2024
Joma, N.; Bielawski, P-B.; Saini, A.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Nanocarriers for natural polyphenol senotherapeutics", Aging Cell, 2024, e14178. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14178
Yousefi Adlsadabad, S.; Hanrahan, J..W.; Kakkar, A. "mRNA Delivery: Challenges and Advances through Polymeric Soft Nanoparticles", Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(3), 1739.
Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Okoro, O.V.; Alimoradi, H.; Nie, L.; Jiang, G.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Gas Therapy: Generating, Delivery, and Biomedical Applications”, Small Methods, 2024, 2301349.
Koshani, R.; Nia, M.H.; Ataie, Z.; Wang, Y.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T. "Multifunctional self-healing hydrogels via nanoengineering of colloidal and polymeric cellulose", Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2024, 259, 129181.
2023
Joma, N.; Zhang, I.; Righetto, G.L.; McKay, L.; Gran, E.R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Flavonoids Regulate Redox-Responsive Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma and Microglia." Cells 2023, 12, 2821.
Yong, H.W.; Ferron, M.; Mecteau, M.; Mihalache-Avram, T.; Lévesque, S.; Rhéaume, E.; Tardif, J-C.; Kakkar, A. " Single functional group platform for multi-stimuli responsivities: Tertiary amine for CO2/pH/ROS-triggered cargo release in nanocarriers", Biomacromolecules 2023, 24, 9, 4064–4077.
Chu, S.; Joma, N.; Yong, H.W.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.; Stochaj, U. “Curcumin and butyrate induce fibroblast senescence without the emergence of fibrosis biomarkers”, Aspects of Molecular Medicine, 2023, 2, 100021.
2022
Wang, Y-C.; Théberge-Julien, G.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. “Multifaceted ligand design facilitates chemical- or peptide-mediated linking of hollow gold nanoshells with tuned interparticle distance, interference and cytotoxicities”, Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 7272-7284.
Baghbanbashi, M.; Yong, H.W.; Zhang, I.; Lotocki, V.; Yuan, Z.; Pazuki, G.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Stimuli-responsive miktoarm polymer-based formulations for fisetin delivery and regulatory effects in hyperactive human microglia”, Macromol. Biosci. 2022, Hot Topic: Drug Delivery: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1860-7187.hottopic-drugdelivery
Baghbanbashi, M.; Kakkar, A. "Polymersomes: Soft nanoparticles from miktoarm stars for applications in drug delivery", Mol. Pharm. 2022, 19, 6, 1687-1703. Invited Review Article for the special issue, “Tiny things, huge impact: Nanomedicine in Canada”.
Grzelczyk, J.; Fiurasek, P.; Kakkar, A.; Budryn, G. "Evaluation of the thermal stability of bioactive compounds in coffee beans and their fractions modified in the roasting process”, Food Chemistry, 2022, 387, 132888.
Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “The Unexplored Potential of Gas-responsive Polymers in Drug Delivery: Progress, Challenges and Outlook”, Polymer International, 2022, 71(5), 514-520. Invited Mini-review article for the Special Issue: Excellence in Early Career Research (2021)
2021
Gran, E.R.; Lotocki, V.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. “Human astrocytes and astrocytoma respond differently to resveratrol”, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2021, 37, 102441.
Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “Nanoengineering branched star polymers-based formulations: Scope, strategies and advances”, Macromol. Biosci. 2021, 21(8), 2100105. Invited Review Article.
Lotocki, V.; Yazdani, H.; Zhang, Q.; Gran, E.R.; Nyrko, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm polymers with environment-selective ROS/GSH responsive locations: From modular synthesis to tuned drug release through micellar partial corona shedding and/or core disassembly”, Macromol. Biosci. 2021, 21(2), 2000305. Featured on the cover of Macromolecular Bioscience, February 2021 issue.
2020
Maysinger, D.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A. “Dendrimers as modulators of brain cells”, Molecules, 2020, 25 (19), 4489. Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.
Sabourian, P.; Yazdani, G.; Ashraf, S.S.; Frounchi, M.; Mashayekhan, S.; Kiani, S.; Kakkar, A. “Effect of physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles on their intracellular uptake”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8019. Special Issue: “Nanoparticles Based on Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications”.
Lotocki, V.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm star polymers: Branched architectures in drug delivery”, Pharmaceutics, 2020, 12 (9), 827. Special Issue: “Smart Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug and Gene Delivery”.
Mejlsøe, S.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimers: Promising architectural polymers for applications in biology”, Molecules, 2020, 25 (17), 3995. Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.
Moeini, M.; Cloutier-Tremblay, C. ; Lu, X.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to treadmill exercise in awake mice”, Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 13358.
Sabourian, P.; Ji, J.; Lotocki, V.; Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Frounchi, M.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Facile design of autogenous stimuli-responsive chitosan/hyaluronic acid nanoparticles for efficient small molecules to protein delivery,” J. Mater. Chem. B 2020, 8, 7275-7287.
