• openAccess   Aggregation-induced heterogeneities in the emission of upconverting nanoparticles at the submicron scale unfolded by hyperspectral microscopy 

      Gonell, Francisco; Botas, Alexandre M. P.; Brites, Carlos B. S.; Amorós, Pedro; Carlos, Luis D.; Julian-Lopez, Beatriz; Ferreira, Rute A. S. Royal Society of Chemistry (2019)
      Transparent upconverting hybrid nanocomposites are exciting materials for advanced applications such as 3D displays, nanosensors, solar energy converters, and fluorescence biomarkers. This work presents a simple strategy ...
    • openAccess   Mechanistic insight into the formation of colloidal WS2 nanoflakes in hot alkylamine media 

      Scarfiello, Riccardo; Cesari, Andrea; Altamura, Davide; Masi, Sofia; Nobile, Concetta; Balzano, Federica; Giannini, Cinzia; Grillo, Vincenzo; Tavabi, Amir Hossein; Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.; Uccello-Barretta, Gloria; Cozzoli, Pantaleo Davide; Rizzo, Aurora Royal Society of Chemistry (2019)
      Developing convenient and reliable synthetic methodologies for solution processable 2D layered ultrathin nanostructures with lateral size control is one of the major challenges for practical applications. In this study, a ...