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2022

Sean T. Goralski,  Krystal M. Cid-SearaJenni J. Jarju,  Laura Rodriguez-LorenzoAlec P. LaGrow,  Michael J. Rose and  Laura M. SalonenThreefold reactivity of a COF-embedded rhenium catalyst: reductive etherification, oxidative esterification or transfer hydrogenation. Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 12074-12077.

Mário J. Araújo, Maria L.Sousa, Elza Fonseca, Aldo Barreiro Felpeto, José Carlos Martins, María Vázquez,  Natalia Mallo, Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Monica Quarato, Ivone Pinheiro, Maria V. Turkina, Juan José López-Mayán, Elena Peña-Vázquez, María Carmen Barciela-Alonso ,Miguel Spuch-Calvar, Miguel Oliveira, Pilar Bermejo-Barrera, Santiago Cabaleiro, Begoña Espiña, Vitor Vasconcelos, Alexandre Campos, Proteomics reveals multiple effects of titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles in the metabolism of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus. Chemophere, Volume 308, Part 1, December 2022, 136110.

Najib Ben Messaoud, Marília Barreiros dos Santos, Vera Trocado, Cristina Nogueira-Silva, Raquel Queirós,  A novel label-free electrochemical immunosensor for detection of surfactant protein B in amniotic fluid. Talanta (2022, version of record), 251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123744

Ana Teixeira, Marisa P. Sárria, Inês Pinto, Begoña Espiña, Andreia C. Gomes, Alberto C. P. Dias,  Protection against Paraquat-Induced Oxidative Stress by Curcuma longa Extract-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles in Zebrafish Embryos. Polymers (2022), 14(18), 3773; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14183773

Najib Ben Messaoud, Marília Barreiros Dos Santos, Ana Vieira, Alejandro Garrido-Maestu, Begoña Espiña, Raquel B Queirós, A novel portable label-free electrochemical immunosensor for ultrasensitive detection of Aeromonas salmonicida in aquaculture seawater. Anal Bioanal Chem (2022), 4(22):6591-6600. Doi: 10.1007/s00216-022-04219-9.

Marília Barreiros dos Santos, Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Raquel Queirós, and Begoña Espiña, Fundamentals of Biosensors and Detection Methods (2022), in Microfluidics and Biosensors in Cancer Research: Applications in Cancer Modeling and Theranostics. Springer. ISSN 0065-2598 ISSN 2214-8019 (electronic) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04039-9

Ana MG Vieira, Oscar F Silvestre, Bruno FB Silva, Celso JO Ferreira, Ivo Lopes, Andreia C Gomes, Begoña Espiña, Marisa P Sárria, pH-sensitive nanoliposomes for passive and CXCR-4-mediated marine yessotoxin delivery for cancer therapy (2022),  https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2022-0010

Vanesa Romero, Isela Lavilla, Alicia Álvarez, Carlos Bendicho, Begoña Espiña, Laura M. Salonen, Covalent organic framework as adsorbent for ultrasound-assisted dispersive (micro)solid phase extraction of polycyclic synthetic fragrances from seawater followed by fluorescent determination (2022), 1191, 339293 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.339293

Jessica Caldwell, Patricia Taladriz, Blanco Roman, Lehner Andriy Lubskyy, Roberto Diego Ortuso, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Alke Petri-Fink, The micro-, submicron-, and nanoplastic hunt: A review of detection methods for plastic particles (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133514

Patricia Taladriz-Blanco, Miguel Spuch-Calvar, Anselmo del Prado, Christoph Weder, Barbara Rother-Rutishauser, Alke Petri-Fink and Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Impurities in polyvinylpyrrolidone: the key factor in the synthesis of gold nanostars, Nanoscale Advances  (2022) , 4, 387 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NA00711D 

2021

Ana M. Milosevic, Laetitia Haeni, Liliane Ackermann Hirschi, Prof. Dr. Stefano Vanni, Dr. Pablo Campomanes-Ramos, Prof. Dr. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Dr. Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Prof. Dr. Alke Petri-Fink, The Choice of Nanoparticle Surface-Coupled Fluorescent Dyes Impacts Cellular Interaction (2021), 8, e20210044 https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202100443

 Caldwell, Jessica; Taladriz-Blanco, Patricia; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara; Petri-Fink, Alke, Additional Commentary on the Detection and Quantification of Plastic Micro- and Nanoparticles in Tea Samples,  CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry (2021)75, 882-885(4) https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.882

