NanoBioPhotonics Group   |   PUBLICATIONS

2023

“The Role of Stablizing Copolymer in Determining the Physicochemical Properties of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles and Their Nanomedical Applications”. Miao Zhao, Anton Uzunoff, Mark Green, Aliaksandra Rakovich. Nanomaterials 13, 1543 (2023).

2021

“Theranostic Near-Infrared-Active Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles ”. Miao Zhao, Edward Leggett, Struan Bourke, Souzana Poursanidou, Sadie Carter-Searjeant, Steve Po, Marciano Palma do Carmo, Lea Ann Dailey, Philip Manning, Sean G Ryan, Laura Urbano, Mark A Green, Aliaksandra Rakovich. Accepted for publication in ACS Nano.

2020

“Template Dissolution Interfacial Patterning of Single Colloids for Nanoelectrochemistry and Nanosensing”. Joong Bum Lee, Harriet Walker, Yi Li, Tae Won Nam, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Riccardo Sapienza, Yeon Sik Jung, Yoon Sung Nam*, Stefan A. Maier, and Emiliano Cortés*. ACS Nano 14, 17693-17703 (2020).

“Nanophotonic approaches to biosensing applications”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Steve Po, Marciano Palma do Carmo, Miao Zhao, Edward Leggett, Sadie Carter-Searjeant, Harriet Walker, Alberto Lauri, Sebastian Anguiano, Maxi Guyon, Andres Reynoso, Laura Urbano, Emiliano Cortes, Paloma Arroyo Huidobro, Philip Manning, Alex Fainstein, Stefan A. Maier, Maria Laura Pedano, Mark Green. 2020 International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO), 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285527.

“Conjugated polymer nanoparticles as multi-modal photodynamic therapy probes”. Miao Zhao, Edward Leggett, Sadie Carter-Searjeant, Steve Po, Marciano Palma do Carmo, Laura Urbano, Philip Manning, Mark Green, Aliaksandra Rakovich. 2020 International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO), 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285911.

“Plasmonic control of analyte motion”. Marciano Palma do Carmo, Steve Po, Miao Zhao, Alberto Lauri, Paloma Arroyo Huidobro, Aliaksandra Rakovich. 2020 International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO), 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285768.

“Hybrid plasmonic-SERS based biosensing”. Steve Po, Marciano Palma do Carmo, Miao Zhao, Sebastian Anguiano, Maxi Guyon, Andres Reynoso, Emiliano Cortes, Stefan Maier, Alex Fainstein, Maria Laura Pedano, Aliaksandra Rakovich. 2020 International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO), 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285508.

2019

“Collective modes of self-assembled supercluster metamaterials: towards label-free sensing”. Alberto Lauri, Leonora Velleman, Xiaofei Xiao, Emiliano Cortes, Joshua B. Edel, Vincenzo Giannini, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Stefan A. Maier. Proc. SPIE 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 1120729 (2019). DOI: 10.1117/12.2530098.

2018

“3D confocal Raman mapping of field enhancement inside supercluster metamaterials (Conference Presentation)”. Alberto Lauri, Leonora Velleman, Xiaofei Xiao, Emiliano Cortés, Joshua B Edel, Vincenzo Giannini, Aliaksandra Rakovich. Proc. SPIE 10671, Metamaterials XI, 106711O (2018). DOI: 10.1117/12.2307201.

“ Semiconductor versus graphene quantum dots as fluorescent probes for cancer diagnosis and therapy applications”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Tatsiana Rakovich. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6, 2690-2712 (2018).

2017

“Low-loss dielectric nanoantennas for surface-enhanced spectroscopies and nonlinear photonics (Conference Presentation)”. Gustavo Grinblat, Yi Li, Javier Cambiasso, Toshishiko Shibanuma, Michael P. Nielsen, Emiliano Cortés, Pablo Albella Echave, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Rupert F. Oulton, Stefan A. Maier. Proc. SPIE 10353, Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: Nanostructured Devices and Applications 2017, 103530T (2017). DOI: 10.1117/12.2273790.

