Hybrid Photonic Nanostructures by In Vivo Incorporation of an Organic Fluorophore into Diatom Algae

From polydisperse diatomaceous earth to biosilica with specific morphologies by glucose gradient/dialysis: a natural material for cell growth

(2017) S.R. Cicco et al.   MRS Communications

Diatom silica, an emerging biomaterial for energy conversion and storage

(2017) Xiao Wen Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthetic Antenna Functioning As Light Harvester in the Whole Visible Region for Enhanced Hybrid Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

(2016) Omar Hassan Omar et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials from bio-medicine to photonics

(2016) Roberta Ragni et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Synthetic vs Natural: Diatoms Bioderived Porous Materials for the Next Generation of Healthcare Nanodevices

(2016) Ilaria Rea et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Light Manipulation by Single Cells: The Case of Diatoms

(2016) Edoardo De Tommasi   Journal of Spectroscopy

Diatom silica biomineralization: Parallel development of approaches and understanding

(2015) Mark Hildebrand et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Targeted drug delivery using genetically engineered diatom biosilica

(2015) Bahman Delalat et al.   Nature Communications

Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug-Delivery and Antioxidant Properties

(2015) Stefania R. Cicco et al.   ChemPlusChem

“Garnishing” the photosynthetic bacterial reaction center for bioelectronics

(2015) Alessandra Operamolla et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Structure-based optical filtering by the silica microshell of the centric marine diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii

(2014) K. Kieu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optical Properties of Diatom Nanostructured Biosilica in Arachnoidiscus sp: Micro-Optics from Mother Nature

(2014) Maria Antonietta Ferrara et al.   PLoS One

Synthesis of Functionalized Aryleneethynylene Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Electronics by Pd-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions

(2013) Alessandra Operamolla et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

Enhancing the Light Harvesting Capability of a Photosynthetic Reaction Center by a Tailored Molecular Fluorophore

(2012) Francesco Milano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An aryleneethynylene fluorophore for cell membrane staining

(2012) Antonio Cardone et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

An overview of the fundamentals of the chemistry of silica with relevance to biosilicification and technological advances

(2012) David J. Belton et al.   FEBS Journal

The potential of diatom nanobiotechnology for applications in solar cells, batteries, and electroluminescent devices

(2011) Clayton Jeffryes et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Staining diatoms with rhodamine dyes: control of emission colour in photonic biocomposites

(2011) M. Kucki et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Applications of diatoms and silica nanotechnology in biosensing, drug and gene delivery, and formation of complex metal nanostructures

(2011) Jafar Ezzati Nazhad Dolatabadi et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Novel fluorescent dyes based on oligopropylamines for the in vivo staining of eukaryotic unicellular algae

(2010) V.V. Annenkov et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Multi-wavelength study of light transmitted through a single marine centric diatom

(2010) E. De Tommasi et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for investigating adsorbed nonresonant molecules on single-crystal surfaces: tip regeneration, probe molecule, and enhancement effect

(2009) Zheng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

New tools for labeling silica in living diatoms

(2009) Julien Desclés et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Glass Menagerie: diatoms for novel applications in nanotechnology

(2009) Richard Gordon et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Electroluminescence and Photoluminescence from Nanostructured Diatom Frustules Containing Metabolically Inserted Germanium

(2008) Clayton Jeffryes et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS