• closedAccess   A novel approach to obtain highly intense self-activated photoluminescence emissions in hydroxyapatite nanoparticles 

      Machado, Thales Rafael; Sczancoski, Júlio César; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Costa Nogueira, Içamira; Siu Li, Maximo; Andres, Juan; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2017-05)
      Defect-related photoluminescence (PL) in materials have attracted interest for applications including near ultraviolet (NUV) excitable light-emitting diodes and in biomedical field. In this paper, hydroxyapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2] ...
    • openAccess   Ag Nanoparticles/α-Ag2WO4 Composite Formed by Electron Beam and Femtosecond Irradiation as Potent Antifungal and Antitumor Agents 

      Assis, Marcelo de; Robeldo, Thaiane; Foggi, Camila Cristina; Kubo, A.M.; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Andres, Juan; Oliva, Mónica; Vergani, Carlos; Barbugli, P.A.; Camargo, E.R.; Borra, Ricardo Carneiro; Longo, Elson Nature Research (2019)
      The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising systems via external stimuli is emerging with the development of reconfigurable and programmable multifunctional materials. Increasing antifungal and antitumor ...
    • openAccess   Behavior of Bi2S3 under ultrasound irradiation for Rhodamine B dye degradation 

      Teodoro , Vinícius; Barrios Trench, Aline; da Trindade, Letícia; jacomaci, natalia; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Andres, Juan; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Bettini, Jefferson; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2021-10-16)
      In this study, we have demonstrated that Bi2S3 semiconductor under ultrasound behaves as a piezoelectric material, facilitating the transfer of electrons and holes, thus enabling the formation of oxidizing agents. In the ...
    • closedAccess   Designing biocompatible and multicolorfluorescent hydroxyapatitenanoparticles for cell-imaging applications 

      Machado, Thales Rafael; Leite, I. S.; Inada, N. M.; Li, Maximo Siu; Da Silva, J. S.; Andres, Juan; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2019)
      In recent years, there has been a growing effort toward the synthesis, engineering and property tuning of biocompatible nanoparticles (NPs) that can be detected by confocal microscopy and then used as fluorescent probes. ...
    • openAccess   From Complex Inorganic Oxides to Ag–Bi Nanoalloy: Synthesis by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation 

      Machado, Thales Rafael; Guerra Macedo, Nadia; Assis, Marcelo de; Doñate-Buendía, Carlos; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Teixeira, Mayara Mondego; Foggi, Camila Cristina; Vergani, Carlos; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Andres, Juan; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Longo, Elson American Chemical Society (2018-08-24)
      Bimetallic nanoalloys with a wide variety of structures and compositions have been fabricated through many diverse techniques. Generally, various steps and chemicals are involved in their fabrication. In this study, the ...
    • openAccess   High photocatalytic activity of Ag/Ag3PO4:W heterostructure formed by femtosecond laser irradiation 

      Barrios Trench, Aline; Teodoro , Vinícius; G. da Trindade, Letícia; Machado, Thales Rafael; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Doñate-Buendía, Carlos; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Sao Paulo State University. Institute of Chemistry (2022-04-11)
      In this work, the W-doped Ag3PO4 was prepared by the chemical coprecipitation method and irradiated with a femtosecond laser (FL). The successful formation of the Ag/Ag3PO4:W heterostructure was confirmed by XRD analysis. ...
    • openAccess   Laser and electron beam-induced formation of Ag/Cr structures on Ag2CrO4 

      Lemos, Pablo; Silva, G. S.; Roca, R. A.; Assis, Marcelo de; Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Royal Society of Chemistry (2019)
      The interactions of silver chromate (Ag2CrO4) with a femtosecond (fs) laser and electron beam irradiations were investigated. For the first time, the growth and coalescence of metallic Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on an Ag2CrO4 ...
    • openAccess   Laser/Electron Irradiation on Indium Phosphide (InP) Semiconductor: Promising Pathways to In Situ Formation of Indium Nanoparticles 

      Assis, Marcelo de; Guerra Macedo, Nadia; Machado, Thales Rafael; Ferrer, Mateus M.; Gouveia, Amanda; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Leite, Edson R.; Sambrano, Julio; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Wiley (2018)
      In the current study, whether femtosecond laser and electron beam irradiation of indium phosphide (InP) are “green,” fast, and effective methods to produce metallic In nanoparticles is probed. High-resolution transmission ...
    • openAccess   Proof-of-Concept Studies Directed toward the Formation of Metallic Ag Nanostructures from Ag3PO4 Induced by Electron Beam and Femtosecond Laser 