Yazdani, H.; Kaul, E.; Bazgir, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimer based drug design using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for applications in biology", Molecules, 2020, 25 (4), 857. Invited feature article for the special issue “Dendrimers in Biomedicine”.
Sabourian, P.; Tavakolian, M.; Yazdani, H.; Frounchi, M.; van de Ven, T.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.K., “Stimuli responsive chitosan as an advantageous platform for efficient delivery of bioactive agents”, J. Controlled Release, 2020, 317, 216-231.
2019
Moquin, A.; Sturn, J.; Zhang, I.; Ji, J.; von Celsing, R.; Vali, H.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Unraveling aqueous self-assembly of telodendrimers to shed light on their efficacy in drug encapsulation”, ACS Applied Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 4515-4526.
Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Liang, T.; Erguven, H.; Gran, E.R.; Arndtsen, B.A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “PEG-conjugated pyrrole-based polymers: One-pot multicomponent synthesis and self-assembly into soft nanoparticles for drug delivery”, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 9829-9832.
Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Bélanger, S.;Picard, F.; Boas, D.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F., “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to stimulation is preserved with age in awake mice”, Neuroscience Letters, 2019, 699, 160-166.
Tavakolian, M.; Lerner, J.; Medina, F.; Frances, J.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Dendrimer directed assembly of dicarboxylated hairy nanocellulose”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2019, 541, 444-453.
Book Chapters and Refereed Proceedings
1. Mejlsøe, S.L.; Kakkar, A., “N-Heterocyclic Dendrimers: Hyperbranched Frameworks Containing Triazole, Triazine, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Ring Structures”, in Dendrimer Chemistry: Synthetic approaches towards complex architectures, Book Series: Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2020, Chapter 7, 183-229. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788012904.
2. Sharma, A.; Sharma, R.; Abouelmagd, A.; Kakkar, A., “Synthetic Articulation of Miktoarm Polymers for Applications in Biology”, in Miktoarm Star Polymers: From Basics of Branched Structure to Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications, Polymer Chemistry Series No. 25, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2017, Chapter 6, 150-180.
3. Pasco, M.; Kakkar, A.K., “Understanding the Role of Solvent in Crystalline Morphology Selection of Carbamazepine”, The Proceedings of the Fundamental and Applied Pulp and Paper Modelling Symposium (FAPPMS), 2011, 55-59
4. Hourani, R.; Whitehead, M.A.; Kakkar, A.K. “Understanding Dendrimer Architecture Using a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach”, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 2007, 97, 97.
Publications by year
2024
Joma, N.; Bielawski, P-B.; Saini, A.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Nanocarriers for natural polyphenol senotherapeutics", Aging Cell, 2024, e14178. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14178.
Yousefi Adlsadabad, S.; Hanrahan, J..W.; Kakkar, A. "mRNA Delivery: Challenges and Advances through Polymeric Soft Nanoparticles", Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(3), 1739.
Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Okoro, O.V.; Alimoradi, H.; Nie, L.; Jiang, G.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Gas Therapy: Generating, Delivery, and Biomedical Applications”, Small Methods, 2024, 2301349.
Koshani, R.; Nia, M.H.; Ataie, Z.; Wang, Y.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T. "Multifunctional self-healing hydrogels via nanoengineering of colloidal and polymeric cellulose", Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2024, 259, 129181.
2023
Joma, N.; Zhang, I.; Righetto, G.L.; McKay, L.; Gran, E.R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Flavonoids Regulate Redox-Responsive Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma and Microglia." Cells 2023, 12, 2821.
Yong, H.W.; Ferron, M.; Mecteau, M.; Mihalache-Avram, T.; Lévesque, S.; Rhéaume, E.; Tardif, J-C.; Kakkar, A. " Single functional group platform for multi-stimuli responsivities: Tertiary amine for CO2/pH/ROS-triggered cargo release in nanocarriers", Biomacromolecules 2023, 24, 9, 4064–4077.
Chu, S.; Joma, N.; Yong, H.W.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.; Stochaj, U. “Curcumin and butyrate induce fibroblast senescence without the emergence of fibrosis biomarkers”, Aspects of Molecular Medicine, 2023, 2, 100021
2022
Wang, Y-C.; Théberge-Julien, G.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. “Multifaceted ligand design facilitates chemical- or peptide-mediated linking of hollow gold nanoshells with tuned interparticle distance, interference and cytotoxicities”, Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 7272-7284.
Baghbanbashi, M.; Yong, H.W.; Zhang, I.; Lotocki, V.; Yuan, Z.; Pazuki, G.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Stimuli-responsive miktoarm polymer-based formulations for fisetin delivery and regulatory effects in hyperactive human microglia”, Macromol. Biosci. 2022, Hot Topic: Drug Delivery: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1860-7187.hottopic-drugdelivery
Baghbanbashi, M.; Kakkar, A. "Polymersomes: Soft nanoparticles from miktoarm stars for applications in drug delivery", Mol. Pharm. 2022, 19, 6, 1687-1703. Invited Review Article for the special issue, “Tiny things, huge impact: Nanomedicine in Canada”.
