Check out our latest publication about upconverting nanoparticles and their shielding in aqueous environments from the link below.

Palo, E., Lahtinen, S., Päkkilä, H., Salomäki, M., Soukka, T., and Lastusaari, M., “Effective Shielding of NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ Upconverting Nanoparticles in Aqueous Environments Using Layer-by-Layer Assembly” Langmuir 34 (2018) 7759-7766.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00869

Check out our recent collaboration publications about tungsten complexes and microwave-assisted hackmanite synthesis.

Carvalho, J.M., Norrbo, I., Ando, R.A., Brito, H.F., Fantini, M.C.A., and Lastusaari, M., “Fast, low-cost preparation of hackmanite minerals with reversible photochromic behavior using a microwave-assisted structure-conversion method” Chem. Commun. 54 (2018) 7326-7329.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CC03033B

Hossain, K., Haukka, M., Hänninen, M.M., Lisensky, G.C., Paturi, P., Ebbe, N., and Lehtonen, A.. “An experimental and theoretical study of a heptacoordinated tungsten(VI) complex of a noninnocent phenylenediamine bis(phenolate) ligand” Inorg. Chem. Commun. 93 (2018) 149-152.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2018.05.023

Below  you can find a collection of our newest publications. They include detailed vibrational studies in complexes, collaboration concerning glass-ceramics and solar UV index determination using hackmanites.

Norrbo, I., Curutchet, A., Kuusisto, A., Mäkelä, J., Laukkanen, P., Paturi, P., Laihinen, T., Sinkkonen, J., Wetterskog, E., Mamedov, F., Le Bahers, T., and Lastusaari, M., “Solar UV index and UV dose determination with photochromic hackmanites: from the assessment of the fundamental properties to the device” Mater. Horizons 5 (2018) 569-576.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8MH00308D

Ojha, N., Laihinen, T., Salminen, T., Lastusaari, M., and Petit, L., “Influence of the phosphate glass melt on the corrosion of functional particles occurring during the preparation of glass-ceramics” Ceram. Int. 44 (2018), 11807-22811.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.03.267

Peuronen, A., Sillanpää, R., and Lehtonen, A., “The Syntheses and Vibrational Spectra of ¹⁶O‐ and ¹⁸O‐Enriched cis‐MO₂ (M=Mo, W) Complexes”, ChemistrySelect 3 (2018) 3814-3818.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.201800671

Check out our new publication from the collaboration with Aalto university about ALD/MLD fabricated thin films with upconversion luminescence.

Giedraityte, Z., Tuomisto, M., Lastusaari, M., and Karppinen, M., “Three-and two-photon NIR-to-vis (Yb,Er) upconversion from ALD/MLD fabricated molecular hybrid thin films”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (2018) 8845–8852.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b19303

Another new publication concerns the decomposition of luminescent microparticles in glass melt and is a result from the collaboration with Tampere university of technology.

Ojha, N., Nguyen, H., Laihinen, T., Salminen, T., Lastusaari, M., and Petit, L., “Decomposition of persistent luminescent microparticles in corrosive phosphate glass melt”, Corros. Sci. 135 (2018) 207-214.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.02.050