The invention relates to virucidal compounds, virucidal compositions comprising thereof and uses thereof in treatment of viral infections, for sterilizations and for disinfections. ...

2018

Mass spectrometry and Monte Carlo method mapping of nanoparticle ligand shell morphology

Francesco Stellacci, Zhi Luo, Jing Hou, Yanfei Zhao, Yue Wang

Janus, patchy, stripe-like, or random arrangements of molecules within the ligand shell of nanoparticles affect many properties. Among all existing ligand shell morphology characterization methods, the one based on mass spectroscopy is arguably the simples ...

Nature Publishing Group2018

Bimodal atomic force microscopy for the characterization of thiolated self-assembled monolayers

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Nikolaos Nianias, Evangelia-Nefeli Athanasopoulou

Surface coatings are becoming an integral part of materials. In recent years, molecular coatings have found larger acceptance and uses. Among them, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are attractive due to their inherent versatility, manufacturability, and sc ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

Virucidal metallic nanoparticles and uses thereof

Francesco Stellacci, Valeria Cagno

The invention relates to virucidal metallic nanoparticles, virucidal compositions comprising thereof and uses thereof in treatment and/or prevention of viral infections, for sterilizations and for disinfections. ...

2018

Distribution of superparamagnetic Au/Fe nanoparticles in an isolated guinea pig brain with an intact blood brain barrier

Francesco Stellacci, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva

Diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders, such as epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases and tumors, would benefit from innovative approaches to deliver therapeutic or diagnostic compounds into the brain parenchyma, with either a homogeneous or a targeted ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

3D to 2D reorganization of silver-thiol nanostructures, triggered by solvent vapor annealing

Francesco Stellacci, Sergio Allegri

Metal-organic composites are of great interest for a wide range of applications. The control of their structure remains a challenge, one of the problems being a complex interplay of covalent and supramolecular interactions. This paper describes the self-as ...

2018

From Nano- to Micrometer Scale: The Role of Antisolvent Treatment on High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Francesco Stellacci, Peng Gao, Evangelia-Nefeli Athanasopoulou, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Pascal Alexander Schouwink

To date, antisolvent treatment has become one of the most important means to fabricate high efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs); however, the few reported antisolvents have not been analyzed on a uniform platform, and there is hitherto no clear reason ...

American Chemical Society2017

A novel synthetic approach of cerium oxide nanoparticles with improved biomedical activity

Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Francesco Stellacci, Marta Mameli, Fanny Caputo

Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CNPs) are novel synthetic antioxidant agents proposed for treating oxidative stress-related diseases. The synthesis of high-quality CNPs for biomedical applications remains a challenging task. A major concern for a safe use of C ...

Nature Research2017

Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Applications of Multimodal Gold-Iron Nanoparticles

Francesco Stellacci

Bimetallic particles based on gold and iron have been gathering increasing interest in biomedical applications because of the synergic combination of the plasmonic features of the inert gold component with the magnetic properties of the iron or iron oxide ...

Bentham Science Publishers2017

High-throughput quantitation of inorganic nanoparticle biodistribution at the single-cell level using mass cytometry

Francesco Stellacci, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir, Li Tang

Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are studied as drug carriers, radiosensitizers and imaging agents, and characterizing nanoparticle biodistribution is essential for evaluating their efficacy and safety. Tracking NPs at the single-cell level with current techn ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Host-guest chemistry with water-soluble gold nanoparticle supraspheres

Francesco Stellacci, Benjamin Timothée Nicolas Le Ouay

The uptake of molecular guests, a hallmark of the supramolecular chemistry of cages and containers, has yet to be documented for soluble assemblies of metal nanoparticles. Here we demonstrate that gold nanoparticle-based supraspheres serve as a host for th ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Fluorinated and Charged Hydrogenated Alkanethiolates Grafted on Gold: Expanding the Diversity of Mixed-Monolayer Nanoparticles for Biological Applications

Francesco Stellacci

Low intrinsic toxicity, high solubility, and stability are important and necessary features of gold nanoparticles to be used in the biomedical field. In this context, charged nanoparticles proved to be very versatile, and among them charged mixed-monolayer ...

American Chemical Society2017

Nanoparticles comprising a metal core surrounded by a monolayer for lymph node targeting

Francesco Stellacci, Ye Yang, Ahmet Bekdemir

Amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (amph-NPs), composed of gold cores surrounded by an amphiphilic mixed organic ligand shell, are capable of embedding within and traversing lipid membranes. Active agent is bound thereto for use in vaccine and other adjuvant t ...

2017

Characterization of Ligand Shell for Mixed-Ligand Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Zhi Luo

Gold nanoparticles owe a large number of their properties to their ligand shell. Indeed, many researchers routinely use mixtures of ligand molecules for their nanoparticles to impart complex property sets. It has been shown that the morphology of ligand sh ...

American Chemical Society2017

Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as High Efficiency Magnetic Resonance Imaging T-2 Contrast Agent

Kurt Schenk, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Arash Alahgholipour Omrani, Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Tamara Michael Carney, Ping Huang, Lin Yang

Nanoparticle-based magnetic resonance imaging T-2 negative agents are of great interest, and much effort is devoted to increasing cell loading capability while maintaining low cytotoxicity. Herein, two classes of mixed-ligand protected magnetic-responsive, ...

American Chemical Society2017

Freestanding Ultrathin Nanoparticle Membranes Assembled at Transient Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Francesco Stellacci, Sergio Allegri, Stefan Guldin, Zhi Luo, Benjamin Timothée Nicolas Le Ouay

A synthetic route is presented for the realization of ultrathin freestanding nanoparticle membranes that are built of gold nanoparticles protected with trimethoxysilane-bearing ligands. The mechanism relies on interfacial assembly in an oil-water mixture. ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

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