• 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   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   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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...