Mário Fernandes, Ivo Lopes, Luana Magalhães, Marisa P.Sárria, Raul Machado, João Carlos Sousa , Cláudia Botelho, JoséTeixeira, Andreia C. Gomes, Novel concept of exosome-like liposomes for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Journal of Controlled Release (2021) 336,  130-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.06.018

Maria Rita Ortega Vega, Estela Kerstner Baldin, Daniela Pavulack Pereira, Martha Cestari Silva Martins, Patricia Pranke, Fabiana Horn, Ivone Pinheiro, Ana Vieira, Begoña Espiña, Silvana Mattedi, Célia de Fraga Malfatti, Toxicity of oleate-based amino protic ionic liquids towards Escherichia coli, Danio rerio embryos and human skin cells, Journal of Hazardous Materials (2022) 422,  126896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126896

Monica Quarato, Ivone Pinheiro, Ana Vieira, Begoña Espiña and Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Detection of Silver Nanoparticles in Seawater Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Nanomaterials 2021, 11(7), 1711; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071711

Marisa P. Sárria,  Ana Vieira,  Ângela Lima,  Soraia P. S. Fernandes,  Ivo Lopes,  Anabela Gonçalves,  Andreia C. Gomes,  Laura M. Salonen  and  Begoña Espiña, Acute ecotoxicity assessment of a covalent organic framework, ACS Appl. Mater.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EN01059F

Soraia P. S. Fernandes, Petr Kovář, Milan Pšenička, Artur M. S. Silva, Laura M. Salonen, Begoña Espiña, Selection of Covalent Organic Framework Pore Functionalities for Differential Adsorption of Microcystin Toxin Analogues, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 13, 15053–15063

Soraia P.S.Fernandes, Vanessa F. Fonseca, Vanesa Romero, Irina A. Duarte, Andreia Freitas, Jorge Barbosa, Patrick Reis-Santos, Laura M. Salonen and Begoña Espiña,  Study on the efficiency of a covalent organic framework as adsorbent for the screening of pharmaceuticals in estuary waters, Chemosphere https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130364

Ana Castanheira, Marília Barreiros dos Santos, Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Raquel Queirós and Begoña Espiña, A novel microfluidic system for the sensitive and cost-efficient detection of okadaic acid in mussels, Analyst DOI: 10.1039/d0an02092c

Maraja Riechers, Lucia Fanini, Annalisa Apicella, Carolina Batista Galván, Elise Blondel, Begoña Espiña, Simone Kefer, Tristan Keroullé, Katja Klun, Tania R. Pereira, Francesca Ronchi, Pedro Ruiz Rodríguez, Haritz Sardon, Alexandra Viana Silva, Maris Stulgis, Nagore Ibarra-González, Plastics in our ocean as transdisciplinary challenge, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 164, 2021,112051.

2020

Espiña, B.;  Prado, M.; Santos, M.B.; Salonen, L.M.;  Queirós, R.B.; Fernandes, S.P.S.; Vial, S.; Martins, V.C.;  New techniques in environment monitoring.  In Climate Change and Marine and Freshwater Toxins 2020, 35-106

Steinmetz, L.; Geers, C.; Balog, .; Bonmarin, M; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.; Taladriz-Blanco, P.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B.; Petri-Fink, A.; A comparative study of silver nanoparticle dissolution under physiological conditions  In Nanoscalee Advances Journal 2020.

Jarju, J.J.; Lavender, A. M.; Espiña, B; Romero, V; Salonen, L. M.; Covalent Organic Framework Composites: Synthesis and Analytical Applications.  In Molecules Journal 2020.

Valerio, A.; Sarria, M. P.; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L; Hotza, D; Espiña, B.; González, S.Y.G.;  Are TiO2 nanoparticles safe for photocatalysis in aqueous media.  In Nanoscale Advances Journal 2020.

Abalde-Cela, S.; Rebelo, R; Wu, L.; Barbosa, A.I.; Rodríguez-Lorenzo, L.; Kant, K.; Reis, R.L.; Correlo, V. M. and Diéguez, L.;  A SERS-based 3D nanobiosensor: towards cell metabolite monitoring.  In Materials Advanced Journal 2020.