“3D confocal Raman tomography to probe field enhancements inside supercluster metamaterials”. Alberto Lauri, Leonora Velleman, Xiaofei Xiao, Emiliano Cortés, Joshua B Edel, Vincenzo Giannini, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Stefan A Maier. ACS Photonics, 4, 2070-2077 (2017).

“Bridging the gap between dielectric nanophotonics and the visible regime with effectively lossless gallium phosphide antennas”. Javier Cambiasso, Gustavo Grinblat, Yi Li, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Emiliano Cortés, Stefan A Maier. Nano Letters 17, 1219-1225 (2017).

“Avoiding non-radiative decay pathways in emitter-nanoantenna systems for large-scale technological implementations”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Rodrigo Berté, Javier Cambiasso and Stefan A. Maier. In Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures, pp. 168-171 (2017)

2016

“Hybrid gap plasmon waveguides on the silicon-on-insulator platform for adiabatic nanofocusing”. Michael P. Nielsen, Lucas Lafone, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Themistoklis P. H. Sidiropoulos, Mohsen Rahmani, Stefan A. Maier, Rupert F. Oulton. 2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2016, pp. 1-2.

“Adiabatic nanofocusing in hybrid gap plasmon waveguides on the silicon-on-insulator platform”. Michael P. Nielsen, Lucas Lafone, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Themistoklis PH Sidiropoulos, Mohsen Rahmani, Stefan A. Maier, Rupert F. Oulton. Nano Letters 16, 1410-1414 (2016).

2015

“Plasmonic control of radiative properties of semiconductor quantum dots coupled to plasmonic ring cavities”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Pablo Albella, Stefan A. Maier. ACS Nano, 9, 2648-2658 (2015).

“Plasmon-controlled emission of semiconductor quantum dots coupled to metallic ring cavities”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Pablo Albella, Stefan A. Maier. In Physics, Chemistry and Applications of Nanostructures, pp. 65-68 (2015).

2014

“Linear and nonlinear optical effects induced by energy transfer from semiconductor nanoparticles to photosynthetic biological systems”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Vladimir Oleinikov, Michael Molinari, Alyona Sukhanova, Igor Nabiev, Yury P. Rakovich. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 20, 17-32 (2014).

“Highly sensitive single domain antibody–quantum dot conjugates for detection of HER2 biomarker in lung and breast cancer cells”. Tatsiana Y. Rakovich, Omar K. Mahfoud, Bashir M. Mohamed, Adriele Prina-Mello, Kieran Crosbie-Staunton, Tina Van Den Broeck, Line De Kimpe, Alyona Sukhanova, Daniel Baty, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Stefan A. Maier, Frauke Alves, Frans Nauwelaers, Igor Nabiev, Patrick Chames, Yuri Volkov. ACS nano, 8, 5682-5695 (2014).

2013

“Measuring the lateral size of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets with dynamic light scattering”. Mustafa Lotya, Aliaksandra Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Jonathan N. Coleman. Nanotechnology, 24, 265703 (2013).

“Large enhancement of nonlinear optical response in a hybrid nanobiomaterial consisting of bacteriorhodopsin and cadmium telluride quantum dots”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Igor Nabiev, Alyona Sukhanova, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Yury P Rakovich, John F Donegan. ACS Nano, 7, 2154-2160 (2013).

2012

“Extension of the spectral range of bacteriorhodopsin functional activity by energy transfer from quantum dots”. Vladimir Oleinikov, Nicolas Bouchonville, Alyona Sukhanova, Michael Molinari, Svetlana Sizova, Konstantin Mochalov, Anton Chistyakov, Evgeniy Lukashev, Aliaksandra Rakovich, John F Donegan, Igor Nabiev. Proc. SPIE 8464, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications V, 84640Z (2012).
DOI: 10.1117/12.929764.