Grzelczyk, J.; Fiurasek, P.; Kakkar, A.; Budryn, G. "Evaluation of the thermal stability of bioactive compounds in coffee beans and their fractions modified in the roasting process”, Food Chemistry, 2022, 387, 132888.
Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “The Unexplored Potential of Gas-responsive Polymers in Drug Delivery: Progress, Challenges and Outlook”, Polymer International, 2022, 71(5), 514-520. Invited Mini-review article for the Special Issue: Excellence in Early Career Research (2021).
2021
Gran, E.R.; Lotocki, V.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. “Human astrocytes and astrocytoma respond differently to resveratrol”, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2021, 37, 102441.
Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “Nanoengineering branched star polymers-based formulations: Scope, strategies and advances”, Macromol. Biosci. 2021, 21(8), 2100105. Invited Review Article.
Lotocki, V.; Yazdani, H.; Zhang, Q.; Gran, E.R.; Nyrko, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm polymers with environment-selective ROS/GSH responsive locations: From modular synthesis to tuned drug release through micellar partial corona shedding and/or core disassembly”, Macromol. Biosci. 2021, 21(2), 2000305. Featured on the cover of Macromolecular Bioscience, February 2021 issue. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mabi.202170005
2020
Maysinger, D.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A. “Dendrimers as modulators of brain cells”, Molecules, 2020, 25 (19), 4489. Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.
Sabourian, P.; Yazdani, G.; Ashraf, S.S.; Frounchi, M.; Mashayekhan, S.; Kiani, S.; Kakkar, A. “Effect of physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles on their intracellular uptake”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8019. Special Issue: “Nanoparticles Based on Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications”.
Lotocki, V.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm star polymers: Branched architectures in drug delivery”, Pharmaceutics, 2020, 12 (9), 827. Special Issue: “Smart Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug and Gene Delivery”.
Mejlsøe, S.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimers: Promising architectural polymers for applications in biology”, Molecules, 2020, 25 (17), 3995. Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.
Moeini, M.; Cloutier-Tremblay, C. ; Lu, X.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to treadmill exercise in awake mice”, Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 13358.
Sabourian, P.; Ji, J.; Lotocki, V.; Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Frounchi, M.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Facile design of autogenous stimuli-responsive chitosan/hyaluronic acid nanoparticles for efficient small molecules to protein delivery,” J. Mater. Chem. B 2020, 8, 7275-7287.
Yazdani, H.; Kaul, E.; Bazgir, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimer based drug design using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for applications in biology", Molecules, 2020, 25 (4), 857. Invited feature article for the special issue “Dendrimers in Biomedicine”.
Sabourian, P.; Tavakolian, M.; Yazdani, H.; Frounchi, M.; van de Ven, T.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.K., “Stimuli responsive chitosan as an advantageous platform for efficient delivery of bioactive agents”, J. Controlled Release, 2020, 317, 216-231.
2019
Moquin, A.; Sturn, J.; Zhang, I.; Ji, J.; von Celsing, R.; Vali, H.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Unraveling aqueous self-assembly of telodendrimers to shed light on their efficacy in drug encapsulation”, ACS Applied Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 4515-4526.
Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Liang, T.; Erguven, H.; Gran, E.R.; Arndtsen, B.A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “PEG-conjugated pyrrole-based polymers: One-pot multicomponent synthesis and self-assembly into soft nanoparticles for drug delivery”, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 9829-9832.
Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Bélanger, S.;Picard, F.; Boas, D.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F., “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to stimulation is preserved with age in awake mice”, Neuroscience Letters, 2019, 699, 160-166.
Tavakolian, M.; Lerner, J.; Medina, F.; Frances, J.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Dendrimer directed assembly of dicarboxylated hairy nanocellulose”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2019, 541, 444-453.
2018
Sheikhi, A.; Li, N.; Mejlsoe, S.; Bomal, Enzo; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Rational design of molecularly engineered biomimetic threshold scale inhibitors,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 24058–24065.
Wang, Y-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. “Synthetic methodologies to gold nanoshells: An overview”, Molecules, Nanochemistry, 2018, 23, 2851.
Sheikhi, A.; Mejlsoe, S.;Li, N.; Bomal, E.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Biomimetic dendrimers for mineralization: Rare fibrous amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) and branch-and-bud ACC-vaterite polymorphs,” Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2, 2081 - 2090.
Sheikhi, A., Olsson, A., Tufenkji, N., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Overcoming interfacial scaling using engineered nanocelluloses: A QCM-D study”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (40), 34553-34560.
Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Avti, P.K.;Damseh, R.; Bélanger, S.;Picard, F.; Sakadzic, S.; Boas, D.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F., “Compromised microvascular oxygen delivery increases brain tissue vulnerability with age,” Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 8219.
