Enhanced Fluorescence of a Dye on DNA-Assembled Gold Nanodimers Discriminated by Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy
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Pedro M. R. Paulo , David Botequim , Agnieszka Joskowiak , Sofia Martins , Duarte M. F. Prazeres , Peter Zijlstra , Sílvia M. B. Costa

Enantiopure distorted ribbon-shaped nanographene combining two-photon absorption-based upconversion and circularly polarized luminescence
CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 9, 3917-3924 4 2018
Carlos M. Cruz , Irene R. Marquez , Ines de Fatima A. Mariz , Victor Blanco , Carlos Sanchez-Sanchez , Jesus M. Sobrado , Jose A. Martin-Gago , Juan M. Cuerva , Ermelinda Macoas , Araceli G. Campana

Nanocellulose in green food packaging
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION, 58, 1526-1537 2018
Fernanda Vilarinho , Ana Sanches Silva , M. Fatima Vaz , José Paulo Farinha

Undecabenzo[7]superhelicene: A Helical Nanographene Ribbon as a Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitter
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 57, 14782-14786 11 2018
Carlos M. Cruz , Silvia Castro-Fernandez , Ermelinda Macoas , Juan M. Cuerva , Araceli G. Campana

On the Structure of Amorphous Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles by Aberration-Corrected STEM
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V Sebastian Calderon , Tânia Ribeiro , José Paulo Farinha , Carlos Baleizão , Paulo J. Ferreira

Sol-Gel Silica Nanoparticles in Medicine: A Natural Choice. Design, Synthesis and Products
MOLECULES, 23, 8 2018
M. Clara Gonçalves

Structure of water in hybrid cellulose acetate-silica ultrafiltration membranes and permeation properties
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 189, 342-351 6 2018
Goncalo Mendes , Monica Faria , Alexandra Carvalho , M. Clara Gonçalves , Maria Norberta de Pinho

Photonic Band Gap and Bactericide Performance of Amorphous Sol-Gel Titania: An Alternative to Crystalline TiO2
MOLECULES, 23, 7 2018
M. Clara Gonçalves , Jose Carlos Pereira , Joana C. Matos , Helena Cristina Vasconcelos

Core-Assisted Formation of Porphyrin J-Aggregates in pH-Sensitive Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules Followed by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
LANGMUIR, 33, 7680-7691 8 2017
Vanda Vaz Serra , Nuno G. B. Neto , Suzana M. Andrade , Sílvia M. B. Costa

Tip-Specific Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Plasmonic Biosensing: Effect of Linker Chain Length
LANGMUIR, 33, 6503-6510 7 2017
Pedro M. R. Paulo , Peter Zijlstra , Michel Orrit , Emilio Garcia-Fernandez , Tamara C. S. Pace , A. Viana , Sílvia M. B. Costa

Influence of 3D aggregation on the photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe quantum dot films
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 183, 113-120 3 2017
T. Alejo , Pedro M. R. Paulo , M. D. Merchan , Emilio Garcia-Fernandez , Sílvia M. B. Costa , M. M. Velazquez

beta-Formyl- and beta-Vinylporphyrins: Magic Building Blocks for Novel Porphyrin Derivatives
MOLECULES, 22, 8 2017
Ana F. R. Cerqueira , Nuno M. M. Moura , Vanda Vaz Serra , M. Amparo F. Faustino , Augusto C. Tome , Jose A. S. Cavaleiro , M. Graca P. M. S. Neves

VPAC(1) and VPAC(2) receptor activation on GABA release from hippocampal nerve terminals involve several different signalling pathways
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 174, 4725-4737 12 2017
Diana Cunha-Reis , Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro , R. F. M. de Almeida , Ana M. Sebastiao

Development of New Contrast Agents for Imaging Function and Metabolism by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MAGNETIC RESONANCE INSIGHTS, 10, 1-4 7 2017
Alexandra Carvalho , M. Clara Gonçalves , M. L. Corvo , M. Barbara F. Martins

On the mechanism of action of new active ruthenium anticancer compounds: a model membrane biophysics approach
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 22, S179 7 2017
Ana Isabel Tomaz , Andreia D. de Sousa , Telma C. Santos , M. Soledade Santos , M. L. Corvo , Cristina P. Matos , M. Helena Garcia , R. F. M. de Almeida

Liquid ordered phase formation by membrane sterols was required for eukaryotic membrane development
EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, 46, S254 7 2017
A. Khmelinskaia , C. A. C. Antunes , A. E. P. Bastos , S. Scolari , G. M. D. S. Lobo , J. M. T. Marquês , R. Malho , A. Herrmann , H. Susana Marinho , R. F. M. de Almeida

Photoluminescent Nanocrystals in a Multicomponent Aluminoborosilicate Glass
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 120, 24925-24931 11 2016
Andreia Ruivo , Marta Ferro , Suzana M. Andrade , Joao Rocha , Fernando Pina , Cesar A. T. Laia

Design of polyelectrolyte core-shells with DNA to control TMPyP binding
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 146, 127-135 10 2016
Vanda Vaz Serra , Raquel Teixeira , Suzana M. Andrade , Sílvia M. B. Costa

Fluorescent Bioactive Corrole Grafted-Chitosan Films
BIOMACROMOLECULES, 17, 1395-1403 4 2016
Joana F. B. Barata , Ricardo J. B. Pinto , Vanda Vaz Serra , Armando J. D. Silvestre , Tito Trindade , Maria Graca P. M. S. Neves , Jose A. S. Cavaleiro , Sara Daina , Patrizia Sadocco , Carmen S. R. Freire

Porphyrin-rhodamine conjugates as new materials with sensing ability
DYES AND PIGMENTS, 135, 113-126 12 2016
Sonia M. G. Pires , Cristina Nunez , Vanda Vaz Serra , Antonio Sanchez-Coronilla , Maria A. F. Faustino , Mario M. Q. Simoes , Artur M. S. Silva , M. Graca P. M. S. Neves , Jose Luis Capelo , Carlos Lodeiro