• Fluorinated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: Interactions with cell membrane 

      Martín-Romero, M.T.; Argudo, Pablo G.; Camacho, Luis; Carril, Mónica; Carrillo-Carrión, C.; Giner-Casares, Juan J. (Elsevier, 2019)
      Fluorescent inorganic quantum dots are highly promising for biomedical applications as sensing and imaging agents. However, the low internalization of the quantum dots, as well as for most of the nanoparticles, by living ...
    • Folding of cytosine-based nucleolipid monolayer by guanine recognition at the air-water interface 

      Argudo, Pablo G.; Muñoz, Eulogia; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Camacho, Luis; Martín-Romero, M.T. (Elsevier, 2019)
      Monolayers of a cytosine-based nucleolipid (1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-(cytidine diphosphate) (ammonium salt), CDP-DG) at basic subphase have been prepared at the air-water interface both in absence and presence of ...
    • Optimization of Amino Acid Sequence of Fmoc-Dipeptides for Interaction with Lipid Membranes 

      Argudo, Pablo G.; Contreras-Montoya, Rafael; Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Luis; Camacho, Luis; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Martín-Romero, M.T. (ACS Publications, 2019)
      Fmoc-dipeptides appear as highly relevant building blocks in smart hydrogels and nanovehicles for biological applications. The interactions of the Fmocdipeptides with the cell membrane determine the efficiency of the ...
    • Surface-Active Fluorinated Quantum Dots for Enhanced Cellular Uptake 

      Argudo, Pablo G.; Carril, Mónica; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Carrillo-Carrión, C.; Martín-Romero, M.T. (Wiley, 2019)
      Fluorescent nanoparticles, such as quantum dots, hold great potential for biomedical applications, mainly sensing and bioimaging. However, the inefficient cell uptake of some nanoparticles hampers their application in ...
    • Unravelling the 2D self-assembly of Fmoc-dipeptides at fluid interfaces 

      Argudo, Pablo G.; Contreras-Montoya, Rafael; Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Luis; Cuerva, Juan M.; Cano, Manuel; Alba-Molina, David; Camacho, Luis; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Martín-Romero, M.T. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018)
      Dipeptides self-assemble into supramolecular structures showing plenty of applications in the nanotechnology and biomedical fields. A set of Fmoc-dipeptides with different aminoacid sequences has been synthesized and their ...