Sheikhi, A., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Nanoengineering colloidal and polymeric celluloses for threshold scale inhibition: towards universal biomass-based crystal modification,” Mater. Horiz. 2018, 5, 248-255.
Sheikhi, A., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Biomimetic scale-resistant polymer nanocomposites: Towards universal additive-free scale inhibition”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 10189-10195.
2017
Kakkar, A.; Traverso, G.; Farokhzad, O.; Weissleder, R.; Langer, R. “Evolution of macromolecular complexity in drug delivery”, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2017, 1, 0063.
Choi, J.; Moquin, A.; Bomal, E.; Li Na; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Telodendrimers for physical encapsulation and covalent linking of individual or combined therapeutics,” Mol. Pharm. 2017, 14, 2607-2615. Invited Article for Special Issue: “Polymers in Drug Delivery: Chemistry and Applications”.
Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Lam, T.; Belanger, S.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Brain tissue oxygenation changes with age in awake mice”, J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 2017, 37 (S1), p. 57-58.
Ladd, E.; Sheikhi, A.; Li, N.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Design and synthesis of dendrimers with facile surface group functionalization, and an evaluation of their bactericidal efficacy,” Molecules, 2017, 22, 868. Special issue: Dendrimers: A themed issue in honor of Professor Donald A. Tomalia on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Pouliot, P.; Gagnon, L.; Lam, T.; Avti, P.; Bowen, C.; Desjardins, M.; Kakkar, A.K.; Thorin, E.; Sakadzic, S.; Boas, D.; Lesage, F., “Magnetic resonance fingerprinting based on realistic vasculature in mice”, NeuroImage, 2017, 149, 436-445.
2016
Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Surface engineering of SPIONs: Role of phosphonate ligand multivalency in tailoring their efficacy,” Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 415602 (11pp).
Sheikhi, A.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T.G.M., “A leaf out of nature’s book: Bio-inspired mineralization using hairy cellulose nanocrystalloids”, Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16 (8), 4627–4634.
Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Maafi, F.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Fabricating water dispersible superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications through ligand exchange or direct conjugation,” Nanomaterials, 2016, 6, 100.
Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Magnetic resonance imaging/fluorescence dual modality protocol using designed phosphonate ligands coupled to superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles,” J. Mater. Chem. B., 2016, 4, 3969-3981.
Sheikhi, A.; Na Li; van de Ven, T.; Kakkar, A., “Macromolecule based platform for developing tailor made formulations for scale Inhibition”, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2016, 2, 71-84. Critical Review.
2015
Sharma, A.; Kakkar, A., “Designing multi-tasking nanocarriers for efficient medical therapy”, Molecules 2015, 20, 16987-17015. Invited Feature Article for the Special Issue: “Nanomedicine”, Ed. Dr. Didier Astruc.
Sharma, A.; Moquin, A.; Cui, Y.; Lau, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Asymmetric AB3 miktoarm star polymers: Synthesis, self-assembly and study of micelle stability using AF4 for efficient & sustained drug delivery”, Macromol. Biosci. 2015, 15, 1744–1754.
Bedard, M.; Avti, P.K.; Lam, T.; Rouleau, L.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Conjugation of multivalent ligands to Gold nanoshells and designing a dual modality imaging probe”, J. Mater. Chem. B 2015, 3, 1788-1800.
2014
Sharma, A.; Mejía, D.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Design and synthesis of multifunctional traceable dendrimers for visualizing drug delivery", RSC Advances, 2014, 4 (37), 19242-19245.
Soliman, G. M.; Redon, R.; Sharma, A.; Mejía, D.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Miktoarm star polymer based multifunctional traceable nanocarriers for efficient delivery of poorly water soluble pharmacological agents", Macromol. Biosci. 2014, 14 (9), 1312-1324.
Soliman, G.M.; Sharma, A.; Cui, Y.; Sharma, R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D., “Miktoarm Star Micelles Containing Curcumin Reduce Cell Viability of Sensitized Glioblastoma,” J. Nanomedine Biotherapeutic Discov., 2014, 4, 124.
2013
Avti, P. K.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers as anti-inflammatory agents", Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences", 2013, 49, 57-65.
Avti, P. K.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Alkyne-azide "click" chemistry in designing nanocarriers for applications in biology", Molecules, 2013, 18 (8), 9531-9549.
Lam, T.; Pouliot, P.; Avti, P. K.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. K., "Superparamagnetic iron oxide based nanoprobes for imaging and theranostics", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2013, 199-200, 95-113.
Neibert, K.; Gosein, V.; Sharma, A.; Khan, M.; Whitehead, M. A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., ""Click" dendrimers as anti-inflammatory agents: With insights into their binding from molecular modeling studies", Mol. Pharm. 2013, 10 (6), 2502-2508.
Ng, V. W. K.; Berti, R.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., "Gold: A versatile tool for in vivo imaging", J. Mat. Chem. B. 2013, 1(1), 9-25.
