2023

Tuning the Growth of Chiral Gold Nanoparticles Through Rational Design of a Chiral Molecular Inducer. K. Van Gordon, S. Baúlde, M. Mychinko, W. Heyvaert, M. Obelleiro-Liz, A. Criado, S. Bals, L. M Liz-Marzán, J. Mosquera. Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 9980.

Dendrimers: Exploring Their Wide Structural Variety and Applications. M. Pérez-Ferreiro, A. M. Abelairas, A. Criado, I.J. Gómez, J. Mosquera. Polymers, 2023, 15, 4369.

Single-Step Functionalization Strategy of Graphene Microtransistor Array with Chemically Modified Aptamers for Biosensing Applications. S. Brosel-Oliu, G. Rius, et al. Small, 2023, 2308857.

Covalent functionalisation controlled by molecular design for the aptameric recognition of serotonin in graphene-based field-effect transistors. C. Wetzl, S. Brosel-Oliu, M. Carini, D. Di Silvio, X. Illa, R. Villa, A. Guimera, E. Prats-Alfonso, M. Prato, and A. Criado. Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 16650.

PEGylated bottom-up synthesized graphene nanoribbons loaded with camptothecin as potential drug carriers. H. Hou, L. Cardo, J.P. Merino, F. Xu, C. Wetzl , B. Arnaiz, X. Luan, Y. Mai, A. Criado, M. Prato. Materials Today Chemistry 2023, 33, 101668.

Carbon Vacancies Steer the Activity in Dual Ni Carbon Nitride Photocatalysis. M. Marchi, E. Raciti, et al. Adv. Sci.  2023, 10, 2303781.

Mimicking nature’s stereoselectivity through coordination cages. M. Pérez-Ferreiro, M. Paz-Insua, J. Mosquera. Chem. 2023, 9, 1355.

Surfactant Layers on Gold Nanorods. J. Mosquera, D. Wang, S. Bals, L. M. Liz-Marzán. Accounts of Chemical Research 2023, 56, 1204.

The Covalent Functionalization of Surface-Supported Graphene: An Update. C. Wetzl, A. Silvestri, M. Garrido, H.-L. Hou, A. Criado, M. Prato. Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2022128.

Preparation of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Controlling the Crystalline Type by One-Pot Acid Hydrolysis. V. Calvo, M. Á. Álvarez Sánchez, L. Güemes, C. Martínez-Barón, S. Baúlde, A. Criado, J. M. González-Domínguez, W. K. Maser, and A. M. Benito. ACS Macro Lett. 2023, 12, 2, 152.

Ultrasensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein by graphene field-effect transistors. A. Silvestri, J. Zayas-Arrabal, M. Vera-Hidalgo, D. Di Silvio, C. Wetzl, M. Martinez-Moro, A. Zurutuza, E. Torres, A. Centeno, A. Maestre, J. M. Gómez, M. Arrastua, M. Elicegui, N. Ontoso, M. Prato, I. Coluzza, A. Criado. Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 1076.

2022

Dilution-induced gel-sol-gel-sol transitions by competitive supramolecular pathways in water. L. Su, J. Mosquera, M. F. J. Mabesoone, S. M. C. Schoenmakers, C. Muller, M. E. J. Vleugels, S. Dhiman, S. Wijker, A. R. A. Palmans, E. W. Meijer. Science, 2022, 377, 213.

Deactivation of a dimeric DNA-binding peptide through a palladium-mediated self-immolative cleavage. J. Rodríguez, C. Pérez-González, M. Martínez-Calvo, J. Mosquera, J. L. Mascareñas. RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 3500.

The era of nano-bionic: 2D materials for wearable and implantable body sensors. A. Silvestri, C. Wetzl, N. Alegret, L. Cardo, H. L. Hou, A. Criado,  M. Prato. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022, 186, 114315.

Electrochemical modification of carbon nanotube fibres. J. M.González-Domíngueza, N. D. Quyen Chau, S. Yan, D. Mancino, S. Pamulapati, S. Williams, L. W. Taylor, O. S. Dewey, M. Pasquali, M. Prato, A. Bianco, A. Criado. Nanoscale, 2022,14, 9313.

