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  1. Vescalagin and Castalagin Present Bactericidal Activity toward Methicillin-Resistant Bacteria

    Article • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  2. 3D hydrogel mimics of the tumor microenvironment: the interplay among hyaluronic acid, stem cells and cancer cells

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  3. Extracellular Matrix Mimics Using Hyaluronan-Based Biomaterials

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  4. Fibronectin-Functionalized Fibrous Meshes as a Substrate to Support Cultures of Thymic Epithelial Cells

    Article • Biomacromolecules, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  5. Hyaluronic Acid of Low Molecular Weight Triggers the Invasive “Hummingbird” Phenotype on Gastric Cancer Cells

    Article • Advanced Biosystems, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  6. Tubular Fibrous Scaffolds Functionalized with Tropoelastin as a Small-Diameter Vascular Graft

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Anthony S Weiss

  7. Inhibiting cancer metabolism by aromatic carbohydrate amphiphiles that act as antagonists of the glucose transporter GLUT1

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  8. Tunable layer-by-layer films containing hyaluronic acid and their interactions with CD44

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  9. Aromatic carbohydrate amphiphile disrupts cancer spheroids and prevents relapse

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  10. Vescalagin and castalagin reduce the toxicity of amyloid-beta42 oligomers through the remodelling of its secondary structure

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  11. Tropoelastin-Coated Tendon Biomimetic Scaffolds Promote Stem Cell Tenogenic Commitment and Deposition of Elastin-Rich Matrix

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Anthony S Weiss

  12. Minimalistic supramolecular proteoglycan mimics by co-assembly of aromatic peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  13. Molecular weight of surface immobilized hyaluronic acid influences CD44-mediated binding of gastric cancer cells

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  14. Tuning the Stiffness of Surfaces by Assembling Genetically Engineered Polypeptides with Tailored Amino Acid Sequence

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  15. Fish sarcoplasmic proteins as a high value marine material for wound dressing applications

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  16. Sponge-derived silica for tissue regeneration

    Article • Materials Today, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  17. Redox-Responsive Micellar Nanoparticles from Glycosaminoglycans for CD44 Targeted Drug Delivery

    Article • Biomacromolecules, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  18. Human-based fibrillar nanocomposite hydrogels as bioinstructive matrices to tune stem cell behavior

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  19. OBP fused with cell-penetrating peptides promotes liposomal transduction

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  20. Sweet building blocks for self-assembling biomaterials with molecular recognition

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  21. The functionalization of natural polymer-coated gold nanoparticles to carry bFGF to promote tissue regeneration

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  22. Substituted Borosilicate Glasses with Improved Osteogenic Capacity for Bone Tissue Engineering

    Article • Tissue Engineering Part A, December 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  23. Cork: Current Technological Developments and Future Perspectives for this Natural, Renewable, and Sustainable Material

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  24. Multifunctional bioactive glass and glass-ceramic biomaterials with antibacterial properties for repair and regeneration of bone tissue

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  25. Hydroalcoholic extracts from the bark of Quercus suber L. (Cork): optimization of extraction conditions, chemical composition and antioxidant potential

    Article • Wood Science and Technology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  26. Wetspun poly-L-(lactic acid)-borosilicate bioactive glass scaffolds for guided bone regeneration

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  27. Surfaces Mimicking Glycosaminoglycans Trigger Different Response of Stem Cells via Distinct Fibronectin Adsorption and Reorganization

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  28. Reinforcement of poly-l-lactic acid electrospun membranes with strontium borosilicate bioactive glasses for bone tissue engineering

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  29. Intrinsic Antibacterial Borosilicate Glasses for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications

    Article • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, June 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  30. Design and Properties of Novel Substituted Borosilicate Bioactive Glasses and Their Glass-Ceramic Derivatives

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, June 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  31. Dual release of a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic osteogenic factor from a single liposome

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  32. Cork processing with supercritical carbon dioxide: Impregnation and sorption studies

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  33. Cork extractives exhibit thermo-oxidative protection properties in polypropylene–cork composites and as direct additives for polypropylene

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  34. Controlling Cancer Cell Fate Using Localized Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of an Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphile

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Rui L. Reis, Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  35. Cork extracts reduce UV-mediated DNA fragmentation and cell death

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor David M. Pereira

  36. Cork from water free of medicines

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Dr Ana Sofia Mestre, Professor Rui L. Reis, Ana Paula Carvalho, Joao Pires

  37. Bioresorbable ureteral stents from natural origin polymers

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis, Paula Ludovico

  38. Research Highlights: Highlights from the latest articles in nanomedicine

    Article • Nanomedicine, April 2014, Future Medicine

    Professor Rui L. Reis, Dr Iva Pashkuleva, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  39. Immobilization of bioactive factor-loaded liposomes on the surface of electrospun nanofibers targeting tissue engineering

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis

  40. Hyaluronic acid/poly-l-lysine bilayered silica nanoparticles enhance the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis

  41. Bioactive Composites Reinforced with Inorganic Glasses and Glass–Ceramics for Tissue Engineering Applications

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui L. Reis, Dr Ricardo A Pires

  42. Carboxymethylation of ulvan and chitosan and their use as polymeric components of bone cements

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  43. Bionanocomposites from lignocellulosic resources: Properties, applications and future trends for their use in the biomedical field

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis

  44. Interactions between Exogenous FGF-2 and Sulfonic Groups: in Situ Characterization and Impact on the Morphology of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

    Article • Langmuir, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis, Dr Iva Pashkuleva

  45. Aluminum-free glass-ionomer bone cements with enhanced bioactivity and biodegradability

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis

  46. Sulfonic groups induce formation of filopodia in mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis, Dr Iva Pashkuleva

  47. Surface properties of extracts from cork black condensate

    Article • Holzforschung, February 2010, De Gruyter

    Dr Ricardo A Pires, Professor Rui L. Reis

  48. The role of alumina in aluminoborosilicate glasses for use in glass–ionomer cements

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  49. The role of aluminium and silicon in the setting chemistry of glass ionomer cements

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  50. Structural and spatially resolved studies on the hardening of a commercial resin-modified glass-ionomer cement

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  51. Multinuclear magnetic resonance studies of borosilicate glasses for use in glass ionomer cements: incorporation of CaO and Al2O3

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  52. Non-random cation distribution in sodium–strontium–phosphate glasses

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, June 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  53. Stray-field imaging and multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies on the setting of a commercial glass-ionomer cement

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  54. 1H stray-field long spin-echo trains and MRI: novel studies on the photopolymerization of a commercial dental resin

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, May 2002, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  55. The study of a commercial dental resin by 1H stray-field magnetic resonance imaging

    Article • Polymer, September 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo A Pires

  56. Hydrogel Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ricardo A Pires