Publications

1 - C. Rediguieri, T.J.A. Pinto, N. Bou-Chacra, R. Galante, G. Araújo, T. Pedrosa, S.S. Maria-Engler, P. De Bank; Ozone gas as a benign sterilization treatment for PLGA nanofibre scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods 1 (2016) 1-2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089%2Ften.tec.2015.0298

2 - R. Galante, C.F. Rediguieri, I.S. Kikuchi, P.A.S. Vasquez, R. Colaço, A.P. Serro, T.J.A. Pinto; About the sterilization of chitosan hydrogel nanoparticles, PLoS ONE 11(12) (2016) e0168862: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168862

3 - I.S. Kikuchi, R. Galante, K. Dua, V; R. Malipeddi, R. Awasthi, D. Ghisleni and T.J.A. Pinto. Hydrogel based Drug Delivery Systems: A Review with Special Emphasis on Challenges Associated with Decontamination of Hydrogels and Biomaterials, Current Drug Delivery 14(7) (2017) 917-925. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567201813666161205130825

4 - R. Galante, D. Ghisleni, P. Paradiso, V.D. Alves, T.J.A. Pinto, R. Colaço, A.P. Serro; Sterilization of silicone-based hydrogels for biomedical application using ozone gas: comparison with conventional techniques, Materials Science and Engeneering C 78 (1) (2017) 389–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2017.04.073

5 - A.P. Vieira, A.F.R. Pimenta, D. Silva, M.H. Gil, P. Alves, P. Coimbra, J.L.G.C. Mata, D. Bozukova, T.R. Correia, I.J. Correia, A.P. Serro, A.J. Guiomar; Surface modification of an intraocular lens material by plasma-assisted grafting with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), for controlled release of moxifloxacin, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 120 (2017) 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2017.08.006

6 - A.F.R. Pimenta, A.P. Vieira, R. Colaço, B. Saramago, M.H. Gil, P. Coimbra, P. Alves, D. Bozukova, T.R. Correia, I.J. Correia, A.J. Guiomar, A.P. Serro; Controlled release of moxifloxacin from intraocular lenses modified by Ar plasma-assisted grafting with AMPS or SBMA: an in vitro study; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 156(1) (2017) 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.04.060

7 - R. Galante, A.S. Oliveira, A. Topete, D. Ghislenia, M. Braga, T.J.A. Pinto, R. Colaço, A.P. Serro; Drug-eluting silicone hydrogel for therapeutic contact lenses: impact of sterilization methods on the system performance, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 161 (2018) 537–546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.11.021

8 - A. Topete, A.S. Oliveira, A. Fernandes, T.G. Nunes, A.P. Serro, B. Saramago; Improving sustained drug delivery from ophthalmic lens materials through the control of temperature and time of loading, European Journal of Pharmaceutic Sciences 14:117 (2018) 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2018.02.017

9 - R. Galante, T.J.A. Pinto, R. Colaço, A.P. Serro; Sterilization of hydrogels for biomedical applications: a review, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 106B (2018) 2472–2492. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34048

10 - A.F.R. Pimenta, A.P. Serro, R. Colaço, A. Chauhan; Drug delivery to the eye anterior chamber by intraocular lenses: an in vivo concentration estimation model, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 133 (2018) 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.10.004

11 - D. Silva, H.C. Sousa, M.H. Gil, L.F. Santos, M.G. Moutinho, A.P. Serro, B. Saramago; Antibacterial layer-by-layer coatings to control drug release from soft contact lenses material, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 553(1-2) (2018)186-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.10.041

12 - A. Topete, A.P. Serro, B. Saramago; Dual drug delivery from intraocular lens material for prophylaxis of endophthalmitis in cataract surgery, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 558(10) (2019) 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.12.028

13 - A.F.R. Pimenta, A.P. Serro, R. Colaço, A. Chauhan; Optimization of intraocular lens hydrogels for dual drug release: experimentation and modelling, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 141 (2019) 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.05.016

14 - H.P. Filipe, D. Bozukova, A. Pimenta, A.P. Vieira, A.S. Oliveira, R. Galante, A. Topete, M. Masson, P. Alves, P. Coimbra, M.H. Gil, A.J. Guiomar, J. Mata, R. Colaço, B. Saramago, L. Werner, N. Mamalis, A.P. Serro; Moxifloxacin-loaded acrylic intraocular lenses: in vitro and in vivo performance, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 45 (2019) 1808-1817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2019.07.016

15 - F. Alvarez-Rivera, A.P. Serro, D. Silva, A. Concheiro, C. Alvarez-Lorenzo; Hydrogels for diabetic eyes: naltrexone loading, release profiles and cornea penetration, Materials Science and Engeneering C 105 (2019) 110092 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110092

16 - P. Sahariah, A.P. Vieira, A.J. Guiomar, P. Alves, M. Másson; Utilization of TBDMS chitosan for synthesis of photoactive chitosan derivatives and application in photografting on ophthalmic lens material, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 153 (2020) 104600 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2020.104600