Intrinsic and selective activity of functionalized carbon nanotube/nanocellulose platforms against colon cancer cells. J.M.González-Domíngueza, L.Grasa, J. Frontiñán-Rubio, E .Abás, A. Domínguez-Alfaro, J.E. Mesonero, A. Criado, A. Ansón-Casaos. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2022, 212, 112363.

Bidirectional Modulation of Neuronal Cells Electrical and Mechanical Properties Through Pristine and Functionalized Graphene Substrates. Francesca Zummo, Pietro Esposito, Huilei Hou, Cecilia Wetzl, Gemma Rius, Raphaela Tkatchenko, Anton Guimera, Philippe Godignon, Maurizio Prato, Elisabet Prats-Alfonso, Alejandro Criado, Denis Scaini. Front. Neurosci. 2022, 15, 811348.

New Insights into the Exploitation of Oxidized Carbon Nitrides as Heterogeneous Base Catalysts. Giuseppe Gentile, Cristian Rosso, Alejandro Criado, Valentina Gombac, Giacomo Filippini, Michele Melchionna, Paolo Fornasiero, Maurizio Prato. Inorg. Chimica Acta, 2022, 531, 120732.

2021

Agarose-based fluorescent waveguide with embedded silica nanoparticle-carbon nanodot hybrids for pH sensing. Francesco Amato, Marco César Prado Soares, Thiago Destri Cabral, Eric Fujiwara, Cristiano Monteiro de Barros Cordeiro, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato, Julio Roberto Bartoli. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 9738-9751.

Introducing Hyaluronic Acid into Supramolecular Polymers and Hydrogels. Varela-Aramburu, S.; Su, L.; Mosquera, J.; Morgese, G.; Schoenmakers, S.M.C; Cardinaels, R.; Palmans, A.R.A., Meijer, E.W. Biomacromolecules 2021, 22, 11, 4633–4641.

3-Dimensional graphene-like structures and applications: general discussion. Claudia Backes, Ranjan Kumar Behera, Abigail Bellamy-Carter, Alberto Bianco, Val ́erie Caps, Cinzia Casiraghi, Manish Chhowalla, Alejandro Criado, Trevor Davies, Andrea C. Ferrari, Stefano Fornasaro, Fernando Galembeck, Stuart Goldie, Mark C. Hersam, Ali Reza Kamali, Vladimir Kolosov, Vimal Kumar, Wai Hin Lee, Natalia Martsinovich, Michele Melchionna, Manuela Melucci, Alessandro Molle, Harry Morgan, Christof Neumann, Tim Nowack, Andrea Oyarzun, Vincenzo Palermo, Girija Shankar Papanai, Maurizio Prato, Yuyoung Shin, Ruohong Sui, Ivo F. Teixeira, Gang Wang, Zhenyuan Xia. Faraday Discuss. 2021, 227, 359-382.

Metal-free photocatalysis: two-dimensional nanomaterial connection toward advanced organic synthesis. Cristian Rosso, Giacomo Filippini, Alejandro Criado, Michele Melchionna, Paolo Fornasiero, Maurizio Prato. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 3621-3630.

Metal Nanoparticles/MoS2 surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based sandwich immunoassay for α-fetoprotein detection. Engin Er, Ana Sánchez-Iglesias, Alessandro Silvestri, Blanca Arnaiz, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Maurizio Prato, Alejandro Criado. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 8823-8831.

Bioresponsive, electroactive, and inkjet-printable graphene-based inks. Alessandro Silvestri, Alejandro Criado, Fabrizio Poletti, Faxing Wang, Pablo Fanjul-Bolado, María B. González-García, Clara García-Astrain, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Xinliang Feng, Chiara Zanardi, Maurizio Prato. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2105028.

Electrochemiluminescent immunoassay enhancement driven by carbon nanotubes. Sara Rebeccani, Cecilia Wetzl, Valeria Anna Zamolo, Alejandro Criado, Giovanni Valenti, Francesco Paolucci, Maurizio Prato. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 9672-9675.

Tailored amorphization of graphitic carbon nitride triggers superior photocatalytic C-C coupling towards the synthesis of perfluoroalkyl derivatives. Mater. Chem. Front. 2021, 5, 7267-7275.

