Publications
Articles
2018
Policy Considerations for Mobile Biosensors
S. M. Russell and R. de la Rica, ACS Sensors 2018, 3, 1059–1068.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssensors.8b00289
Paper Transducers to Detect Plasmon Variations in Colorimetric Nanoparticle Biosensors
S. M. Russell, R. de la Rica, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical 2018, 270, 327-332
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400518309547
Plug and play anisotropy-based nanothermometers
Sebastian A. Thompson, Ignacio A. Martinez, Patricia Haro- González, Alejandro Adam, Daniel Jaque, Jana B. Nieder, and Roberto de la Rica. ACS Photonics 2018, 5, 2676–2681.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00292
Origami-enabled signal amplification for paper-based colorimetric biosensors
A. Alba-Patiño, S. M. Russell, R. de la Rica. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical 2018, 273, 951-954.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/search?authors=de%20la%20rica&show=25&sortBy=relevance
A Robust and User-Friendly Alternative to Densitometry Using Origami Biosensors and Digital Logic
S. M. Russell, A. Alba, M. Borges, and R. de la Rica. ACS Sensors 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00452
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssensors.8b00452
2017
Enzyme-coated Janus nanoparticles that selectively bind cell receptors as a function of the concentration of glucose
G. Rucinskaite, S. A. Thompson, S. Paterson and R. de la Rica. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 5404-5407.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nr/c7nr00298j#!divAbstract
Gold Suprashells: Enhanced Photothermal Nanoheaters with Multiple Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances for Broadband Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
S. Paterson, S. A. Thompson, A. W. Wark, R. de la Rica. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 7404-7411.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12792
Augmented Reality for Real-Time Detection and Interpretation of Colorimetric Signals Generated by Paper-Based Biosensors
Steven M. Russell, Antonio Domenech-Sánchez and Roberto de la Rica. ACS Sensors 2017, 2, 848-853
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssensors.7b00259
One-step fabrication of LSPR-tuneable reconfigurable assemblies of gold nanoparticles decorated with biotin-binding proteins
de la Rica, R. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 18855-18860.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nr/c7nr07574j#!divAbstract
2016
Naked-eye detection as a universal approach to lower the limit of detection of enzyme-linked immunoassays
O'Connor, E.F.; Paterson, S.; de la Rica, R. Analytical and Bioanalytical chemistry Vol 3389, pp 3389 (2016)
Self-Assembly of Gold Supraparticles with Crystallographically Aligned and Strongly Coupled Nanoparticle Building Blocks for SERS and Photothermal Therapy
S. Paterson, S. A. Thompson, J. Gracie, A. W. Wark, and R. de la Rica. Chemical Science 2016, 7, 6232-6237
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/sc/c6sc02465c#!divAbstract
Light-Triggered Inactivation of Enzymes with Photothermal Nanoheaters
S. A. Thompson, S. Paterson, M. M. M. Azab, Alastair W. Wark and Roberto de la Rica, Small 2016, 13, 1603195
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/smll.201603195
2015
Photoluminescent nanosensors for intracellular detection
Kerr, C. A.; de la Rica, R. Analytical Metods Vol 7, pp 7067-7075 (2015)
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ay/c5ay00489f#!divAbstract
Solution-based nanosensors for in-field detection with the naked eye
Paterson, S.; de la Rica, R. Analyst (2015) Vol 140, pp 3308-3317
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/AN/c4an02297a#!divAbstract
Designing Fluorescent Peptide Sensors with Dual Specificity for the Detection of HIV‑1 Protease
Herpoldt, K. L.; Artzy-Schnirman, A.; Christofferson, A.J.; Makarucha, A. J.; de la Rica, R.; Yarovsky, I.; Stevens. M. M. Chemistry of Materials (2015) (accepted)
2014
Nanoparticle Growth via Concentration Gradients Generated by Enzyme Nanopatterns