2012
Castonguay, A.; Ladd, E.; Van De Ven, T. G. M.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers as bactericides", New J. Chem. 2012, 36 (2), 199-204.
Sharma, A.; Soliman, G. M.; Al-Hajaj, N.; Sharma, R.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Design and evaluation of multifunctional nanocarriers for selective delivery of coenzyme Q10 to mitochondria", Biomacromolecules, 2012, 13 (1), 239-252.
2011
Castonguay, A.; Wilson, E.; Al-Hajaj, N.; Petitjean, L.; Paoletti, J.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Thermosensitive dendrimer formulation for drug delivery at physiologically relevant temperatures", Chem. Comm. 2011, 47(44), 12146-12148.
Sharma, A.; Khatchadourian, A.; Khanna, K.; Sharma, R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D., "Multivalent niacin nanoconjugates for delivery to cytoplasmic lipid droplets", Biomaterials, 2011, 32(5), 1419-1429.
Sharma, A.; Neibert, K.; Sharma, R.; Hourani, R.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Facile construction of multifunctional nanocarriers using sequential click chemistry for applications in biology", Macromolecules, 2011, 44(3), 521-529.
Soliman, G. M.; Sharma, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers and miktoarm polymers based multivalent nanocarriers for efficient and targeted drug delivery", Chem. Comm. 2011, 47(34), 9572-9587.
2010
Castonguay, A., & Kakkar, A. K. "Dendrimer templated construction of silver nanoparticles", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010,160(1-2), 76-87.
Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K., "Click" methodologies: Efficient, simple and greener routes to design dendrimers", Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39(5), 1536-1544.
Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K.. "Metallodendrimers: Photophysical properties and related applications", In Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymer Materials, 2010.
Hourani, R., Jain, M., Maysinger, D., & Kakkar, A., "Multi-tasking with single platform dendrimers for targeting sub-cellular microenvironments", Chem. Eur. J. 2010,16 (21), 6164-6168.
Hourani, R., & Kakkar, A., "Advances in the elegance of chemistry in designing dendrimers", Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2010, 31(11), 947-974.
Hourani, R., Sharma, A., & Kakkar, A., "Designing dendritic frameworks using versatile building blocks suitable for CuI-catalyzed alkyne azide 'click' chemistry", Tetrahedron Lett. 2010,51(29), 3792-3795.
Khanna, K., Varshney, S., & Kakkar, A., "Designing miktoarm polymers using a combination of "click" reactions in sequence with ring-opening polymerization", Macromolecules, 2010, 43(13), 5688-5698.
Khanna, K., Varshney, S., & Kakkar, A., "Miktoarm star polymers: Advances in synthesis, self-assembly, and applications", Polymer Chemistry, 2010,1(8), 1171-1185.
Soliman, G. M., Sharma, R., Choi, A. O., Varshney, S. K., Winnik, F. M., Kakkar, A. K., & Maysinger, D., "Tailoring the efficacy of nimodipine drug delivery using nanocarriers based on A2B miktoarm star polymers", Biomaterials, 2010, 31(32), 8382-8392.
Vieyres, A., Lam, T., Gillet, R., Franc, G., Castonguay, A., & Kakkar, A., "Combined CuI-catalysed alkyne-azide cycloaddition and furan-maleimide diels-alder "click" chemistry approach to thermoresponsive dendrimers", Chem. Comm. 2010, 46(11), 1875-1877.
2009
Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K. (2009). Diels-alder "click" chemistry in designing dendritic macromolecules. Chemistry - A European Journal, 15(23), 5630-5639.
Sutton, A. M. Y., Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. (2009). Silver metal nanoparticles: Facile dendrimer-assisted size-controlled synthesis and selective catalytic reduction of chloronitrobenzenes. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 47(18), 4482-4493.
2008
Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Dendrimer design using CuI-catalyzed alkyne-azide "click-chemistry". Chemical Communications, (42), 5267-5276.
Hourani, R., Whitehead, M. A., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Turbine shape organotin dendrimers: Photophysical properties and direct replacement of sn with pt. Macromolecules, 41(3), 508-510.
Liu, X., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Tailoring silver nanoparticle construction using dendrimer templated silica networks. Nanotechnology, 19(24)
Quist, F., Mooney, J., & Kakkar, A. K. (2008). Self-assembled monolayers: Solidification of carbamazepine in form II at an interface. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 62(2), 319-323.
Vassilieff, T., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Dumbbell-shaped dendrimers - synthesis and self-assembly. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 86(6), 540-547
Vassilieff, T., Sutton, A., & Kakkar, A. K. (2008). Shape control in silver metal nanoparticle construction using dumb-bell dendrimers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(34), 4031-4033.
2007
Czerniewski, A. A., Liu, X. J., Rolland, O., Hourani, R., Four, M., & Kakkar, A. (2007). Templating silica network construction using 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers: Influence of dendrimer aggregation on evolving network structure. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17(26), 2737-2745.
