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2019, 'Tracing upconversion nanoparticle penetration in human skin', Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, 184, pp. 110480 - 110480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110480
,2018, 'MitoQ supplementation prevent long-term impact of maternal smoking on renal development, oxidative stress and mitochondrial density in male mice offspring', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 6631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24949-0
,2018, 'Graphene Oxide Based Recyclable in Vivo Device for Amperometric Monitoring of Interferon-γ in Inflammatory Mice', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, pp. 33078 - 33087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13518
,2018, 'Perspective: Biomedical sensing and imaging with optical fibers - Innovation through convergence of science disciplines', APL Photonics, 3, pp. 100902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5040861
,2018, 'Plasmonic Properties of Periodic Arrays of Ag Nanocylinders and Dimers, and the Effects of an Underlying Ag Layer', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, pp. 22083 - 22093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05902
,2018, 'Rational Surface Design of Upconversion Nanoparticles with Polyethylenimine Coating for Biomedical Applications: Better Safe than Brighter?', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 4, pp. 3143 - 3153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00633
,2018, 'A novel platform for in vivo detection of cytokine release within discrete brain regions', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 71, pp. 18 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.011
,2018, 'X-ray radiation-induced and targeted photodynamic therapy with folic acid-conjugated biodegradable nanoconstructs', International Journal of Nanomedicine, 13, pp. 3553 - 3570, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S164967
,2018, 'Robust immunosensing system based on biotin-streptavidin coupling for spatially localized femtogram mL−1 level detection of interleukin-6', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 102, pp. 80 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2017.11.023
,2018, 'Advances in Structure-Switching Aptasensing Towards Real Time Detection of Cytokines', Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 102, pp. 379 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2018.03.002
,2018, '"Turn-on" Fluorescent Aptasensor Based on AIEgen Labeling for the Localization of IFN-γ in Live Cells', ACS Sensors, 3, pp. 320 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.7b00720
,2018, 'Computer-assisted cystoscopy diagnosis of bladder cancer', Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 36, pp. 8.e9 - 8.e15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2017.08.026
,2018, 'Photoresponsive endosomal escape enhances gene delivery using liposome-polycation-DNA (LPD) nanovectors', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6, pp. 5269 - 5281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8tb00994e
,2018, 'Controlled gene and drug release from a liposomal delivery platform triggered by X-ray radiation', Nat Commun, 9, pp. 2713 - 2713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05118-3
,2018, 'Release of doxorubicin from liposomes by x-ray radiation', Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 14, pp. 1753 - 1753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2017.11.048
,2017, 'Multi-LED light source for hyperspectral imaging', Optics Express, 25, pp. 32659 - 32668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.032659
,2017, 'Graphene Oxide Thin Film with Dual Function Integrated into a Nanosandwich Device for in Vivo Monitoring of Interleukin-6', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 41659 - 41668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b10753
,2017, 'Programmable LED-based integrating sphere light source for wide-field fluorescence microscopy', Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 20, pp. 201 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2017.10.002
,2017, 'Statistically strong label-free quantitative identification of native fluorophores in a biological sample', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 15792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15952-y
,2017, 'Development of Bright and Biocompatible Nanoruby and Its Application to Background-Free Time-Gated Imaging of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 39197 - 39208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b12665
,2017, 'A microfluidic needle for sampling and delivery of chemical signals by segmented flows', Applied Physics Letters, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4995657
,2017, 'Quantification of nanoparticle concentration in colloidal suspensions by a non-destructive optical method', Nanotechnology, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa8d89
,2017, 'Hyperspectral microscopy can detect metabolic heterogeneity within bovine post-compaction embryos incubated under two oxygen concentrations (7% versus 20%)', Human Reproduction, 32, pp. 2016 - 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex261
,2017, 'Light-Triggerable Liposomes for Enhanced Endolysosomal Escape and Gene Silencing in PC12 Cells', Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids, 7, pp. 366 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2017.04.015