Biomedical applications: general discussion. Claudia Backes, Ranjan Kumar Behera, Alberto Bianco, Cinzia Casiraghi, Huan Doan, Alejandro Criado, Fernando Galembeck, Stuart Goldie, Alfredo Maria Gravagnuolo, Hui-Lei Hou, Ali Reza Kamali, Kostas Kostarelos, Vimal Kumar, Wai Hin Lee, Natalia Martsinovich, Vincenzo Palermo, Matteo Palma, Jinbo Pang, Maurizio Prato, Paolo Samori, Alessandro Silvestri, Suman Singh, Michael Strano, Cecilia Wetzl. Faraday Discuss. 2021, 227, 245-258.

Concluding remarks: chemistry of 2-dimensional materials: beyond graphene. Alessandro Silvestri, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato. Faraday Discuss. 2021, 227, 383-395.

2020

Stimuli-Responsive DNA Binding by Synthetic Systems. Rodríguez, J.; Mosquera, J.; Learte-Aymamí, S.; Vázquez, M.E.; Mascareñas, J.L. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 10, 2286-2298.

Suspended graphene arrays for gas sensing applications. Rakesh K Gupta, Faisal H Alqahtani, Omar M Dawood, Marco Carini, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato, Suresh K Garlapati, Gareth Jones, James Sexton, Krishna C Persaud, Caroline Dang, Umberto Monteverde, Mohamed Missous, Robert J Young, Stephen Boult, Neil Dixon, Leszek Majewski, Max A Migliorato. 2D Mater. 2020, 8, 025006.

Micelle-Directed Chiral Seeded-Growth on Anisotropic Gold Nanocrystals. González-Rubio, G.; Mosquera, J.; Kumar, V.; Pedrazo-Tardajos, A.; Llombart, P.; Solís, D. M.; Noya, E.G.; Guerrero-Martínez, A.; Taboada, J. M.; Obelleiro, F.; Macdowell, L. G.; Bals, S.; Liz-Marzán, L. M.  Science 2020, 368, 1472-1477.

Light-driven, heterogeneous organocatalysts for C-C bond formation toward valuable perfluoroalkylated intermediates. Giacomo Filippini, Francesco Longobardo, Luke Forster, Alejandro Criado, Graziano Di Carmine, Lucia Nasi, Carmine D’Agostino, Michele Melchionna, Paolo Fornasiero, Maurizio Prato. Sci. Adv. 2020, 6, eabc9923.

Reversible Control of Protein Corona Formation on Gold Nanoparticles Using Host-Guest Interactions.  Mosquera, J.; García, I.; Henriksen-Lacey, M.; Martínez-Calvo, M.; Dhanjani, M.; Mascareñas, J.L.; Liz-Marzán, L. M. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 5, 5382–5391.

Tailoring the sensing abilities of carbon nanodots obtained from olive solid wastes. Shadi Sawalha, Alessandro Silvestri, Alejandro Criado, Simona Bettini, Maurizio Prato, Ludovico Valli. Carbon 2020, 167, 696-708.

Water-mediated electrohydrogenation of CO2 at near-equilibrium potential by carbon nanotubes/cerium dioxide nanohybrids. Giovanni Valenti, Michele Melchionna, Tiziano Montini, Alessandro Boni, Lucia Nasi, Emiliano Fonda, Alejandro Criado, Andrea Zitolo, Silvia Voci, Giovanni Bertoni, Marcella Bonchio, Paolo Fornasiero, Francesco Paolucci, Maurizio Prato. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 8509-8518.

Graphene, other carbon nanomaterials and the immune system: toward nanoimmunity-by-design. Arianna Gazzi, Laura Fusco, Marco Orecchioni, Silvia Ferrari, Giulia Franzoni, J. Stephen Yan, Matthias Rieckher, Guotao Peng, Matteo Andrea Lucherelli, Isabella Anna Vacchi, Ngoc Do Quyen Chau, Alejandro Criado, Akcan Istif, Donato Mancino, Antonio Dominguez, Hagen Eckert, Ester Vázquez, Tatiana Da Ros, Paola Nicolussi, Vincenzo Palermo, Björn Schumacher, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Yiyong Mai, Cecilia Clementi, Matteo Pasquali, Xinliang Feng, Kostas Kostarelos, Acelya Yilmazer, Davide Bedognetti, Bengt Fadeel, Maurizio Prato, Alberto Bianco, Lucia Gemma Delogu. J. Phys. Mater. 2020, 3, 034009.