“Towards white luminophores: developing luminescent silica on the nanoscale”. Gemma-Louise Davies, Joseph E McCarthy, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Yurii K Gun'ko. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 7358-7365 (2012).

2011

“Semiconductor quantum dots as light-harvesting antennae for artificial photosynthesis applications”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Alyona Sukhanova, Evgeniy Lukashev, Vadim Zagidullin, Vladimir Pachenko, Andrei B Rubin, Yury P Rakovich, Alexander O Govorov, Igor Nabiev, John F Donegan. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. "American Chemical Society - 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition" 2011.

“Energy transfer from quantum dots improves proton pumping and photovoltaic proprieties of membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin within the QD/bacteriorhodopsin hybrid material”. Alyona Sukhanova, Nicolas Bouchonville, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Michael Molinari, Yuri P Rakovich, John F Donegan, Michel Troyon, Vladimir A Oleinikov, Mikhail Artemyev, Igor Nabiev. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. "American Chemical Society - 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition" 2011.

2010

“Fluorescent quantum dots as artificial antennas for enhanced light harvesting and energy transfer to photosynthetic reaction centers”. Igor Nabiev, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Alyona Sukhanova, Evgeniy Lukashev, Vadim Zagidullin, Vladimir Pachenko, Yury P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Andrei B. Rubin, Alexander O. Govorov. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49, 7217-7221 (2010).

“Resonance energy transfer improves the biological function of bacteriorhodopsin within a hybrid material built from purple membranes and semiconductor quantum dots”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Alyona Sukhanova, Nicolas Bouchonville, Evgeniy Lukashev, Vladimir Oleinikov, Mikhail Artemyev, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Michael Molinari, Michel Troyon, Yury P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Igor Nabiev. Nano Letters, 10, 2640-2648 (2010).

“Photosensitizer methylene blue-semiconductor nanocrystals hybrid system for photodynamic therapy”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Tatsiana Rakovich, Vincent Kelly, Vladimir Lesnyak, Alexander Eychmüller, Yury P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10, 2656-2662 (2010).

“CdTe quantum dot/dye hybrid system as photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Diana Savateeva, Tatsiana Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Yury P. Rakovich, Vincent Kelly, Vladimir Lesnyak, Alexander Eychmüller. Nanoscale Research Letters, 5, 753-760 (2010).

2009

“Energy transfer processes in semiconductor quantum dots: bacteriorhodopsin hybrid system”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Alyona Sukhanova, Nicolas Bouchonville, Michael Molinari, Michel Troyon, Jacques H. M. Cohen, Yury Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Igor Nabiev. Proc. SPIE 7366, Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications III, 736620 (2009). DOI: 10.1117/12.821731.

“Optical Studies of the Methylene Blue-Semiconductor Nanocrystals Hybrid System”. Aliaksandra Rakovich, Yury P Rakovich, John F Donegan. e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, 7, 349-353 (2009).

2008

“Decorated wires as a reaction product of the microwave-assisted synthesis of CdSe in the presence of glycine”. Aliaksandra Y. Rakovich, Verena Stockhausen, Andrei S. Susha, Sameer Sapra, Andrey L. Rogach. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 317, 737-741 (2008).

2007

“ Jelly dots: synthesis and cytotoxicity studies of CdTe quantum dot–gelatin nanocomposites”. Stephen J. Byrne, Yvonne Williams, Anthony Davies, Serena A. Corr, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Yury P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Yuri Volkov. Small, 3, 1152-1156 (2007).

“Decorated nanowires as a product of microwave synthesis of CdSe in presence of glycine”. Andrei S. Susha, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Sameer Sapra, Andrey L. Rogach, Jochen Feldmann. In Physics, Chemistry And Application Of Nanostructures: Reviews and Short Notes, 293-296 (2007).