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  1. Watching Microscopic Algae Rearrange Light-Harvesting Pigments Under Stress

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, September 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  2. A better way to study photosynthesis in live algae – glycerol-free fluorescence cryo-spectroscopy

    Article • JACS Au, July 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  3. Diamond nanoneedles for safer, smarter medicine.

    Article • Nanotechnology, March 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  4. Characterization of human Urotensin II peptide adsorbed on silver electrode by surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  5. AI-powered imaging to better diagnose thyroid cancer

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  6. Machine learning improves thyroid nodule capsular invasion diagnosing

    Article • Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  7. Black Silicon Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Biosensors: Current Advances and Prospects

    Article • Biosensors, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  8. Widefield polarization-resolved second harmonic generation imaging of entire thyroid nodule sections for the detection of capsular invasion

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, July 2024, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  9. Specificity of carbon nanotube accumulation and distribution in cancer cells revealed by K-means clustering and principal component analysis of Raman spectra

    Article • The Analyst, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  10. Nanodiamonds for sensing applications

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  11. Principal component analysis of Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes in cancer cells: accumulation, distribution, and type discrimination

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  12. Role of research and technology organizations (RTOs) in the education of specialists for nanotechnology

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  13. Stability of Graphene Quantum Dots and Doxorubicin aggregates evaluated by optical methods

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  14. Synthesis and characterization of structural and optical properties of boron-nitride quantum dots*

    Article • October 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  15. Reusable gold-coated black silicon enables sensitive SERS detection of organic molecules

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, March 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  16. Nanodiamond surface as a photoluminescent pH sensor

    Article • Nanotechnology, March 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Polina Kuzhir, Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  17. Black Silicon: Breaking through the Everlasting Cost vs. Effectivity Trade-Off for SERS Substrates

    Article • Materials, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Polina Kuzhir, Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  18. Hysteresis and Stochastic Fluorescence by Aggregated Ensembles of Graphene Quantum Dots

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, June 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Polina Kuzhir, Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr. Vyacheslav Chizhevsky

  19. All‐optical thermometry with NV and SiV color centers in biocompatible diamond microneedles

    Article • Advanced Optical Materials, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir, Dr Yaraslau Padrez

  20. Fragmented graphene synthesized on dielectric substrate for THz applications

    Article • Nanotechnology, May 2022, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir

  21. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of pulmonary arterial hypertension fibrosis using wide-field second harmonic generation microscopy

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  22. Visualizing hypochlorous acid production by human neutrophils with fluorescent graphene quantum dots

    Article • Nanotechnology, December 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  23. Rapid and delayed effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes in glioma cells

    Article • Nanotechnology, October 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir

  24. Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Studying the Mechanisms of Neutrophil Activation by Carbon Nanotubes

    Article • Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  25. Single-walled carbon nanotubes as a photo-thermo-acoustic cancer theranostic agent: theory and proof of the concept experiment

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir

  26. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Organic Molecules and Living Cells with Gold-Plated Black Silicon

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  27. Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Roughness of Carbon-Based Interface with the Living Cells: Towards a Versatile Bio-Sensing Platform

    Article • Sensors, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir

  28. Enhancement of single-walled carbon nanotube accumulation in glioma cells exposed to low-strength electric field: Promising approach in cancer nanotherapy

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  29. Effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the structural, physical, and mechanical properties of rat glial cell surface

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  30. Posters

    Article • FEBS Open Bio, July 2019, Wiley

    Mr. Aleksandrs Petjukevics, Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Kosma Szutkowski

  31. Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Analysis of Carbon Nanotube Distribution in Living Cells

    Article • Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  32. Fluorescence-Activated on-Chip Cell Culture Sorting (O3CS): Smart Petri Dish

    Article • International Journal of Stem cell Research & Therapy, December 2018, ClinMed International Library

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  33. Modification of mitochondrial membrane potential during prolonged cultivation of rat C6 glioma cells in the presence of SWCNT-DNA complexes

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  34. Neutrophils activation by carbon nanotubes functionalized with COOH-groups and conjugated with DNA

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  35. Posters

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Dr Andrew J Spiers

  36. Effect of graphene grains size on the microwave electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of graphene/polymer multilayers

    Article • Journal of Nanophotonics, April 2017, SPIE

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa, Polina Kuzhir

  37. Nanodiamond targets for accelerator X-ray experiments

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, July 2015, Elsevier

    Sergey Maksimenko, Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  38. Raman scattering in conducting metal-organic films deposited on nanoporous anodic alumina

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, October 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  39. Redox Regulation of Calcium Signaling in Cancer Cells by Ascorbic Acid Involving the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain

    Article • Journal of Biophysics, November 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa

  40. Diversiform black silicon for bio-sensing

    Article • Vilnius University Press

    Dr. Lena N Golubewa