Publications in International Journals

1. The Active-Core/Active-Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles (with F. Vetrone, R. Naccache, C. G. Morgan, and J. A. Capobianco) Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2924. (Appeared in cover page)
2. Structural and Optical Investigations of Ln³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped KY₃F₁₀ Nanocrystals (withF. Vetrone, R. Naccache, A. Speghini and J. A. Capobianco) J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 3149. (Appeared in cover page)
3. Sensitized Ce³⁺ and Gd³⁺ Ultraviolet Emissions via Tm³⁺ in Colloidal LiYF₄ Nanocrystals (with F. Vetrone, R. Naccache, and J. A. Capobianco) Chem. Eu. J. 2009, 15, 9660.
   
4. Colloidal Tm³⁺/Yb³⁺-doped LiYF₄ Nanocrystals: Multiple Luminescence Spanning the UV to NIR Regions via Low Energy Excitation (with F. Vetrone, R. Naccache, A. Speghini and J. A. Capobianco) Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 4025. (Appeared in cover page)
   
5. Optical and Structural Characterization of the blue-emitting Mg²⁺ - and Zn²⁺ -doped GaN Nanoparticles (with E. Bovero, M. Prabhakaran, F. C. J. M. van Veggel, R. Wang, and A. J. Steckl, M. Raudsepp) J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 3889.
   
6. NIR to Blue Upconversion Emission from BaYF₅ Nanocrystals (with F. Vetrone, and J. A. Capobianco) Chem. Mater., 2009, 21, 1847.
   
7. Controlled Synthesis and water dispersibility of hexagonal phase NaGdF₄:Ho/Yb Nanoparticles (with R. Naccache, F. Vetrone, L. A. Cuccia, and J. A. Capobianco) Chem. Mater., 2009, 21, 717.
   
8. InN@SiO₂ nanomaterials as new blue light emitters (with M. Prabhakaran and Frank C. J. M van Veggel) Eu. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 3728-3732.
   
9. Bright White Upconversion emission from Tm³⁺/Yb³⁺/Er³⁺-doped Lu₃Ga₅O₁₂ Nanocrystals (with F. Mangiarini, F Vetrone, Vemula Venkatramu, M. Bettinelli, A. Speghini  and J. A. Capobianco) J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17745.
   
10. Blue emission from Mg^2+-doped GaN nanoparticles: A Method to Avoid Sintering at High Temperatures (with V. Sudarsan, M. Prabhakaran, F. C. J. M. van Veggel, R. Wang, A. J. Steckl, M. Raudsepp) Small 2008, 4, 105.
11. Bright Blue Photo- and Electroluminescence from Eu²⁺-doped GaN/SiO₂ Nanocomposites (with Mingqian Tan, M. Prabhakaran, J. Gilroy, F. C. J. M. van Veggel, and M. Raudsepp) Adv. Func. Mater. 2007, 17, 3462.
12. Blue Electroluminescence from InN@SiO₂ Nanomaterials (with Mingqian Tan, M. Prabhakaran, and Frank C. J. M van Veggel) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 12, 14122.
    
13. White Electroluminescence from a Hybrid Polymer-GaN:Mg Nanocrystals device (with Mingqian Tan, and Frank C. J. M. van Veggel) Appl. Phys Lett. 2007, 91, 093132.
14. Significant Suppression of Spontaneous Emission in SiO₂ Photonic Crystals made with Tb³⁺ doped LaF₃ Nanoparticles (with Marie Aloshyna, Sri Sivakumar, A. G. Brolo, and F. C. J. M. van Veggel) J. Phys. Chem. C. 2007, 111, 4047.
15. Patterned Self-assembled Monolayers on Silicon Oxide Prepared by Nanoimprint Lithography and their Applications in Nanofabrication (with M. Pascale, P. Maria, J. Huskens, and D. N. Reinhoudt) Adv. Func. Mater. 2005, 15, 451.
16. Directed Self-Assembly of Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles on Molecular Printboards through Multivalent Supramolecular Interactions (with S.  Onclin, M. Péter, B. J. Ravoo, J. Huskens, and D. N. Reinhoudt) Langmuir, 2004, 20, 11756.
17. A simple method to study the phase transition and desorption of self-assembled monolayers from planar gold surfaces (with T. Pradeep) Anal. Chem. 2000, 72, 5852.
18. Metal ion reactivity to 1, 4-benzenedimethanethiol monolayers on gold (with K. V. G. K. Murty, T. Pradeep, W. Deepali and K. Vijayamohanan) Langmuir 2000, 16, 7673.
19. Surface resistance investigations of the exchange of 3D monolayers with molecules self-assembled on planar gold surfaces (with T. Pradeep) Chem. Phys. Lett. 2000, 327,
20. 3D Monolayers of 1, 4-Benzenedimethanethiol on Au and Ag Clusters: Distinct Difference in Adsorption Geometry with the Corresponding 2D Monolayers (with Shuguang Ma, and T. Pradeep)  J. Coll. Interface Sci. 1999, 216, 134.
21. Self-Assembled Monolayers of Small Aromatic Disulfide and Diselenide Molecules on Polycrystalline Gold Films: A comparative Study of the Geometrical Constraint Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Electrochemistry (with K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, and T. Pradeep) Langmuir 1999, 15, 5314.
22. Trapping of molecules in alkanethiol self assembled matrices (with V Bindu, and T. Pradeep)  Molecular Physics 1999, 96, 367.
23. Self-assembled Monolayers of Two Aromatic Disulfides and a Diselenide on Polycrystalline Silver Films: An Investigation by SERS and XPS (with G. Skanth, K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan and T. Pradeep) J. Coll. Interface Sci. 1999, 212, 553.
24. Self-assembled monolayers of 1,4-benzenedimethanethiol on polycrystalline silver and gold films: an investigation of structure, stability, dynamics and reactivity (with K. V. G. K. Murty, and T. Pradeep) Langmuir 1998, 14, 5446.