Research group
Omics and Analytical Development
Position
Researcher
As a researcher my scientific interests are focused on: (i) The synthesis of new bio-inspired emissive ligands for fluorescence chemosensors; (ii) Supramolecular chemistry, with a focus on photophysics and photochemistry; (iii) Applications both in vitro (solution and solid studies) and in vivo (cell imaging studies); (iv) The development of dye-doped polymers and nanoparticles for metal remediation and antibacterial coatings; (v) The synthesis of new emissive nanomaterials such as Quantum Dots and Mesoporous Silica nanoparticles for dual drug delivery and biomarker discovery in biological samples; (vi) Antibacterial studies of cargo-delivery mesoporous nanoparticles. My research productivity accounts for 89 publications in international peer-review journals with over 2,087 citations and an h-index of 26.
Representative Publications
An unusual highly emissive water-soluble iridium lissamine-alanine complex and its use in a molecular logic gate
10.1039/c5dt03666f
Sustainable synthesis of luminescent CdTe quantum dots coated with modified silica mesoporous nanoparticles: Towards new protein scavengers and smart drug delivery carriers
10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.09.047
New dual colorimetric/fluorimetric probes for Hg2+ detection & extraction based on mesoporous SBA-16 nanoparticles containing porphyrin or rhodamine chromophores
10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.09.068
Toxicological Evaluation of Luminescent Silica Nanoparticles as New Drug Nanocarriers in Different Cancer Cell Lines
10.3390/ma11081310
