Publications
1. L.L. del Mercato, A.Z. Abbasi, Markus Ochs, W.J. Parak “Shell-in-Shell sensor capsules engineered with barcode technology for multiplex ion sensing in live cell”. ACS Nano, accepted, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn203344w.
2. L.L. del Mercato, A.Z. Abbasi, V. Puntes, W.J. Parak “Synthesis and evaluation of gold nanoparticles-polyelectrolyte capsules under Microwave irradiation”. Journal of Material Chemistry, 21, 11468-11471, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/c0jm03638b.
3. A.Z. Abbasi, L. Gutiérrez, L.L. del Mercato, F. Herranz, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer, W.J. Parak, M.P. Morales, J.M. González, A. Hernandoe, P. de la Presa. “Magnetic microcapsules for NMR imaging and drug delivery: Effect of magnetic nanoparticles spatial distribution and aggregation.” Journal of Physical Chemistry, 115: 6257–6264, 2011, DOI:10.1021/jp1118234.
4. L.L. del Mercato, A.Z. Abbasi, W.J. Parak “Synthesis and characterization of ratiometric ion-sensitive polyelectrolyte capsules”. Small, 7: 351–363, 2011. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201001144.
5. L.L. del Mercato*, A. Kolbe*, A.Z. Abbasi, P. Rivera_Gil, S.J. Gorzini, W. H.C.Huibers, B. Poolman, W.J. Parak, A. Herrmann . “De Novo Design of Supercharged Proteins and their Assembly into Supramolecular Aggregates”, (*equally contributing authors). Macromol Rapid Comm, 32: 186–190, 2011. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000491.
6. L.L. del Mercato*, P. Rivera Gil, A.Z. Abbasi, M. Ochs, C. Ganas, I. Zins, C. Sönnichsen, W.J. Parak. “LbL Multilayer Capsules: recent progress and future outlook for their use in life sciences”, Nanoscale, 2, 458–467, 2010 (*corresponding author).
7. P. Rivera Gil, D. Hühn, L.L. del Mercato, D.Sasse, W.J. Parak. “Nanopharmacy: Inorganic nanoscale devices as vectors and active compounds”, Pharmacological Research Journal, 62, 115-125, 2010.
8. S. Sabella, P.P. Pompa, B. Sorce, L.L. del Mercato, and R. Rinaldi “Amyloid fibrils: from nature to nanotechnology” in Functional Amyloid Aggregation, Research Signpost (2010, under release). ISBN
978-81-308-0425-5 (Editors: Stefania Rigacci and Monica Bucciantini).
9. J. Peteiro-Cartelle, M. Rodríguez-Pedreira, F. Zhang, Gil P. Rivera, L.L. del Mercato, W.J. Parak. “One example on how colloidal nano- and microparticles could contribute to medicine”, Nanomedicine, 4, 967-979, 2009.
10. M.del Puerto Morales, M.F. Bedard, A.G. Roca, P. de la Presa, A. Hernando, F. Zhang, M. Zanella, A.Z. Abbasi, G.B. Sukhorukov, L.L. del Mercato, W.J. Parak “Relaxation times of colloidal iron platinum in polymer matrixes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 6381–6386, 2009.
11. R. Chiuri, G. Maiorano, A. Rizzello, L.L. del Mercato, R. Cingolani, R. Rinaldi, M. Maffia, PP. Pompa “Exploring local flexibility/rigidity in psychrophilic and mesophilic carbonic anhydrases”, Biophysical Journal, 4:1586-96, 2009.
12. L.L. del Mercato*, P. Rivera Gil*, P. del Pino, A. Munuz_Javier, W.J. Parak. “Nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules”, Nano Today, 3, 3-4, 2008 (*equally contributing authors).
13. L.L. del Mercato*, G. Maruccio, P.P. Pompa, B. Bochicchio, A.M. Tamburro, R. Cingolani and R. Rinaldi, “Amyloid-like fibrils in elastin-related polypeptides: structural characterization and elastic properties” Biomacromolecules, 9:796–803, 2008 (*corresponding author).
14. L.L. del Mercato*, P.P. Pompa, G. Maruccio, A. Della Torre, S. Sabella, A.M. Tamburro, R. Cingolani and R. Rinaldi, “Charge transport and intrinsic fluorescence in amyloid-like fibrils”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 46:18019-18024, 2007 (*corresponding author).
15. P.P. Pompa, L. Martiradonna, A. Della Torre, L. Carbone, L.L. del Mercato, L. Manna, M. De Vittorio, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani and R. Rinaldi, “Fluorescence enhancement in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals by metallic nanopatterns”, Sensors & Actuators B, 126:187-192, 2007.
16. A. Della Torre, P.P. Pompa, R. Chiuri, L.L. del Mercato, R. Krahne, G. Maruccio, L. Carbone, L. Manna, R. Cingolani and R. Rinaldi, S. Shiv Shankar and M. Sastry, “Interconnection of specific nano-objects by electron-beam lithography - a controllable method”, Materials Science and Engineering C, 2007, available online, doi:10.1016/j.msec.2007.01.009.
17. A. Della Torre, P.P. Pompa, L.L. del Mercato, R. Cingolani, R. Rinaldi, S. Shiv Shankar and M. Sastry, “Interconnecting single nano-objects on surfaces for transport experiments”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 24, 6:2765-2768, 2006.
18. P.P. Pompa, A. Della Torre, L.L. del Mercato, R. Chiuri, A. Bramanti, F. Calabi, G. Maruccio, R. Cingolani, and R. Rinaldi, “Charge transport in disordered films of non-redox proteins”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 021103, 2006.
19. P.P. Pompa, R. Chiuri, L. Manna, T. Pellegrino, L.L. del Mercato, W.J. Parak, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani, R. Rinaldi, “Fluorescence resonance energy transfer induced by conjugation of metalloproteins to nanoparticles”, Chemical Physics Letters, 417: 351-357, 2006.
20. P.P. Pompa, A. Bramanti, G. Maruccio, L.L. del Mercato, R. Chiuri, R. Cingolani, and R. Rinaldi, “Effects of high external electric fields on protein conformation”, Proceedings of SPIE, 5838, 171-81, 2005.
21. P.P. Pompa, A. Bramanti, G. Maruccio, L.L. del Mercato, R. Cingolani, and R. Rinaldi, “Solid-state proteins for nanobioelectronic applications”, FEBS Journal, 272 (S1) 387, 2005.
22. V. Frascerra, G. Maruccio, V. Arima, L.L. del Mercato, P.P. Pompa, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani, and R. Rinaldi, “Scanning Probe Microscopy as tool to study the stability of azurin in air”, FEBS Journal, 272 (S1) 304, 2005.
23. P.P. Pompa, A. Bramanti, G. Maruccio, L.L. del Mercato, R. Cingolani, and R. Rinaldi, “Ageing of solid-state protein films: behavior of azurin at ambient conditions”, Chemical Physics Letters, 404: 59-62, 2005.