Hourani, R., Kakkar, A., & Whitehead, M. A. (2007). Theoretical investigation of 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimer generations 1-5 using molecular mechanics (MM+) method and the PM3 semi-empirical molecular orbital theory. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 807(1-3), 101-107.
Quist, F., & Kakkar, A. (2007). Self-assembled monolayers: Influence of complementarity between chemisorbed and crystallizing molecules in polymorph selection. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 313(1), 378-382.
2006
Vassilieff, T., Quist, F., & Kakkar, A. (2006). Influence of interfacial features in the supramolecular assembly of 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers on Si/SiO2 surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 297(2), 455-464.
2005
Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2005). Theoretical calculation of self-assembled alkynyl thin films. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 723(1-3), 111-122.
Hourani, R., Kakkar, A., & Whitehead, M. A. (2005). 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers: Structure evaluation and molecular encapsulation in generations 1-5. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15(21), 2106-2113.
2004
Dickie, A. J., Quist, F., Whitehead, M. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Templated crystallization of octadecanol on patterned nanoassemblies. Langmuir, 20(11), 4315-4317.
Beurrier, O., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Metallodendritic materials for heterogenized homogeneous catalysis. Paper presented at the Macromolecular Symposia, , 209 97-118.
Bourrier, O., Butlin, J., Hourani, R., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Aggregation of 3,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol based dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, and encapsulation of DR1 in such dendritic aggregates. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357(13), 3836-3846.
2003
Bourrier, O., & Kakkar, A. K. (2003). Dendritic polymers containing a dimethylsilyl linked dihydroxybenzyl alcohol backbone: Divergent synthesis, aggregation, functionalization, and an evaluation of their applications in catalysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(6), 1306-1315.
Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2003). Molecular modelling of self-assembled alkynyl monolayer structures - unnatural symmetry units, surface bonding, and topochemical polymerization. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 81(11), 1228-1240.
Kakkar, A. K. (2003). Dendritic polymers: From efficient catalysis to drug delivery. Macromolecular Symposia, 196, 145-154.
2002
Dasgupta, M., Peori, M. B., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Designing dendritic polymers containing phosphorus donor ligands and their corresponding transition metal complexes. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 233-234, 223-235.
Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2002). Molecular modeling of self-assembled alkynyl thin films: Elucidation of monolayer structure from small, calculated symmetry units. Langmuir, 18(15), 5657-5660.
Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Nano-organometallics: Heterogenizing homogeneous catalysts via thin film methodology. Chemical Reviews, 102(10), 3579-3588.
Peori, M. B., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Specific complexation modes of tripodal polyphosphorus ligands with rhodium: Generating multimetallic compounds of controlled structure via simple ordination chemistry. Organometallics, 21(19), 3860-3866.
Yam, C. M., Dickie, A. J., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Fabrication of self-assembled mono- and multilayered thin films via step-by-step deposition of sn(NEt2)4 and dialkyne terminated chromophores on silica based surfaces. Langmuir, 18(22), 8481-8487.
2001
Chaumel, F., Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. (2001). Sol-gel materials for second-order nonlinear optics. Chemistry of Materials, 13(10), 3389-3395.
1999
Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). An alternative route based on acid-base hydrolytic chemistry to NLO active organic-inorganic hybrid materials for second-order nonlinear optics. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(15), 3657-3665.
Petrucci, M. G. L., Fenwick, D., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). A new catalytic hybrid material from simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 146(1-2), 309-315.
Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Heterogenizing homogeneous catalysis using molecular self-assembly of long alkane chain phosphines bound to rh(I) complexes. Chemistry of Materials, 11(2), 269-276.
Petrucci-Samija, M., Guillemette, V., Dasgupta, M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). A new divergent route to the synthesis of organophosphine and metallodendrimers via simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry [8]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(9), 1968-1969.
Petrucci-Samija, M., Guillemette, V., Dasgupta, M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Erratum: A new divergent route to the synthesis of organophosphine and metallodendrimers via simple acidbase hydrolytic chemistry (journal of the american chemical society (1999) 121:9 (1968-1969)). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(13), 3248.
Westcott, S. A., Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Roe, D. C., & Marder, T. B. (1999). Synthesis, structure, and solution dynamics of indenyl rhodium complexes containing bulky phosphine ligands. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 77(2), 205-215.
Yam, C. M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Molecular self-assembly of dihydroxy-terminated molecules via acid-base hydrolytic chemistry on silica surfaces: Step-by-step multilayered thin film construction. Langmuir, 15(11), 3807-3815.
1998
Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). From simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry to soluble high tg inorganic-organic hybrid materials with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities. Advanced Materials, 10(14), 1093-1097.
Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Functionalized siloxane-linked polymers for second-order nonlinear optics. Macromolecules, 31(8), 2501-2508.
Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Soluble high-tg polymers for second-order nonlinear optics from an unusual mix of imide and siloxane linkages in the backbone. Macromolecules, 31(13), 4170-4176.
Lesley, M. J. G., Woodward, A., Taylor, N. J., Marder, T. B., Cazenobe, I., Ledoux, I., . . . Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Lewis acidic borane adducts of pyridines and stilbazoles for nonlinear optics. Chemistry of Materials, 10(5), 1355-1365.
Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Acid-base hydrolytic chemistry route to thin films containing terminal donor ligands and organometallic complexes for heterogenization of metal complex catalysis. Organometallics, 17(9), 1798-1811.
Petrucci, M. G. L., Lebuis, A. -., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Rhodium(I) mixed CO/phosphine/amine complexes: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity. Organometallics, 17(23), 4966-4975.
Yam, C. M., Dickie, A., Malkhasian, A., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (1998). Molecular self-assembly of rigid-rod alkynyl chromophores on inorganic oxide surfaces. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 76(11), 1766-1778.
Yam, C. M., Tong, S. S. Y., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry approach to molecular self-assembly: Thin films of long chain alcohols terminated with alkyl, phenyl, and acetylene groups on inorganic oxides surfaces. Langmuir, 14(24), 6941-6947.
1996
Roscoe, S. B., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Malik, A., Durbin, M. K., Lin, W., . . . Dutta, P. (1996). Self-assembled chromophoric NLO-active monolayers. X-ray reflectivity and second-harmonic generation as complementary probes of building block-film microstructure relationships. Langmuir, 12(17), 4218-4223.
Bunten, K. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (1996). Synthesis, optical absorption, fluorescence, quantum efficiency, and electrical conductivity studies of pyridine/pyridinium dialkynyl organic and pt(II)-σ-acetylide monomers and polymers. Macromolecules, 29(8), 2885-2893.
Jiang, H., Kakkar, A. K., Lebuis, A. -., Zhou, H., & Wong, G. K. (1996). Simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry approach to new materials for second-order non-linear optics. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6(6), 1075-1077.
Markwell, R. D., Butler, I. S., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Al-Zakwani, Z. H., & Lewis, J. (1996). Vibrational spectroscopic investigation of rigid-rod platinum σ-acetylide polymers containing variable acetylenic microstructures. Organometallics, 15(9), 2331-2337.
Roscoe, S. B., Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Xu, Z., Zhang, T., . . . Wong, G. K. (1996). Self-assembled chromophoric NLO-active structures. second-harmonic generation and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of nucleophilic substitution and ion exchange processes on benzyl halide-functionalized surfaces. Langmuir, 12(22), 5338-5349.
1995
Bunten, K. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). Synthesis of pyridine/pyridinium-based alkynyl monomers, oligomers and polymers: Enhancing conjugation by pyridine N-quaternization. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 5(11), 2041-2043.
Hodge, A. J., Ingham, S. L., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., Long, N. J., . . . Raithby, P. R. (1995). Donor-acceptor-based vinylidene and σ-acetylide complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 488(1-2), 205-210.
Kakkar, A. K., & Khan, M. S. (1995). 7. vanadium 1990. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 146, 203-210.
Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). A convenient molecular self-assembly route to thin films containing terminal donor ligands and anchored organotransition-metal complexes for heterogenized homogeneous catalysis. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 1577-1578.
Yam, C. M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). A novel route to efficient inorganic oxide surface modifications: Molecularly self-assembled linear and conjugated alkynyl thin film materials. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (8), 907-909.
1994
Kakkar, A. K., Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Marks, T. J., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Self-assembled chromophoric thin film NLO materials. effect of coupling agent surface functionalization and ion exchange processes on second harmonic generation characteristics. Thin Solid Films, 242(1-2), 142-145.
Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Ingham, S. L., Raithby, P. R., Lewis, J., Spencer, B., . . . Friend, R. H. (1994). Synthesis and electronic structure of rigid rod octahedral ru-σ-acetylide complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 472(1-2), 247-255.
Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Long, N. J., Lewis, J., Raithby, P., Nguyen, P., . . . Friend, R. H. (1994). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of linear long-chain di-terminal alkynes and their pt-σ-acetylide polymeric complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4(8), 1227-1232.
Roscoe, S. B., Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Ion exchange processes and environmental effects in chromophoric self-assembled superlattices. manipulation of microstructure and large enhancements in nonlinear optical response. Langmuir, 10(5), 1337-1339.
Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Roscoe, S. B., Marks, T. J., Lundquist, P. M., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Descriptive chemistry of self-assembled multilayer second-order NLO materials. chemical, microstructural and performance interrelationships. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, , 328 27-35.
1993
Atherton, Z., Faulkner, C. W., Ingham, S. L., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., . . . Raithby, P. R. (1993). Rigid rod σ-acetylide complexes of iron, ruthenium and osmium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 462(1-2), 265-270.