Romenro, V.; Fernandes, S. P. S.; Kovář, P.; Pšenička, M.;  Kolen'ko, Y.V.; Salonen, L.M.; Espiña, B.;  Efficient adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pesticides from water with a reusable magnetic covalent organic framework.  In Microporous and Mesoporous Materials Journal 2020.

Fernandes, S. P. S.; Mellah, A.; Kovar, P.; Sárria, M.P.; Psenicka, M.; Djamila, H.; Salonen, L.M.; Espiña, B.;  Extraction of Ibuprofen from Natural Waters Using a Covalent Organic Framework.  In molecules 2020.

Septiadi, D.; Lee, A.; Spuch-Calvar, M.; Moore, T.; Spiaggia, G.; Abdussalam, W.; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.; Taladriz-Blanco, P.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B.; Petri-Fink, A.;  Particle Surfaces to Study Macrophage Adherence, Migration, and Clearance.  In Advanced Functional Materials 2020.

Vilas-Boas, V.; Carvalho, F.; Espiña, B.;  Magnetic Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment: Main Parameters Affecting the Outcome of In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.  In Molecules 2020.

Garrido-Maestu, A.; Azinheiro, S.; Carvalho, J.; Espiña, B.; Prado, M.;  Evaluation and implementation of commercial antibodies for improved nanoparticle-based immunomagnetic separation and real-time PCR for faster detection of Listeria monocytogenes In Journal of Food Science and Technology 2020.

Belekbir, S; El Azzouzi, M.; El Hamidi, A.; Rodríguez-Lorenzo, L.; Arturo Santaballa, J.; Canle, M.;  Improved Photocatalyzed Degradation of Phenol, as a Model Pollutant, over Metal-Impregnated Nanosized TiO2. In nanomaterials 2020, 10(5), 996;

Teixeira, A; Paris, J.L., Roumani, F.; Diéguez, L.; Prado, M.; Espiña, B.; Abalde-Cela, S.; Garrido-Maestu, A.; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L; Multifuntional Gold Nanoparticles for the SERS Detection of Pathogens Combined with a LAMP–in–Microdroplets Approach. In Materials 2020, 13(8), 1934;

2019

Septiadi, D. ; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L;  Balog, S.; Spuch-Calvar, M.; Spiaggia, G.; Taladriz-Blanco, P.; Barosova, H.; Chortarea, S.; Clift, M. J. D.; Teeguarden, J.; Sharma, M.; Petri-Fink, A.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Quantification of Carbon Nanotube Doses in Adherent Cell Culture Assays Using UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy. In Nanomaterials. 2019.

Rodríguez-Lorenzo,L.; Garrido-Maestu, A.; Bhunia, A. K.; Espiña, B.; Prado, M.;  Diéguez, L; Abalde-Cela, S.;  Gold Nanostars for the Detection of Foodborne Pathogens via Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Combined with Microfluidics. In ACS Appl. Nano Mater.2019.

Fong, W.-K.;  Moore, T. L.;  Balog, S.;  Vanhecke, D.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Lattuada, M.; Petri-Fink, A., Nanoparticle Behaviour in Complex Media: Methods for Characterizing Physicochemical Properties, Evaluating Protein Corona Formation, and Implications for Biological Studies. In Biological Responses to Nanoscale Particles: Molecular and Cellular Aspects and Methodological Approaches, Gehr, P.; Zellner, R., Eds. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2019; pp 101-150.

Bossert, D.;  Urban, D. A.;  Maceroni, M.;  Ackermann-Hirschi, L.;  Haeni, L.;  Yajan, P.;  Spuch-Calvar, M.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Petri-Fink, A.; Schwab, F., A hydrofluoric acid-free method to dissolve and quantify silica nanoparticles in aqueous and solid matrices. Scientific Reports 2019, 9 (1), 7938.

Crippa, F.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Hua, X.;  Goris, B.;  Bals, S.;  Garitaonandia, J. S.;  Balog, S.;  Burnand, D.;  Hirt, A. M.;  Haeni, L.;  Lattuada, M.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.; Petri-Fink, A., Phase Transformation of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles via Thermal Annealing: Implications for Hyperthermia Applications. Acs Appl Nano Mater 2019, 2 (7), 4462-4470.

