species richness ; vegetation structure ; Madagascar
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-01
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2036774-0
    ISSN 1872-7034 ; 1470-160X
    ISSN (online) 1872-7034
    ISSN 1470-160X
    DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106929
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  8. Article ; Online: Land-use trajectories for sustainable land system transformations: Identifying leverage points in a global biodiversity hotspot.

    Martin, Dominic Andreas / Andrianisaina, Fanilo / Fulgence, Thio Rosin / Osen, Kristina / Rakotomalala, Anjaharinony Andry Ny Aina / Raveloaritiana, Estelle / Soazafy, Marie Rolande / Wurz, Annemarie / Andriafanomezantsoa, Rouvah / Andriamaniraka, Harilala / Andrianarimisa, Aristide / Barkmann, Jan / Dröge, Saskia / Grass, Ingo / Guerrero-Ramirez, Nathaly / Hänke, Hendrik / Hölscher, Dirk / Rakouth, Bakolimalala / Ranarijaona, Hery Lisy Tiana /
    Randriamanantena, Romual / Ratsoavina, Fanomezana Mihaja / Ravaomanarivo, Lala Harivelo Raveloson / Schwab, Dominik / Tscharntke, Teja / Zemp, Delphine Clara / Kreft, Holger

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2022  Volume 119, Issue 7

    Abstract: Sustainable land-system transformations are necessary to avert biodiversity and climate collapse. However, it remains unclear where entry points for transformations exist in complex land systems. Here, we conceptualize land systems along land-use ... ...

    Abstract Sustainable land-system transformations are necessary to avert biodiversity and climate collapse. However, it remains unclear where entry points for transformations exist in complex land systems. Here, we conceptualize land systems along land-use trajectories, which allows us to identify and evaluate leverage points, i.e., entry points on the trajectory where targeted interventions have particular leverage to influence land-use decisions. We apply this framework in the biodiversity hotspot Madagascar. In the northeast, smallholder agriculture results in a land-use trajectory originating in old-growth forests and spanning from forest fragments to shifting hill rice cultivation and vanilla agroforests. Integrating interdisciplinary empirical data on seven taxa, five ecosystem services, and three measures of agricultural productivity, we assess trade-offs and cobenefits of land-use decisions at three leverage points along the trajectory. These trade-offs and cobenefits differ between leverage points: Two leverage points are situated at the conversion of old-growth forests and forest fragments to shifting cultivation and agroforestry, resulting in considerable trade-offs, especially between endemic biodiversity and agricultural productivity. Here, interventions enabling smallholders to conserve forests are necessary. This is urgent since ongoing forest loss threatens to eliminate these leverage points due to path dependency. The third leverage point allows for the restoration of land under shifting cultivation through vanilla agroforests and offers cobenefits between restoration goals and agricultural productivity. The co-occurring leverage points highlight that conservation and restoration are simultaneously necessary to avert collapse of multifunctional mosaic landscapes. Methodologically, the framework highlights the importance of considering path dependency along trajectories to achieve sustainable land-system transformations.
    MeSH term(s) Agriculture ; Animals ; Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources/methods ; Forestry ; Humans ; Madagascar ; Models, Biological
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2107747119
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  9. Article ; Online: Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity.

    Amano, Tatsuya / Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta / Christie, Alec P / Willott, Kate / Akasaka, Munemitsu / Báldi, András / Berthinussen, Anna / Bertolino, Sandro / Bladon, Andrew J / Chen, Min / Choi, Chang-Yong / Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda / de Oliveira, Luis G / Farhat, Perla / Golivets, Marina / Hidalgo Aranzamendi, Nataly / Jantke, Kerstin / Kajzer-Bonk, Joanna / Kemahlı Aytekin, M Çisel /
    Khorozyan, Igor / Kito, Kensuke / Konno, Ko / Lin, Da-Li / Littlewood, Nick / Liu, Yang / Liu, Yifan / Loretto, Matthias-Claudio / Marconi, Valentina / Martin, Philip A / Morgan, William H / Narváez-Gómez, Juan P / Negret, Pablo Jose / Nourani, Elham / Ochoa Quintero, Jose M / Ockendon, Nancy / Oh, Rachel Rui Ying / Petrovan, Silviu O / Piovezan-Borges, Ana C / Pollet, Ingrid L / Ramos, Danielle L / Reboredo Segovia, Ana L / Rivera-Villanueva, A Nayelli / Rocha, Ricardo / Rouyer, Marie-Morgane / Sainsbury, Katherine A / Schuster, Richard / Schwab, Dominik / Şekercioğlu, Çağan H / Seo, Hae-Min / Shackelford, Gorm / Shinoda, Yushin / Smith, Rebecca K / Tao, Shan-Dar / Tsai, Ming-Shan / Tyler, Elizabeth H M / Vajna, Flóra / Valdebenito, José Osvaldo / Vozykova, Svetlana / Waryszak, Paweł / Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Zenni, Rafael D / Zhou, Wenjun / Sutherland, William J

    PLoS biology

    2021  Volume 19, Issue 10, Page(s) e3001296

    Abstract: The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable ... ...

    Abstract The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable scientific information, especially in disciplines where the evidence is patchy, and for emergent issues where synthesising available evidence is an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution of non-English-language science to scientific communities and the application of science is rarely quantified. Here, we show that non-English-language studies provide crucial evidence for informing global biodiversity conservation. By screening 419,679 peer-reviewed papers in 16 languages, we identified 1,234 non-English-language studies providing evidence on the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation interventions, compared to 4,412 English-language studies identified with the same criteria. Relevant non-English-language studies are being published at an increasing rate in 6 out of the 12 languages where there were a sufficient number of relevant studies. Incorporating non-English-language studies can expand the geographical coverage (i.e., the number of 2° × 2° grid cells with relevant studies) of English-language evidence by 12% to 25%, especially in biodiverse regions, and taxonomic coverage (i.e., the number of species covered by the relevant studies) by 5% to 32%, although they do tend to be based on less robust study designs. Our results show that synthesising non-English-language studies is key to overcoming the widespread lack of local, context-dependent evidence and facilitating evidence-based conservation globally. We urge wider disciplines to rigorously reassess the untapped potential of non-English-language science in informing decisions to address other global challenges. Please see the Supporting information files for Alternative Language Abstracts.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Geography ; Language ; Publications ; Science
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2126776-5
    ISSN 1545-7885 ; 1544-9173
    ISSN (online) 1545-7885
    ISSN 1544-9173
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296
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