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
Emilia received a travel grant from Finnish Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Association FinTAC ry (www) for the 7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress (www) held in Liverpool, United Kingdom on 26–30th of August. The grant was awarded to her at the FinTAC ry meeting in Tampere university of Technology by the chairman Prof. Vesa-Pekka Lehto (right) and M.Sc. (Tech.) Markus M. Hackspik. Congratulations, Emilia!
In addition, check out new collaboration publication about borosilicate glasses with persistent luminescence.
Del Cerro, P.R., Salminen, T., Lastusaari, M., and Petit, L., “Persistent luminescent borosilicate glasses using direct particles doping method”, Scripta Mater. 151 (2018) 38-41.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.03.034
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
New collaboration publication about the spectroscopic properties of Yb doped silica glasses is published. Check it out below.
Glorieux, B., Salminen, T., Massera, J., Lastusaari, M., and Petit, L., “Better understanding of the role of SiO2, P2O5 and Al2O3 on the spectroscopic properties of Yb3+ doped silica sol-gel glasses”, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 482 (2018) 46-51.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2017.12.021
For the end of the year, a set of publications and patents about different luminescent materials and their properties.
Santos, H.S., Norrbo, I., Laihinen, T., Sinkkonen, J., Mäkilä, E., Carvalho, J.M., Damlin, P., Brito, H.F., Hölsä, J., and Lastusaari, M., “Synthesis and Features of Luminescent Bromo- and Iodohectorite Nanoclay Materials”, Appl. Sci. 7 (2017) 1243.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app7121243
Lastusaari, M. and Norrbo, I., “Luminescent Material”, WO 2017/194825 A1.
Lastusaari, M. and Norrbo, I., “Synthetic Material for Detecting Ultraviolet Radiation and/or X-radiation”, WO 2017/194834 A1.
Mäkelä, J., Tuominen, M., Dahl, J., Granroth, S., Yasir, M., Lehtiö, J-P., Uusitalo, R-R., Kuzmin, M., Punkkinen, M., Laukkanen, P., Kokko, K., Félix, R., Lastusaari, M., Polojärvi, V., Lyytikäinen, J., Tukiainen, A., and Guina, M., “Decreasing Defect-State Density of Al2O3/GaxIn1−xAs Device Interfaces with InOx Structures”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 4 (2017) 1700722.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201700722
Check out the latest short communication about the oxovanadium complexes and their use in oxidation catalysts.
Salonen, P., Peuronen, A., and Lehtonen, A., “Oxidovanadium(V) amine bisphenolates as epoxidation, sulfoxidation and catechol oxidation catalysts”, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 86 (2017) 165-167.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2017.10.017
Check out a new collaboration publication about bioactive glasses with persistent luminescence. Funnily enough, it is also the first publication of the year 2018. 🙂
Saarinen, M., Nommeots-Nomm, A., Hokka, M., Laurila, J., Norrbo, I., Lastusaari, M., Massera, J., and L. Petit, ”Persistent luminescent particles containing bioactive glasses: Prospect toward tracking in-vivo implant mineralization using biophotonic ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc 38 (2018) 287-295.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.08.024
Check out a new publication about the surface modification and layer-by-layer assembly on upconverting nanoparticles.
Palo, E., Salomäki, M., and Lastusaari, M., ”Surface modification of upconverting nanoparticles by layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolytes and metal ions”, J Colloid Interface Sci. 508 (2017) 137–144.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.08.038