Concise, single-step synthesis of sulfur-enriched graphene: immobilization of molecular clusters and battery applications. Haruka Omachi, Tsukasa Inoue, Shuya Hatao, Hisanori Shinohara, Alejandro Criado, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Zois Syrgiannis, Maurizio Prato. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 7836-7841.

Mass spectrometry of carbohydrate-protein interactions on a glycan array conjugated to CVD graphene surfaces. Juan Pedro Merino, Sonia Serna, Alejandro Criado, Alba Centeno, Ilargi Napal, Javier Calvo, Amaia Zurutuza, Niels Reichardt, Maurizio Prato. 2D Mater. 2020, 7, 024003.

Electrochemically controlled cleavage of imine bonds on a graphene platform: towards new electro-responsive hybrids for drug release. Hui-Lei Hou, Lucia Cardo, Donato Mancino, Blanca Arnaiz, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato. Nanoscale 2020, 12, 23824-23830.

2019

Ex-solution synthesis of sub-5-nm FeOx nanoparticles on mesoporous hollow N,O-doped carbon nanoshells for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction. Slavko Kralj, Francesco Longobardo, Daniel Iglesias, Manuela Bevilacqua, Claudio Tavagnacco, Alejandro Criado, Juan Jose Delgado Jaen, Darko Makovec, Silvia Marchesan, Michele Melchionna, Maurizio Prato, Paolo Fornasiero. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 6092-6097.

Supramolecular caging for cytosolic delivery of anionic probes. Fernández-Caro, H.; Lostalé-Seijo, I.; Martínez, M.; Mosquera, J.; Mascareñas, J.L.; Montenegro, J.  Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 8930-8938.

Advanced carbon nanomaterials for electrochemiluminescent biosensor applications. Andrea Fiorani, Juan Pedro Merino, Alessandra Zanut, Alejandro Criado, Giovanni Valenti, Maurizio Prato, Francesco Paolucci. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2019, 16, 66-74.

Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Supramolecular Recognition. Mosquera, J.; Zhao, Y.; Jang, H.-J.; Xie, N.: Xu, C.; Kotov, N. A.; Liz-Marzán, L.M.  Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1902082. 

High-yield preparation of exfoliated 1T-MoS2 with SERS activity. Engin Er, Hui-Lei Hou, Alejandro Criado, Judith Langer, Marco Möller, Nevin erk, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Maurizio Prato. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 5725-5734.

Reducing Protein Corona Formation and Enhancing Colloidal Stability of Gold Nanoparticles by Capping with Silica Monolayers.  Mosquera, J.; García, I.; Henriksen-Lacey, M.; González-Rubio, G.; Liz-Marzán, L. M. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 57–61.

Selective electrocatalytic H2O2 generation by cobalt@N-doped graphitic carbon core-shell nanohybrids. Anna Lenarda, Manuela Bevilacqua, Claudio Tavagnacco, Lucia Nasi, Alejandro Criado, Francesco Vizza, Michele Melchionna, Maurizio Prato, Paolo Fornasiero. ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 1664-1672.

Size-Selective Hydroformylation by a Rhodium Catalyst Confined in a Supramolecular Cage.  Nurttila, S. S.; Brenner, W.; Mosquera, J.; van Vliet, K. M.; Nitschke, J. R.; Reek, J. N. H. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 609–620.

The reactivity of reduced graphene depends on solvation. Hui-Lei Hou, Juan Pedro Merino, Alejandro Criado, Andreas Hirsch, Maurizio Prato. 2D Mater. 2019, 6, 025009.

Waterproof Architectures through Subcomponent Self-Assembly. Percástegui, E. G.; Mosquera, J.; Ronson, T. K.; Plajer, A. J.; Kieffer, M.; Nitschke, J. R.  Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2006–2018.

Graphene hybrid materials? The role of graphene materials in the final structure of hydrogels. Cristina Martín, Ana Martín-Pacheco, Alicia Naranjo, Alejandro Criado, Sonia Merino, Enrique Díez-Barra, M. Antonia Herrero, Ester Vázquez. Nanoscale 2019, 11, 4822-4830.

2018

Plasmonic Detection of Carbohydrate-Mediated Biological Events. García, I.; Mosquera, J.; Plou, J.; Liz‐Marzán, L. M.  Adv. Opt. Mater. 2018, 6, 1800680.