Hocevar, S.;  Milosevic, A.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Ackermann-Hirschi, L.;  Mottas, I.;  Petri-Fink, A.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Bourquin, C.; Clift, M. J. D., Polymer-Coated Gold Nanospheres Do Not Impair the Innate Immune Function of Human B Lymphocytes in Vitro. Acs Nano 2019, 13 (6), 6790-6800.

Moore, T.L.;  Urban, D.A.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Milosevic, A.;  Crippa, F.;  Spuch-Calvar, M.;  Balog, S.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Lattuada, M.; Petri-Fink, A., Nanoparticle administration method in cell culture alters particle-cell interaction. Scientific Reports 2019, 9 (1), 900

Santos, M.B.; Queirós, R.B.; Geraldes, A.; Marques, C; Vilas-Boas, V.; Dieguez, L.; Paz, E.; Ferreira, R.; Morais, J.; Vasconcelos, V.; Piteira, J.; Freitas, P.P.; Espiña, B., Portable sensing system based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for the simultaneous quantification of free and total microcystin-LR in freshwaters. Biosensors and Bioeletronics 2019, 142, 111550.

Romero, V.;  Fernandes, S. P. S.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Kolen'ko, Y. V.;  Espina, B.; Salonen, L. M., Recyclable magnetic covalent organic framework for the extraction of marine biotoxins. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (13), 6072-6079.

Dias, C.; Vasimalai, N.; Sárria, M.P.; Pinheiro, I.; Vilas-Boas, V.; Peixoto, J.; Espiña, B., Biocompatibility and Bioimaging Potential of Fruit-Based Carbon Dots. Nanomaterials 2019, 9 (2), 199

 Vilas-Boas, V.; Espiña, B.; Kolen'ko, Y.V.; Bañobre-López, M.; Brito, M.; MArtins, V.; Duarte, J.A.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Freitas, P.; Carvalho, F., Effectiveness and Safety of a Nontargeted Boost for a CXCR4-Targeted Magnetic Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer Cells. ACS Omega 2019, 4, 1, 1931-1940

Fernandes, S.P.S.; Romero, V.; Espiña, B.; Salonen, L.M., Tailoring Covalent Organic Frameworks To Capture Water Contaminants. ChemPubSoc Europe 2019, 25 (26), 6461-6473

Ruegg, C.;  Reis, C.;  Rafiee, S.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  List, J.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Mayer, M.; Petri-Fink, A., A Bio-Inspired Amplification Cascade for the Detection of Rare Cancer Cells. Chimia 2019, 73 (1), 63-68.

MilosevicAc, A; Bourquin, J; Burnand, D; Lemal, P; Crippa, F; Monnier, Christophe A.; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.; Petri-Fink, A.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B, Artificial Lysosomal Platform to Study Nanoparticle Long-term Stability. Chimia 2019, 73 (1), 55-58(4).

Tinoco, A.; Sárrica, M.P.; Loureiro, A.; Parpot, P.; Espiña, B.; Gomes, A.C.; Cavaco-Paulo, A.; Ribeiro, A., BSA/ASN/Pol407 nanoparticles for acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment. Biochemical Engineering Journal 2019, 141, 80-88.

2018

Nogueira, E.; Sárria, M.P.; Azoia, N.G.; Antunes E.; Loureiro, A.; Guimarães, D.; Noro, J.; Rollett A.; Guebitz G.; Cavaco-Paulo, A., Internalization of Methotrexate Conjugates by Folate Receptor-α.  Biochemistry 2018, 57, 49, 6780-6786

Mariño-Lopez, A.;  Sousa-Castillo, A.;  Blanco-Formoso, M.;  Furini, L. N.;  Rodríguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Pazos-Perez, N.;  Guerrini, L.;  Pérez-Lorenzo, M.;  Correa-Duarte, M. A.; Alvarez-Puebla, R. A., Microporous Plasmonic Capsules as Stable Molecular Sieves for Direct SERS Quantification of Small Pollutants in Natural Waters. Chemnanomat, 2019, 5 (1), 46-50.

Chícharo, A.; MArtins, M.; Barnsley, L.C.; Taouallah, A.; Fernandes, J.; Silva, B.F.B.; Cardoso, S.; Diéguez, L.; Espiña, B.; Freitas, P.F., Enhanced magnetic microcytometer with 3D flow focusing for cell enumeration. Lab on a Chip 2018, 18, 2593.

