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, 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)1/2O3 for Plant Cultivation', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 6177 - 6185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b15866
, 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, 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
, 2015, 'Plasmonic enhancement of Rhodamine dye random lasers', Laser Physics, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/25/8/085001
, 2015, 'Oxidative stress, mitochondrial perturbations and fetal programming of renal disease induced by maternal smoking', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 64, pp. 81 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2015.03.017
, 2015, 'Medically relevant assays with a simple smartphone and tablet based fluorescence detection system', Sensors Switzerland, 15, pp. 11653 - 11664, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150511653
, 2015, 'REDOX and anti-oxidant state within cattle oocytes following in vitro maturation with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone', Molecular Reproduction and Development, 82, pp. 281 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.22470
, 2015, 'Bright, water-soluble CeF3 photo-, cathodo-, and X-ray luminescent nanoparticles', Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2833-0
, 2015, 'L-carnitine reverses maternal cigarette smoke exposure-induced renal oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse offspring', American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, 308, pp. F689 - F696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00417.2014
, 2014, 'Large-scale production and characterization of biocompatible colloidal nanoalumina', Langmuir, 30, pp. 15091 - 15101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la5042629
, 2014, 'Optogenetics, the intersection between physics and neuroscience: Light stimulation of neurons in physiological conditions', American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 307, pp. R1292 - R1302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00072.2014
, 2014, 'Practical implementation, characterization and applications of a multi-colour time-gated luminescence microscope', Scientific Reports, 4, pp. 6597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06597
, 2014, 'Spectral and coherence signatures of threshold in random lasers', Journal of Optics United Kingdom, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/16/10/105008
, 2014, 'Concentration gradient focusing and separation in a silica nanofluidic channel with a non-uniform electroosmotic flow', Lab on A Chip, 14, pp. 3539 - 3549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4lc00504j
, 2014, 'Isoelectric focusing in a silica nanofluidic channel: Effects of electromigration and electroosmosis', Analytical Chemistry, 86, pp. 8711 - 8718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac501875u
, 2014, 'Development of a functional ruthenium(II) complex for probing hypochlorous acid in living cells', Dalton Transactions, 43, pp. 8414 - 8420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4dt00179f
, 2014, 'Stationary chemical gradients for concentration gradient-based separation and focusing in nanofluidic channels', Langmuir, 30, pp. 5337 - 5348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la500206b
, 2014, 'On-the-fly decoding luminescence lifetimes in the microsecond region for lanthanide-encoded suspension arrays', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4741
, 2014, 'Modulation of the organelle specificity in Re(i) tetrazolato complexes leads to labeling of lipid droplets', Rsc Advances, 4, pp. 16345 - 16351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ra00050a
, 2014, 'Chemical sensing with nanoparticles as optical reporters: From noble metal nanoparticles to quantum dots and upconverting nanoparticles', Analyst, 139, pp. 5321 - 5334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4an01272k
, 2014, 'Multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy reveals free-to-bound NADH ratio changes associated with metabolic inhibition', Journal of Biomedical Optics, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.19.8.086016
, 2014, 'Tunable lifetime multiplexing using luminescent nanocrystals', Nature Photonics, 8, pp. 32 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.322
, 2013, 'Metal-enhanced fluorescence in the life sciences: Here, now and beyond', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, pp. 15695 - 15708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cp50206f
, 2013, 'Nanochannel pH gradient electrofocusing of proteins', Analytical Chemistry, 85, pp. 7133 - 7138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac4014447
, 2013, 'Nano-ruby: A promising fluorescent probe for background-free cellular imaging', Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 30, pp. 506 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201200112
, 2013, 'Luminescent nanoparticles and their applications in the life sciences', Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/19/194101