Microwave-induced covalent functionalization of few-layer graphene with arynes under solvent-free conditions. Manuel V. Sulleiro, Sabela Quiroga, Diego Peña, Dolores Pérez, Enrique Guitián, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 2086—2089

Anion Exchange Drives Reversible Phase Transfer of Coordination Cages and Their Cargoes. Grommet, A. B.; Hoffman, J. B.; Percástegui, E. G.; Mosquera, J.; Howe, D. J.; Bolliger, J. L.; Nitschke, J. R.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14770–14776.

N-Doped Graphitized Carbon Nanohorns as a Forefront Electrocatalyst in Highly Selective O2 Reduction to H2O2. Daniel Iglesias, Angela Giuliani, Michele Melchionna, Silvia Marchesan, Alejandro Criado, Lucia Nasi, Manuela Bevilacqua, Claudio Tavagnacco, Francesco Vizza, Maurizio Prato, Paolo Fornasiero. Chem 2018, 4, 106-123.

Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles versus Small Molecules: A Matter of Size. Mosquera, J.; García, I.; Liz-Marzán, L. M.  Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2305–2313. (*Corresponding author)

Intracellular Deprotection Reactions Mediated by Palladium Complexes Equipped with Designed Phosphine Ligands.  Martínez-Calvo, M.; Couceiro, J. R.; Destito, P.; Rodríguez, J.; Mosquera, J.; Mascareñas, J. L. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 6055–6061.

Cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles triggered by host-guest interactions. Mosquera, J.; Henriksen-Lacey, M.; García, I.; Martínez-Calvo, M.; Rodríguez, J.; Mascareñas, J.L.; Liz-Marzán, L. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4469-3372. (*Corresponding author)

Selective Anion Extraction and Recovery Using a FeII4L4 Cage.  Zhang, D.; Ronson, T. K.; Mosquera, J.; Martinez, A.; Nitschke, J. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3717–3721.

DNA-Binding Miniproteins Based on Zinc Fingers. Assessment of the Interaction Using Nanopores.  Rodríguez, J.; Learte-Aymamí, S.; Mosquera, J.; Celaya, G.; Rodríguez-Larrea, D.; Vázquez, M. E.; Mascareñas, J. L. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 4118–4123.

2017

Anion Exchange Renders Hydrophobic Capsules and Cargoes Water‐Soluble. Percástegui, E.; Mosquera, J.; Nitschke, J. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9136-9140. (*Authors contributed equally)

Differential cytotoxic effects of graphene and graphene oxide on skin keratinocytes. Marco Pelin, Laura Fusco, Verónica León, Cristina Martín, Alejandro Criado, Silvio Sosa, Ester Vázquez, Aurelia Tubaro, Maurizio Prato. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 40572.

Anion Binding in Water Drives Structural Adaptation in an Azaphosphatrane-Functionalized FeII4L4 Tetrahedron. Zhang, D.; Ronson, T. K.; Mosquera, J.; Martinez, A., Guy, L.; Nitschke, J. R.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6574-6577.

Highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence detection of a prostate cancer biomarker. Arturo Juzgado, Alice Soldà, Adrian Ostric, Alejandro Criado, Giovanni Valenti, Stefania Rapino, Giamaica Conti, Giulio Fracasso, Francesco Paolucci, Maurizio Prato. J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5, 6681-6687.

Sequence-selective encapsulation and protection of long peptides by a self-assembled FeII8L6 cubic cage. Mosquera, J.; Szyszko, B.; Ho, S. K. Y.; Nitschke, R. J.  Nature Communications 2017, 8, 14882.

Promises, facts and challenges for graphene in biomedical applications. Giacomo Reina, José Miguel González-Domínguez, Alejandro Criado, Ester Vázquez, Alberto Bianco, Maurizio Prato. Chem Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 4400-4416.

Anion Recognition as a Supramolecular Switch of Cell Internalisation. Rodríguez, J.; Mosquera, J.; Couceiro, J.; Nitschke, J. R.; Vázquez, M. E.; Mascareñas, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 55-58.

Recent Advances of Graphene-based Hybrids with Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications. Núria Alegret, Alejandro Criado, Maurizio Prato. Curr. Med. Chem. 2017, 24, 529-536.