Mellah, A.; Fernandes, S.P.S.; Rodríguez, R.; Otero, J.; Paz, J.; Cruces, J.; Medina, D.D.; Djamila, H.; Espiña, B.; Salonen, L.M.,   Adsorption of Pharmaceutical Pollutants from Water Using Covalent Organic Frameworks. Chemical European Journal 2018, 24, 10601-10605.

Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Rafiee, S. D.;  Reis, C.;  Milosevic, A.;  Moore, T. L.;  Balog, S.;  Rothen-Rutishauser, B.;  Ruegg, C.; Petri-Fink, A., A rational and iterative process for targeted nanoparticle design and validation. Colloid Surface B 2018, 171, 579-589.

Durantie, E.;  Barosova, H.;  Drasler, B.;  Rodriguez-Lorenzo, L.;  Urban, D. A.;  Vanhecke, D.;  Septiadi, D.;  Hirschi-Ackermann, L.;  Petri-Fink, A.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Carbon nanodots: Opportunities and limitations to study their biodistribution at the human lung epithelial tissue barrier. Biointerphases 2018, 13 (6).

Freitas, Alexandre Chicharo Barnsley Marco Martins Susana Cardoso Lorena Diéguez Begoña Espiña ; L C ;P P, Custom Magnet Design for a Multi-Channel Magnetic Microcytometer, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , 54 (11), 2018, ISSN: 1941-0069.

Vasimalai, Nagamalai; Vilas-Boas, Vânia; Gallo, Juan; de Cerqueira, María Fátima; Menéndez-Miranda, Mario; Costa-Fernández, José Manuel; Diéguez, Lorena; Espiña, Begoña; Fernández-Argüelles., María Teresa, Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from spices for in vitro imaging and tumour cell growth inhibition, BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 9 , pp. 530-544, 2018.

Vilas-Boas, Vânia; Espiña, Begoña; Kolen'ko, Yury V; Bañobre-Lopez, Manuel; Duarte, José A; Martins, Verónica C; Petrovykh, Dmitri Y; Freitas, Paulo P; Carvalho, Felix D, Combining CXCR4-targeted and nontargeted nanoparticles for effective unassisted in vitro magnetic hyperthermia, Biointerphases, 13 (1), 2018.

2017

Vasimalai N, Fernández-Argüelles MT, Espiña B, Detection of sulfide using mercapto tetrazine protected fluorescent gold nanodots: The preparation of paper based testing kit for on-site monitoring, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2017.

L. M. Salonen S. R. Pinela, S. P.S. Fernandes, J. Louçano, E. Carbó-Argibay , M. P. Sarria, C. Rodríguez-Abreu, J. Peixoto , B. Espiña, Adsorption of marine phycotoxin okadaic acid on a covalent organic framework J Chromatogr A., 1525:17-22 , 2017.

D Viegas, E Fernandes, R Queirós, DY Petrovykh; P De Beule, Adapting Bobbert-Vlieger model to spectroscopic ellipsometry of gold nanoparticles with bio-organic shells, Biomed Opt Express, 8 , pp. 3538–3550, 2017.

2016

Prado M.; Espiña B.; Fernandez-Arguelles M T; Diéguez L; Fuciños P; Vial S; Oliveira JM; Reis RL; Boehme K; Detection of Foodborne Pathogens Using Nanoparticles. Advantages and TrendsBook Chapter Antimicrobial Food Packaging, pp. pp.183-202, Jorge Barros-Velazquez, 1st Edition, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-12-800723-5.

Gallo J, Vasimalai N, Fernandez-Arguelles MT, Bañobre-López M, Green synthesis of multimodal 'OFF-ON' activatable MRI/optical probesDalton Trans., 45 , pp. 17672-17680, 2016.

Vasimalai, N; Fernández-Argüelles*., Maria T, Novel one-pot and facile room temperature synthesis of gold nanodots and application as highly sensitive and selective probes for cyanide detection, Nanotechnology, Volume 27 (Issue 47), pp. article id. 475505, 2016.

C.N. Oliveira M.P. Sarria, Moreira Fernandes Castro Lopes Corte-Real Cavaco-Paulo Real Oliveira Gomes P, Counter ions and constituents combination affect DODAX:MO nanocarriers toxicity in vitro and in vivo, Toxicology Research , 5 (Issue 4), pp. 1244-1255 , 2016.

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