Outreach:
"Nanotecnologías y Medicina". A. Franco Pérez, G. Prado Prone. Ciencia y Desarrollo 39 [268], 6 (2013).
"Nanotecnología: Materiales pequeños para grandes aplicaciones". A. Franco. Expresión Universitaria y Tecnológica / Boletín Informativo de la Universidad Tecnológica Fidel Velázquez 1 [1], 8 (2013).
"Síntesis de nanotubos de carbono multicapa sobre sustratos metálicos por el método de depósito químico de vapores: no todos los nanotubos son iguales". José Alfredo Jiménez-Rodríguez, Vanesa Arana-Sosa, Alfredo Franco. Mundo Nano. 10 [19], 93 (2017).
Research:
"A label-free optical system with a nanohole array biosensor for discriminating live single cancer cells from normal cells". A. Franco, V. Vidal, M. Gómez, O. Gutiérrez, M. Martino, F. González, F. Moreno, J.L. Fernández-Luna. Nanophotonics 11, 315 (2022).
"Paper-based colorimetric sensor for detection of chloride anions in water using an epoxy-silver nanocomposite". A. Franco, C. Velásquez-Ordoñez, M. Ojeda-Martínez, M. Ojeda-Martínez, E. Barrera-Calva, V. Rentería-Tapia. J. Nanopart. Res. 24, 54 (2022).
"Optical inspection of manufactured nanohole arrays to bridge the lab-industry gap". A. Franco, D. Otaduy, A.I. Barreda, J.L. Fernández-Luna, S. Merino, F. González, F. Moreno. Optics & Laser Technology 116, 48 (2019).
"Metal Nanoparticles Dispersed in Epoxy Resin: Synthesis, Optical Properties and Applications". V. Rentería, A. Franco. Reviews in Plasmonics. Springer. 191-228 (2019).
"Thermal damping effect due to a green barrier which includes Arundo donax as bioclimatic element in buildings". P. Rodríguez-Salinas, M. Ruiz Morales, A. Franco, A. R. Pérez-Fernández; O. Lobato-Calleros. Informes de la Construcción. CSIC. 69, 547 (2017).
"Solvent-induced morphological changes of polyhedral silver nanoparticles in epoxy resin". V. Rentería-Tapia, M. Sánchez-Tizapa, E. Ramírez-Mora, M. L. Ojeda-Martínez, A. Franco, E. Barrera-Calva. Plasmonics. 11, 1417 (2016).
"Rh6G released from solid and nanoporous SiO2 spheres prepared by sol-gel route". J. A. García-Macedo, P. Francisco S., A. Franco. Proc. of SPIE. 9545, 95450F-1 (2015).
"Luminescence studies on solid and nanostructuredspheres obtained by sol-gel route". J. A. García-Macedo, E. Teran H., A. Franco. Proc. of SPIE. 9161, 916112-1 (2014).
"Effect of nanostructures on corona poling assisted second harmonic generation in hybrid organic-inorganic films". A. Franco, R. O. Torres-Mendieta, E. Alvarez-Zauco, J. A. García-Macedo. Adv. Mat. Res. 976, 251 (2014).
"Aggregation of dipolar molecules in SiO2 hybrid organic-inorganic films: use ofsilver nanoparticles as inhibitors of molecular aggregation”. A. Franco, J. García-Macedo, G. Brusatin, M. Guglielmi. J. Nanopart. Res. 15, 1546 (2013).
"Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photodriven Nanoimpellers for Drug Release". A. Franco, J. García-Macedo, J. I. Zink. Adv. Sci. Tech. 82, 25 (2013).
"New method to evaluate optical properties of core-shell nanostructures". V. Rentería-Tapia, A. Franco, J. García-Macedo. J. Nanopart. Res. 14, 915 (2012).
"Corona poling assisted second harmonic generation in nanostructured Polymethylmetacrylate films". A. Franco, R. O. Torres-Mendieta, J. A. García-Macedo. Proc. of SPIE 8011, 80113F-1 (2011).
“Push-pull chromophores aggregation in SiO2 sol-gel films doped with silver nanoparticles”. A. Franco, G. Brusatin, M. Guglielmi, V. Rentería, G. Valverde-Aguilar, J. A. Garcia-Macedo. Revista Mexicana de Física S 57, 44 (2011).
