Portable Microfluidic Plasmonic Chip for Fast Real-Time Cardiac Troponin I Biomarker Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Detection,  A. Campu, I. Muresan, M. Potara, D. R. Lazar, F. L. Lazar, S. Cainap, D. M. Olinic, D. Maniu, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2024, 12, 962–972, DOI: 10.1039/D3TB02190D - Article was featured on the Front Inside Cover of the Journal.

Innovative, Flexible and Miniaturized Microfluidic Paper-based Plasmonic Chip for Efficient Near-Infrared Metal Enhanced Fluorescence Biosensing and Imaging,  A. Campu, I. Muresan, A. M. Craciun, A. Vulpoi, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 48, 55925–55937, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08658

No country for old antibiotics! Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as next-generation treatment for skin and soft tissue infection, M. Raileanu, R. Borlan, A. Campu, L. Janosi, I. Turcu, M. Focsan, M. Bacalum, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2023, 642, 123169, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123169

NIR photothermal-activable drug-conjugated microcapsules for in vitro targeted delivery and release: an alternative treatment of diabetic retinopathy, D. Stoia, M. Nistor, M. Suciu, R. Borlan, A. Campu, D. Rugina, D. Maniu, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2023, 635, 122700, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122700

Assessing the Efficiency of Triangular Gold Nanoparticles as NIR Photothermal Agents In Vitro and Melanoma Tumor Model, S. Suarasan, A. Campu, A. Vulpoi, M. Banciu, S. Astilean, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23(22), 13724, DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213724

Hybrid Polymeric Therapeutic Microcarriers for Thermoplasmonic-Triggered Release of Resveratrol, D. Stoia, R. Pop, A. Campu, M. Nistor, S. Astilean, A. Pintea, M. Suciu, D. Rugina, M. Focsan, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2022, 220, 112915, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112915

Cardiac Troponin Biosensor Designs: Current Developments and Remaining Challenges, A. Campu, I. Muresan, A. M. Craciun, S. Cainap, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23(14), 7728, DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147728

Fluorescent phthalocyanine-encapsulated bovine serum albumin nanoparticles: their deployment as therapeutic agents in the NIR region, R. Borlan, D. Stoia, L. Gaina, A. Campu, G. Marc, M. Perde-Schrepler, M. Silion, D. Maniu, M. Focsan, S. Astilean, Molecules 2021, 26(15), 4679, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26154679

Ultrasensitive SEIRA Detection using Gold Nanobipyramids: toward Efficient Multimodal Immunosensor, A. Campu, F. Lerouge, D. Maniu, K. Magyari, M. Focsan, Journal of Molecular Structure 2021, 1246, 131160, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131160

Antibody Functionalized Theranostic Protein Nanoparticles for Synergistic Deep Red Fluorescence Imaging and Multimodal Therapy of Ovarian Cancer, R. Borlan, M. Focsan, M. Perde-Schrepler, O. Soritau, A. Campu, L. Gaina, E. Pall, B. Pop, O. Baldasici, C. Gherman, D. Stoia, D. Maniu, S. Astilean, Biomaterials Science 2021, 9, 6183–6202, DOI: 10.1039/D1BM01002F

Versatile Polypeptide-Functionalized Plasmonic Paper as Synergistic Biocompatible and Antimicrobial Nanoplatform, L. Tie, M. Răileanu, M. Bacalum, I. Codita, S. M. Negrea, C. S. Caracoti, E.-C. Drăgulescu, A. Campu, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Molecules 2020, 25(14), 3182, DOI: 10.3390/molecules25143182

ICG-loaded gold bipyramids with NIR activatable dual PTT-PDT therapeutic potential in melanoma cells, A. Campu, M. Focsan, F. Lerouge, R. Borlan, L. Tie, D. O. Rugina, S. Astilean, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces  2020, 194, 111213, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111213

Calligraphed Selective Plasmonic Array on Paper Platform for Complementary Dual Optical "ON/OFF Switch" Sensing, L. Susu, A. Campu, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Nanomaterials 2020, 10(6), 1025, DOI: 10.3390/nano10061025

Microfluidic Platform for Integrated Plasmonic Dual Detection, A. Campu, F. Lerouge, A. M. Craciun, T. Murariu, I. Turcu, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Nanotechnology 2020, 31, 335502, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab8e72

Controlling the End-To-End Assembly of Gold Nanorods to Enhance the Plasmonic Response in Near Infrared, L. Tie, M. Focsan, J. Bosson, C. Tira, A. Campu, A. Vulpoi, S. Astilean, Materials Research Express 2019, 6, 095038, DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab2eb0

Assessment of the Photothermal Conversion Efficiencies of Tunable Gold Bipyramids under Irradiation by Two Laser Lines in NIR Biological Window, A. Campu, A. M. Craciun, M. Focsan, S. Astilean, Nanotechnology 2019, 30, 405701, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab2d90

Multimodal Biosensing on Paper-Based Platform Fabricated by Plasmonic Calligraphy Using Gold Nanobipyramids Ink, A. Campu, L. Susu, F. Orzan, D. Maniu, A.M. Craciun, A. Vulpoi, L. Roiban, M. Focsan, S. Astilean, Frontiers in Chemistry 2019, 7, 55, DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00055

Designing Efficient Low-Cost Paper-Based Sensing Plasmonic Nanoplatforms, L. Susu*, A. Campu*, A.M. Craciun, A. Vulpoi, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Sensors 2018, 18(9), 3035, DOI: 10.3390/s18093035 (*These authors contributed equally.)

Gold NanoBipyramids Performing as Highly Sensitive Dual-Modal Optical Immunosensors, A. Campu, F. Lerouge, D. Chateau, F. Chaput, P. Baldeck, S. Parola, D. Maniu, A.M. Craciun, A. Vulpoi, S. Simion, M. Focsan, Analytical Chemistry 2018, 90, 14, 8567–8575, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01689

A simple and efficient design to improve the detection of biotin-streptavidin interaction with plasmonic nanobiosensors, M. Focsan, A. Campu, C. Leordean, M. Potara, A. Gabudean, D. Maniu, S. Astilean, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2016, 86, 728–735, DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.07.054

Engineered Paper Platform loaded with Gold Nanospheres to improve SERS Performance for Analyte Detection,  F. Orzan, A. Campu, S. Suarasan, S. Astilean, M. Focsan, Studia UBB Physica 2018, 143–151, DOI: 10.24193/subbphys.2018.15