​L. Ming, I. Zabala-Gutierrez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, E. Ximendes, J. Rubio-Retama, R. Marin A brighter era for silver chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals Optical Materials 141, 113940 (2023) [PDF] 

​I. Zabala Gutierrez, C. Gerke, Y. Shen, E. Ximendes, M. Manso Silvan, R. Marin, D. Jaque, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Rubio-Retama Boosting the near-infrared emission of Ag2S nanoparticles by a controllable surface treatment for bioimaging applications ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 4871-4881 (2022) [PDF] 

​D. Lu, J. Rubio-Retama, R. Marin, M.I. Marques, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, P. Haro-Gonzalez, D. Jaque Thermoresponsive polymeric nanolenses magnify the thermal sensitivity of single upconverting nanoparticles Small 18, 2202452 (2022) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, V. Torres, I. Zabala Gutierrez, C. Gerke, C. Cascales, J. Rubio-Retama, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, M. Laurenti Upconverting nanoparticles in aqueous media: not a dead-end road. Avoiding degradation by using hydrophobic polymer shells Small 210562 (2021) [PDF] 

V. Torres-Vera,  D. Mendez-Gonzalez, D.J. Ramos-Ramos, A. Igalla, M. Laurenti, R. Contreras-Caceres, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon The effects of dopant concentration and excitation intensity on the upconversion and downconversion emission of beta-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles  J.  Mater. Chem. C  9, 8902-8911 (2021) [PDF] 

​J. Yao, J. Lifante, P. Rodriguez-Sevilla, M. de la Fuente-Fernandez, F. Sanz-Rodriguez, D.H. Ortgies, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, E. Ximendes, D. Jaque, R. Marin In-vivo near-infrared imaging using ternary selenide semiconductor nanoparticles with an uncommon cristal structure Small, 2103505 (2021) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, P.P. Silva -Ibanez, F. Valiente-Dies, O.G. Calderon, J.L. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti,, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama, S. Melle Oligonucleotide sensor based on magnetic capture and photoligation of upconverting nanoparticles in solid surfaces  J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 596,64-74 (2021) [PDF] 

​H.D.A. Santos, I. Zabala Gutierrez, Y. Shen, J. Lifante, E. Ximendes, M. Laurenti, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, E. Lopez Cabarcos, N. Fernandez, I. Chaves-Coira, D. Lucena-Agell, L. Monge, M.D. Mackenzie, J. Marques-Hueso, C.M.S. Jones, C. Jacinto, B. del Rosal, A.K. Kar, J. Rubio-Retama, D. Jaque Ultrafast photochemistry produces superbright short-wave infrared dots for low-dose in vivo imaging  Nature Comm. 11, 1-12 (2020) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, L. Banares, D. Lopez-Diaz  M. Mercedes Velazquez,  E. Lopez-Cabarcos, J. Rubio-Retama, M. Laurenti Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 575, 119-129 (2020) [PDF] 

​A. Ortega-Rodriguez, Y. Shen, I. Zabala Gutierrez, H. A.A. Santos, V. Torres Vera, E. Ximendes, G. Villaverde, J. Lifante, C. Gerke, N. Fernandez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Marques-Hueso, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti, C. M.S. Jones. J.M. Lopez-Romero, R. Contreras-Caceres, D. Jaque, J. Rubio-Retama 10-fold quantum yield improvement of Ag2S nanoparticles by fine compositional tuning  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 12500-12509 (2020) [PDF]  

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M. Laurenti, E. Cabrera-Granado, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, J. Rubio-Retama, E. Diaz Control of upconversion luminescence by gold nanoparticle size: from quenching to enhancement  Nanoscale 11, 13832-13844 (2019) [PDF] 

S. Melle, O.G. Calderon, M. Laurenti, D. Mendez-Gonzalez, A. Egatz-Gomez, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, E. Cabrera-Granado, E. Diaz, J. Rubio-Retama Forster Resonance Energy Transfer Distance Dependence from Upconverting Nanoparticles to Quantum Dots  J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 18751-18758 (2018) [PDF] 

​E. Diaz, A. Villas, E. Cabrera-Granado, O.G. Calderon  Tunable slow- and fast-light devices based on molecular-aggregate nanofilms Phys. Rev. A 98, 043818 (2018) [PDF] 

​D. Mendez-Gonzalez, M. Laurenti, A. Latorre, A. Somoza, A. Vazquez, A.I. Negredo, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, J. Rubio-Retama Oligonucleotide Sensor Based on Selective Capture of Upconversion Nanoparticles Triggered by Target-Induced DNA Interstrand Ligand Reaction ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 12272-12281 (2017) [PDF] 

​A. Egatz-Gomez, O.G. Calderon, S. Melle, F. Carreno, M.A. Anton, Elske M. Gort Homogeneous broadening effect on temperature dependence of green upconversion luminescence in erbium doped fibers  J. Lumin. 139, 52-59 (2013) [PDF]