Have a look at our latest collaboration publications, from the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017. One is about Mg doped AlGaN semiconductor crystals and its properties and the other about disintegration of upconverting nanoparticles.

Mäkelä, J., Tuominen, M., Nieminen, T., Yasir, M., Kuzmin, M., Dahl, J., Punkkinen, M., Laukkanen, P., Kokko, K., Osiecki, J., Schulte, K., Lastusaari, M., Huhtinen, H., and Paturi, P., Comparison of Chemical, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Mg-Doped AlGaN, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 28591–28597.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09248

Lahtinen, S., Lyytikäinen, A., Päkkilä, H., Hömppi, E., Perälä, N., Lastusaari, M., and Soukka, T., Disintegration of Hexagonal NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ Upconverting Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media: The Role of Fluoride in Solubility Equilibrium, J. Phys. Chem. C 121 (2017) 656-665.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09301

We have some new collaboration articles, one about clays as a support material, one about ZnO nanorods and third about biocomposite of bioactiveglass and cellulose. Check them out below!

Jäppinen, L., Jalkanen, T., Sieber, B., Addad, A., Heinonen, M., Kukk, E., Radevici, I., Paturi, P., Peurla, M., Shahbazi, M-A., Santos, H.A., Boukherroub, R., Santos, H., Lastusaari, M., and Salonen, J., Enhanced Photoluminescence in Acetylene-Treated ZnO Nanorods, Nanoscale Res. Lett. (2016) 11:413.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1627-y

Sobhana SS., L., Mehedi, R, Malmivirta, M., Paturi, P., Lastusaari, M., Dirtu, M. M., Garcia, Y., and Fardim, P., Heteronuclear nanoparticles supported hydrotalcites containing Ni(II) and Fe(III) stable photocatalysts for Orange II degradation, Appl. Clay Sci. 132-133 (2016) 641-649.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.08.016

Wang, X., Cheng, F., Liu, J., Smått, J-H., Gepperth, D., Lastusaari, M., Xu, C., and Hupa, L., Biocomposites of copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass and nanofibrillated cellulose: Biocompatibility and angiogenic promotion in chronic wound healing application, Acta Biomater. 46 (2016) 286-298.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2016.09.021

Check out our new publication about non-doped nanosilicates and their persistent luminescence! Congrats Hellen on your first publication!

Santos, H.S., Lastusaari, M., Laihinen, T., Viinikanoja, A., Brito, H.F., Rodrigues, L.C.V., Swart, H.C., and Hölsä, J., Persistent luminescent non-doped layered nanosilicate, Mater. Today: Proc. 3 (2016) 2822–2830.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2016.06.032

Full bibliographic details are now available for two new up-conversion related publications. These articles are the first first-author articles for Minnea and Emilia, so yay for them! You can check the contents from the links below.

Tuomisto, M., Palo, E., Laihinen, T., Hyppänen, I., Lastusaari, M., Swart, H.C., and Hölsä, J., Effect of Mn and Cr Doping on the Up-Conversion Luminescence from NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺, Opt. Mater. 59 (2016) 115–119.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.01.016

Palo, E., Pihlgren, L., Tuomisto, M., Laihinen, T., Hyppänen, I., Kankare, J., Lastusaari, M., Soukka, T., Swart, H.C., and Hölsä, J., Up-conversion Luminescence of the NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ Nanomaterials Prepared With the Solvothermal Synthesis, Opt. Mater. 59 (2016) 49–54.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.02.043

During summer a new publication from our Brazilian collaborators and José concerning microwave-assisted solid-state synthesis came out – check the link below!

Pedroso, C.C.S., Carvalho, J.M., Rodrigues, L.C.V., Hölsä, J., and Brito, H.F., Rapid and Energy Saving Microwave-Assisted Solid-State Synthesis of Pr³⁺, Eu³⁺ or Tb³⁺-Doped Lu₂O₃ Persistent Luminescence Materials, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8 (2016) 19593-19604.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b04683

Check out our new collaboration publication about fluorophosphate glasses.

Cui, S., Massera, J., Lastusaari, M., Hupa, L., and Petit, L., Novel fluorophosphate glasses and glass-ceramics, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 445-446 (2016) 40-44.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2016.05.005

Check out our new interesting publication about the mechanisms of tenebrescence and persistent luminescence in synthetic hackmanites. Well done, everyone!

Norrbo, I., Gluchowski, P., Hyppänen, I., Laihinen, T., Laukkanen, P., Mäkelä, J., Mamedov, F., Santos, H.S., Sinkkonen, J., Tuomisto, M., Viinikanoja, A., and Lastusaari, M., Mechanisms of tenebrescence and persistent luminescence in synthetic hackmanite Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl,S)₂, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 8 (2016) 11592−11602.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b01959

Check out our latest collaboration article about semiconductor junctions!

Kuzmin, M., Laukkanen, P., Mäkelä, J., Yasir, M., Tuominen, M., Dahl, J., Punkkinen, M.P.J., Kokko, K., Hedman, H.P., Moon, J., Punkkinen, R., Lastusaari, M., Polojärvi, V., Korpijärvi, V.-M., and Guina, M., Toward the Atomically Abrupt Interfaces of SiO_x/Semiconductor Junctions, Adv. Mater. Interfaces (2016) 1500510-1-5.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500510