,2017, 'Verteprofin conjugated to gold nanoparticles for fluorescent cellular bioimaging and X-ray mediated photodynamic therapy', Microchimica Acta, 184, pp. 1765 - 1771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2145-z
,2017, 'Graphene quantum dot based "switch-on" nanosensors for intracellular cytokine monitoring', Nanoscale, 9, pp. 4934 - 4943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr09381g
,2017, 'Fluorescence quenching of free and bound NADH in hela cells determined by hyperspectral imaging and unmixing of cell autofluorescence', Biomedical Optics Express, 8, pp. 1488 - 1498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.8.001488
,2017, 'Sensitive Cytokine Assay Based on Optical Fiber Allowing Localized and Spatially Resolved Detection of Interleukin-6', ACS Sensors, 2, pp. 218 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00619
,2017, 'Ab Initio Site Occupancy and Far-Red Emission of Mn4+ in Cubic-Phase La(MgTi)
2017, 'Light-triggered liposomal cargo delivery platform incorporating photosensitizers and gold nanoparticles for enhanced singlet oxygen generation and increased cytotoxicity', International Journal of Nanomedicine, 12, pp. 969 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S126553
,2017, 'A mobility shift assay for DNA detection using nanochannel gradient electrophoresis', Electrophoresis, 38, pp. 335 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.201600358
,2017, 'Constructing multiform morphologies of YF: Er3+/Yb3+up-conversion nano/micro-crystals towards sub-tissue thermometry', Chemical Engineering Journal, 313, pp. 65 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.12.064
,2017, 'Nanoparticle-mediated singlet oxygen generation from photosensitizers', Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 332, pp. 66 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.08.009
,2016, 'Sensitivity Modulation of Upconverting Thermometry through Engineering Phonon Energy of a Matrix', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 30312 - 30319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b12176
,2016, 'Site-Dependent Luminescence and Thermal Stability of Eu2+ Doped Fluorophosphate toward White LEDs for Plant Growth', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 20856 - 20864, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06102
,2016, 'Wide-field time-gated photoluminescence microscopy for fast ultrahigh-sensitivity imaging of photoluminescent probes', Journal of biophotonics, 9, pp. 848 - 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201600050
,2016, 'Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: Fundamentals and optical properties', Nanoscale, 8, pp. 13099 - 13130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5nr08477f
,2016, 'Recent advances in cytokine detection by immunosensing', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 79, pp. 810 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2016.01.020
,2016, 'Quantitative non-invasive cell characterisation and discrimination based on multispectral autofluorescence features', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23453
,2016, 'Nanocomposites of gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide towards an stable label-free electrochemical immunosensor for detection of cardiac marker troponin-I', Analytica Chimica Acta, 909, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2015.12.023
,2016, 'Extended emission wavelength of random dye lasers by exploiting radiative and non-radiative energy transfer', Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 122, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6321-3
,2016, 'X-ray induced singlet oxygen generation by nanoparticle-photosensitizer conjugates for photodynamic therapy: Determination of singlet oxygen quantum yield', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19954
,2016, 'Dopamine sensing and measurement using threshold and spectral measurements in random lasers', Optics Express, 24, pp. A85 - A91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.000A85
,2016, 'Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals', Nature Communications, 7, pp. 10254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10254
,2016, 'Emission stability and reversibility of upconversion nanocrystals', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, pp. 9227 - 9234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6tc02990f
,2016, 'Functional hyperspectral imaging captures subtle details of cell metabolism in olfactory neurosphere cells, disease-specific models of neurodegenerative disorders', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, 1863, pp. 56 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.09.030
,2016, 'Nonesterified fatty acid-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in cattle cumulus oocyte complexes alters cell metabolism and developmental competence', Biology of Reproduction, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.115.131862
,2016, 'PLGA nanocomposites loaded with verteporfin and gold nanoparticles for enhanced photodynamic therapy of cancer cells', RSC Advances, 6, pp. 112393 - 112402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra21997g
,2016, 'Label-Free Oxidative Imaging of Ageing Endothelial Cells', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 25, pp. S16 - S16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.036
,2015, 'Gene interference with morpholinos in a gold nanoparticle-based delivery platform in rat PC12 cells', Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 11, pp. 2111 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jbn.2015.2171
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