      Carvalho dos Santos, Clayane; Assis, Marcelo de; Machado, Thales Rafael; Pereira, Paula; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Doñate-Buendía, Carlos; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Wiley (2019)
      In this work, for the first time, the instantaneous nucleation and growth processes of Ag nanoparticles on Ag3PO4 mediated by femtosecond laser pulses are reported and analyzed. The investigated samples are pure Ag3PO4sample, ...
    • openAccess   Structural and optical properties of ZnS/MgNb2O6 heterostructures 

      Santos, Luís P. S.; Cavalcante, Laécio Santos; Fabbro, Maria T.; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2015-03)
      In this letter, we report a simple and efficient synthetic procedure where the first step is a coprecipitation/calcination method used to obtain magnesium niobate MgNb2O6(MN) nanocrystals and in the second stage a microwave ...
    • closedAccess   Structural properties and self-activated photoluminescence emissions in hydroxyapatite with distinct particle shapes 

      Machado, Thales Rafael; Sczancoski, Júlio César; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Siu Li, Maximo; Andres, Juan; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Leite, Edson R.; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2018-01)
      The understanding on defect-related photoluminescence (PL) properties of hydroxyapatite (HA) particles has a fundamental importance in the technological field for the development of new non-toxic biomedical and optical ...
    • closedAccess   Synthesis and evaluation of α-Ag2WO4 as novel antifungal agent 

      Foggi, Camila Cristina; Fabbro, Maria T.; Santos, Luís P. S.; De Santana, Yuri V. B.; Vergani, Carlos; Machado Maciel, Ana Lúcia; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Elsevier (2017-04-16)
      Abstract Because of the need for new antifungal materials with greater potency, microcrystals of α-Ag2WO4, a complex metal oxide, have been synthetized by a simple co-precipitation method, and their antifungal activity ...
    • closedAccess   Tailoring the Bactericidal Activity of Ag Nanoparticles/α-Ag2WO4 Composite Induced by Electron Beam and Femtosecond Laser Irradiation: Integration of Experiment and Computational Modeling 

      Guerra Macedo, Nadia; Machado, Thales Rafael; Alvarez Roca, Roman; Assis, Marcelo de; Foggi, Camila Cristina; Puerto-Belda, Verónica; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Rodrigues, André; San-Miguel, Miguel A.; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson American Chemical Society (2019)
      In nanotechnology research, significant effort is devoted to fabricating patterns of metallic nanoparticles on the surfaces of different semiconductors to find innovative materials with favorable characteristics, such as ...
    • closedAccess   Theoretical and Experimental Insight on Ag2CrO4 Microcrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoluminescence Properties 

      Silva, Gabriela S.; Gracia, Lourdes; Fabbro, Maria T.; Serejo Dos Santos, Luis P.; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Longo, Elson; Andres, Juan American Chemical Society (2016)
      Ag2CrO4 microcrystals were synthesized by means of the coprecipitation method without the use of a surfactant under three different conditions. On the basis of the theoretical and experimental results, we describe the ...
    • openAccess   Toward Expanding the Optical Response of Ag2CrO4 and Bi2O3 by Their Laser-Mediated Heterojunction 

      Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Teixeira, Mayara Mondego; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; de Souza, Daniele; Galvão Gobato, Yara; Assis, Marcelo de; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Andres, Juan; Cernik, Miroslav; Longo, Elson American Chemical Society (2020-11-18)
      The formation of heterojunctions between semiconductors with distinct properties usually expands their capabilities. In this context, many methodologies have been employed in pursuing efficient and fruitful heterojunctions. ...
    • openAccess   Towards the scale-up of the formation of nanoparticles on α -Ag 2 WO 4 with bactericidal properties by femtosecond laser irradiation 

      Assis, Marcelo de; Cordoncillo, Eloisa; Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Beltrán Mir, Héctor; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Oliveira, Regiane; Leite, Edson R.; Foggi, Camila Cristina; Vergani, Carlos; Longo, Elson; Andres, Juan Nature Publishing Group (2018)
      In recent years, complex nanocomposites formed by Ag nanoparticles coupled to an α-Ag2WO4 semiconductor network have emerged as promising bactericides, where the semiconductor attracts bacterial agents and Ag nanoparticles ...