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  1. Evaluation of few-cycle laser pulses for label-free metabolic imaging on live cells

    Article • Journal of Physics Photonics, November 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  2. Bioorthogonal Photoactivation of 2‐Nitrobenzyl Caged Doxorubicin Anticancer Prodrugs on Gold Nanostars

    Article • Advanced Materials, September 2025, Wiley

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  3. Substrate microtopographies induce cellular alignment and affect nuclear force transduction

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, October 2023, Elsevier

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  4. Self-assembled colloidal gold nanoparticles as substrates for plasmon enhanced fluorescence

    Article • European Journal of Materials, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  5. Capillary Assembly of Anisotropic Particles at Cylindrical Fluid–Fluid Interfaces

    Article • Langmuir, April 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  6. 3D Polymer Architectures for the Identification of Optimal Dimensions for Cellular Growth of 3D Cellular Models

    Article • Polymers, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  7. Spectral imaging and nucleic acid mimics fluorescence in situ hybridization (SI-NAM-FISH) for multiplex detection of clinical pathogens

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2022, Frontiers

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  8. pH-sensitive nanoliposomes for passive and CXCR-4-mediated marine yessotoxin delivery for cancer therapy

    Article • Nanomedicine, April 2022, Future Medicine

    Andreia Castro Gomes, Oscar F. Silvestre

  9. Ultra-broadband few-cycle laser pulses for simultaneous multi-color fluorescence microscopy applications via the SyncRGB-FLIM method

    Article • December 2021, SPIE

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  10. Ultra-broadband few-cycle laser pulses for advanced multi-color FLIM- microscopy

    Article • June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  11. 3D Polymer Structures for the Identification of Optimal Dimensions for Cellular Growth for 3D Lung Alveolar Models

    Article • April 2021, MDPI AG

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  12. Multi-beam two-photon polymerization for fast large area 3D periodic structure fabrication for bioapplications

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

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  13. Development of chitosan-hyaluronic acid nanoparticles and study of their physico-chemical properties for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs

    Article • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, May 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  14. Fabrication and characterization of luminescent Pr3+ doped fluorapatite nanocrystals as bioimaging contrast agents

    Article • Journal of Luminescence, January 2020, Elsevier

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  15. Phasor-assisted nanoscopy reveals differences in the spatial organization of major nuclear lamina proteins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, December 2019, Elsevier

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  16. Few-Cycle Laser for the in Vitro Study of Cellular Bioenergetics during Therapeutic Treatment with the Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin in its Free and Liposomal Nanocarrier Form

    Article • June 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  17. Increasing Two-Photon Polymerization Fabrication Speed of 3D Structures for Cell Interaction Studies

    Article • June 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  18. GFP fluorescence peak fraction analysis based nanothermometer for the assessment of exothermal mitochondria activity in live cells

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  19. Surface charge tunable catanionic vesicles based on serine-derived surfactants as efficient nanocarriers for the delivery of the anticancer drug doxorubicin

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  20. Cubosome nanoparticles for enhanced delivery of mitochondria anticancer drug elesclomol and therapeutic monitoring via sub-cellular NAD(P)H multi-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Article • Nano Research, November 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  21. Microenvironment Cytometry

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  22. pH-Controlled Gas-Generating Mineralized Nanoparticles: A Theranostic Agent for Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy of Cancers

    Article • ACS Nano, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  23. A nanoparticle formula for delivering siRNA or miRNAs to tumor cells in cell culture and in vivo

    Article • Nature Protocols, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  24. Versatile RNA Interference Nanoplatform for Systemic Delivery of RNAs

    Article • ACS Nano, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  25. Engineering Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

    Article • December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  26. Long-term time series analysis of quantum dot encoded cells by deconvolution of the autofluorescence signal

    Article • Cytometry, July 2010, Wiley

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  27. Single cell nanoparticle tracking to model cell cycle dynamics and compartmental inheritance

    Article • Cell Cycle, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  28. Stroboscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Article • Optics Express, March 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  29. Fluorescence lifetime based contrast imaging using variable period excitation pulse trains

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  30. Hollow fiber: a biophotonic implant for live cells

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  31. Mitotic Bypass Via An Occult Cell Cycle Phase Following DNA Topoisomerase II Inhibition In p53 Functional Human Tumor Cells

    Article • Cell Cycle, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Oscar F. Silvestre

  32. Spherical vs. Granular Immobilization Support Selection and Performance on an Optical Flow Cell Immunosensor Based on the Fluorescence of Cyanine‐5

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, December 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Oscar F. Silvestre