People
Ricardo Franco
Research Lab Leader
Email
ricardo.franco@fct.unl.pt
Lab
Phone number
(+351) 212949659 (ext: 10957)
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- de Almeida, MP; Rodrigues, C; Novais, A; Grosso, F; Leopold, N; Peixe, L; Franco, R; Pereira, E. 2023. Silver Nanostar-Based SERS for the Discrimination of Clinically Relevant Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae Species and Clones. BIOSENSORS-BASEL, 13, DOI: 10.3390/bios13020149
- Enea, M; de Almeida, MP; Dias, A; Ferreira, B; Bernardes, C; Flores, O; Pereira, E; Franco, R. 2022. Improved Gold Nanoprobes for Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms: The Influence of Size. PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION, DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.202200137
- Costa, C; Cadete, J; de Almeidab, MP; Pereira, E; Krippahl, L; Franco, R. 2021. Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins. ANNALS OF MEDICINE, 53, DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2021.1896884
- Oliveira, MJ; Cunha, I; de Almeida, MP; Calmeiro, T; Fortunato, E; Martins, R; Pereira, L; Byrne, HJ; Pereira, E; Aguas, H; Franco, R. 2021. Reusable and highly sensitive SERS immunoassay utilizing gold nanostars and a cellulose hydrogel-based platform. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, DOI: 10.1039/d1tb01404h
- Caro, C; Gamez, F; Quaresma, P; Paez-Munoz, JM; Dominguez, A; Pearson, JR; Leal, MP; Beltran, AM; Fernandez-Afonso, Y; de la Fuente, JM; Franco, R; Pereira, E; Garcia-Martin, ML. 2021. Fe3O4-Au Core-Shell Nanoparticles as a Multimodal Platform for In Vivo Imaging and Focused Photothermal Therapy. MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS, 13, DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13030416
- Silveira, CM; Zumpano, R; Moreira, M; de Almeida, MP; Oliveira, MJ; Bento, M; Montez, C; Paixao, I; Franco, R; Pereira, E; Almeida, MG. 2019. Star-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles as Friendly Interfaces for Protein Electrochemistry: the Case Study of Cytochrome c. ChemElectroChem, 6, DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901393
- Tomás, Ana Luísa; Peixoto de Almeida, Miguel; Cardoso, Fernando; Pinto, Mafalda; Pereira, Eulália; Franco, Ricardo; Matos, Olga. 2019. Development of a Gold Nanoparticle-Based Lateral-Flow Immunoassay for Pneumocystis Pneumonia Serological Diagnosis at Point-of-Care. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02917
- Oliveira, Maria João; Peixoto de Almeida, Miguel; Nunes, Daniela; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Pereira, Eulália; JByrne, Hugh; Águas, Hugo; Franco, Ricardo. 2019. Design and Simple Assembly of Gold Nanostar Bioconjugates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Immunoassays. Nanomaterials, 9(11), DOI: 10.3390/nano9111561
- Caro, C; Quaresma, P; Pereira, E; Franco, J; Leal, MP; Garcia-Martin, ML; Royo, JL; Oliva-Montero, JM; Merkling, PJ; Zaderenko, AP; Pozo, D; Franco, R. 2019. Synthesis and Characterization of Elongated-Shaped Silver Nanoparticles as a Biocompatible Anisotropic SERS Probe for Intracellular Imaging: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Verification. Nanomaterials, 9, DOI: 10.3390/nano9020256
- de Almeida, MP; Leopold, N; Franco, R; Pereiral, E. 2019. Expedite SERS Fingerprinting of Portuguese White Wines Using Plasmonic Silver Nanostars. Frontiers in Chemistry, 7, DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00368
Main research interests
- Development of nanostructures and nanostructured materials functionalized with DNA, antibodies or proteins for application in nano-biodiagnostics and biosensors. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of plasmonic and nanostructured (bio)systems