“Optical absorption and SHG in PMMA and SiO2-matrices doped with DO3 as function of poling time”. J. García-Macedo, A. Franco, G. Valverde-Aguilar, and L. Romero. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 2nd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics META10, Cairo, Egipto. 155-160 (2010).
“Second harmonic generation in SiO2 sol–gel films functionalized with Ethyl-[4-(4-nitro-phenylazo)-phenyl]-(2-oxiranylmethoxy-ethyl)-amine (ENPMA) molecules”. A. Franco, G. Brusatin, M. Guglielmi, G. Stracci, F. De Matteis, M. Casalboni, H. Detert, B. Grimm, S. Schrader. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 356, 1689 (2010).
“Photoinduced optical retardation in mesostructured dye-doped films investigated by an imaging pump-probe technique”. I. G. Marino, D. Delmonte, F. Pessini, P. P. Lottici, L. Cristofolini, J. García-Macedo, A. Franco, G. Valverde-Aguilar. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys. 26, 384 (2009).
“Mobility of DR1 molecules embedded in nanostructured PMMA films”. J. A. García-Macedo, A. Franco, G. Valverde-Aguilar, M. A. Ríos-Enríquez. J. Nanoresearch 5, 135 (2009).
“Photonic devices based on patterning by two photon induced polymerization techniques”. I. Fortunati, T. Dainese, R. Signorini, R. Bozio, V. Tagliazucca, S. Dirè, G. Lemercier, J. C. Mulatier, C. Andraud, P. Schiavuta, A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, J. Bottazzo, A. Franco Pérez, M. Guglielmi, G. Brusatin. Proc. of SPIE 6988, J9881 (2008).
“Photoconductivity for silver nitrate in nanostructured sol-gel materials”. Alfredo Franco, Víctor Rentería, Guadalupe Valverde-Aguilar, Jorge A. García-Macedo. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8, 6569 (2008).
“Photoinduced birefringence in nanostructured SiO2:DR1 sol-gel films”. Alfredo Franco and Jorge García-Macedo, I. G. Marino and P. P. Lottici. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8, 6576 (2008).
“Optical absorption and SHG in PMMA:DR1 thin films as function of poling time”. J. A. García-Macedo, A. Franco, G. Valverde-Aguilar, C. Aguilar-Gutiérrez. Proc. of SPIE 6653, U6530 (2007).
“Orientational dynamics of DR1 molecules in sol-gel films”. Alfredo Franco, Guadalupe Valverde-Aguilar, Jorge García-Macedo. Opt. Mater. 29, 814 (2007).
“Modeling of the second harmonic generation in SiO2 sol-gel films doped with nanoscopic DR1 molecules as function of the poling time”. Alfredo Franco, Guadalupe Valverde-Aguilar, Jorge García-Macedo, Frederic Chaput,, Michael Canva and Yves Levy. Opt. Mater. 29, 6 (2006).
“Optical absorption and second harmonic generation in SiO2:DR1 sol-gel films as function of poling time.” Alfredo Franco, Guadalupe Valverde-Aguilar, Jorge García-Macedo. Proc. of SPIE 6331, 33116 (2006).
“A concentration-dependent model for silver colloids in nanostructured sol-gel materials”. Jorge A. García-Macedo, Alfredo Franco, Víctor Rentería, Guadalupe Valverde-Aguilar. Proc. of SPIE 5925, 59250X-1 (2005).
“Photoconductivity on nanostructured sol-gel thin films with silver nanoparticles”. J. García-Macedo, Alfredo Franco, Guadalupe Valverde, J. I. Zink. Proc. SPIE. 5520, 206 (2004).
“Spin-1/2 particle on a cylinder with radial magnetic field”. Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Alfredo Franco and Alejandro Reyes-Coronado. Eur. J. Phys. 25, 489 (2004).
“Structure and Polyphenylvinylene Concentration Effect on the Photoconductivity Response from Mesostructured Silica Films”. J. García M., G. Valverde, D. Cruz, A. Franco, J. I. Zink, and P. Minoofar. J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2249 (2003).
“Surface conductivity of DR1-Functionalized Organic-Inorganic Sol-Gel Materials”. J.A. Reyes-Esqueda, A. Franco, M. Bizarro and J. García-Macedo, M. Canva, B. Darracq and Y. Levy, K. Lahlil, F. Chaput and J.P. Boilot. J. Sol-Gel Sci.&Tech. 26, 1011 (2003).