People
Ricardo Franco
Research Lab Leader
Email
ricardo.franco@fct.unl.pt
Lab
Phone number
(+351) 212949659 (ext: 10957)
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Tomas, AL; Pinto, M; Cardoso, F; de Almeida, MP; de Sousa, B; Pereira, E; Franco, R; Matos, O. 2019. Application of synthetic recombinant multi-epitope antigens and gold nanoparticles for a Pneumocystis pneumonia rapid diagnostic test. ANNALS OF MEDICINE, 51, DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1561853
- Peitinho, DJ; de Almeida, MP; Pereira, E; Krippahl, L; Franco, R. 2019. Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins to define disease states. ANNALS OF MEDICINE, 51, DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1561803
- 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
- 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