Frankcom, T. M., Green, J. C., Nagy, A., Kakkar, A. K., & Marder, T. B. (1993). Electronic structure and photoelectron spectroscopy of d8 rhodium indenyl complexes. Organometallics, 12(9), 3688-3697.
Kakkar, A. K., & Khan, M. S. (1993). Palladium. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 124(1-2), 1-40.
Kakkar, A. K., Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Kubota, F., Allan, D. S., Marks, T. J., . . . Wong, G. K. (1993). Chromophoric self-assembled nonlinear optical multilayer materials. synthesis, properties, and structural interconversions of assemblies with rodlike alkynyl chromophores. Langmuir, 9(2), 388-390.
Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Kakkar, A. K., Allan, D. S., Marks, T. J., Xu, Z., . . . Wong, G. K. (1993). Chromophoric self-assembled NLO multilayer materials. real time observation of monolayer growth and microstructural evolution by in situ second harmonic generation techniques. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 97(27), 6958-6960.
1992
Duer, M. J., Khan, M. S., & Kakkar, A. K. (1992). Solid state multinuclear NMR study of σ-acetylide complexes of platinum, trans-[ClPt(PnBu3)2CCpC6H4CCPt(PnBu3)2Cl] and trans-[pt(PnBu3)2CCpC6H4CC]n. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 1(1), 13-16.
Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Marder, T. B., Shen, J. K., Hallinan, N., & Basolo, F. (1992). Kinetics and mechanism of CO ligand substitution in the ring-substituted indenyl rhodium complexes [(η5-C9RnH7-n)rh(CO)2]. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 198-200(C), 219-231.
Khan, M. S., Davies, S. J., Kakkar, A. K., Schwartz, D., Lin, B., Johnson, B. F. G., & Lewis, J. (1992). Synthesis of monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric σ-acetylide complexes of platinum, palladium, nickel and rhodium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 424(1), 87-97.
Khan, M. S., Pasha, N. A., Kakkar, A. K., Raithby, P. R., Lewis, J., Fuhrmann, K., & Friend, R. H. (1992). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of monomeric and polymeric cobalt σ-acetylide complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2(7), 759-760.
Lewis, J., Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Johnson, B. F. G., Marder, T. B., Fyfe, H. B., . . . Dray, A. E. (1992). Di-, tri-, pseudo-di- and pseudo-tetra-acetylenic polymers of platinum: Synthesis, characterization and optical spectra. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 425(1-2), 165-176.
Lewis, J., Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Raithby, P. R., Fuhrmann, K., & Friend, R. H. (1992). Synthesis and characterisation of a bulky chelating bis(phosphine) ligand, 1,2-bis(dinbutylphosphino)ethane (DBPE), and its iron metal coordinated complexes, fe(DBPE)2Cl2 and fe(DBPE)2(CCC6H5)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 433(1-2), 135-139.
O'Hare, D., Green, J. C., Marder, T., Collins, S., Stringer, G., Kakkar, A. K., . . . Pugh, S. (1992). Synthesis and electronic structure of permethylindenyl complexes of iron and cobalt. Organometallics, 11(1), 48-55.
1991
Johnson, B. F. G., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., & Lewis, J. (1991). Synthesis of novel rigid rod iron metal containing polyyne polymers. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 409(3), C12-C14.
Johnson, B. F. G., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., Dray, A. E., Friend, R. H., & Wittmann, F. (1991). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of platinum-metal-containing di- and tri-acetylenic polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1(3), 485-486.
1990
Westcott, S. A., Kakkar, A. K., Stringer, G., Taylor, N. J., & Marder, T. B. (1990). Flexible coordination of indenyl ligands in sandwich complexes of transition metals. molecular structures of [(η-C9R7)2M] (M = fe, R = H, me; M = co, ni, R = H): Direct measurement of the degree of slip-fold distortion as a function of d-electron count. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 394(1-3), 777-794.
1989
Kakkar, A. K., Jones, S. F., Taylor, N. J., Collins, S., & Marder, T. B. (1989). The hapticity of η-indenyl complexes: Molecular structures of [(η5-C9R7)rh(η4-cod)](R = H, me) (cod = cyclo-octa-5-diene). Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (19), 1454-1456.
Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Calabrese, J. C., Nugent, W. A., Roe, D. C., Connaway, E. A., & Marder, T. B. (1989). An unusual rotational distortion in an [(η-indenyl)RhL2] complex: Molecular structures of [(η-1,2,3-Me3C9H 4)rh(η-C2H4)2] and [(η-C9H7)rh(CO)2]. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 990-992.
Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., & Marder, T. B. (1989). Synthesis and structure of the [Rh2(dmpe)4(μ-dmpe)]2+ salt of the naked cyclopentadienyl anion: A comparison of the reactivity of [(η-indenyl)rh(η-C2H4)2] and [(η-C5H5)rh(η-C2H4) 2]. Organometallics, 8(7), 1765-1768.