de la Rica R.; Bat, E.; Herpoldt, K. L.; Xie, H.; Bertazzo, S.; Maynard, H.D.; Stevens M. M. Advanced Functional Materials Vol 24, pp 3692–3698 (2014)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.201304047/abstract
Plasmonic ELISA for the detection of gp120 at ultralow concentrations with the naked eye
Cecchin, D.; de la Rica, R.; Bain, R. E. S.; M. W. Finnis; Stevens M. M.; Battaglia,G. Nanoscale Vol 6, pp 9559-9562 (2014)
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/nr/c3nr06167a#!divAbstract
Self-Assembly of Collagen Building Blocks Guided by Electric Fields
de la Rica, R; Mendoza, E.; Chow, L. W.; Cloyd, K. L.; Bertazzo, S.; Watkins, H. C.; Steele J. M. A.; Stevens, M. M. Small (In press) DOI: 10.1002/smll.201400424
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201400424/abstract
A designer peptide as a template for growing Au nanoclusters
de la Rica, R; Chow, L. W.; Horejs, C. M.; Mazo, M.; Chiappini, C.; Pashuck, E. T.; Bitton R.; Stevens, M. M. Chemical Communications Vol. 50, pp 10648-10650 (2014)
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/cc/c4cc03240c#!divAbstract
2013
Plasmonic ELISA for the detection of analytes at ultralow concentrations with the naked eye
de La Rica Roberto, Stevens Molly M., Nature Protocols Vol 8, pp. 1759-1764 (2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2013.085
2012
Plasmonic ELISA for the ultrasensitive detection of disease biomarkers with the naked eye
de La Rica Roberto, Stevens Molly M., Nature Nanotechnology Vol 7, No. 12, pp. 821–824 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.186
Plasmonic nanosensors with inverse sensitivity by means of enzyme-guided crystal growth
de La Rica Roberto, Rodriguez-Lorenzo Laura, Alvarez-Puebla Ramon, Liz-Marzan Luis, Stevens Molly, Nature Materials Vol 11, pp. 604–607 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3337
Enzyme-responsive nanoparticles for drug release and diagnostics
de La Rica Roberto, Aili Daniel, Stevens Molly, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Vol 64, No. 11, pp. 967-978 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2012.01.002
2011
Electrical readout of protein microarrays on regular glass slides
Bonilla Diana, Mallen Maria, de La Rica Roberto, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Baldi Antoni, Analytical Chemistry Vol 83, No. 5, pp. 1726–1731 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac102938z
Biomimetic crystallization of Ag2S nanoclusters in nanopore assemblies
de La Rica Roberto, Velders Aldrik, Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol 133, No. 9, pp. 2875–2877 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja110272g
Assemblies of functional peptides and their applications in building blocks for biosensors
de La Rica Roberto, Pejoux Christophe, Matsui Hiroshi, Advanced Functional Materials Vol 21, No. 6, pp. 1018-1026 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201001419
Multivalent nanoparticle networks as ultrasensitive enzyme sensors
de La Rica Roberto, Fratila Raluca, Szarpak Anna, Huskens Jurriaan, Velders Aldrik, Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol 50, No. 25, pp. 5704–5707 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201008189
Supramolecular Au nanoparticle assemblies as optical probes for enzyme-linked immunoassays
de La Rica Roberto, Velders Aldrik, Small Vol 7, No. 1, pp. 66–69 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201001340
2010
Applications of peptide and protein-based materials in bionanotechnology
de La Rica Roberto, Matsui Hiroshi, Chemical Society Reviews Vol 39, pp. 3499-3509 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B917574C
Bioinspired target-specific crystallization on peptide nanotubes for ultrasensitive Pb Ion detection
de La Rica Roberto, Mendoza Ernest, Matsui Hiroshi, Small Vol 6, No. 16, pp. 1753–1756 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201000489
Biomimetic crystallization nanolithography : simultaneous nanopatterning and crystallization
de La Rica Roberto, Fabijanic Kristina, Baldi Antoni, Matsui Hiroshi, Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol 49, No. 8, pp. 1447–1450 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200906200
Device for electrically reading microarrays, has base having support for positioning test surface of microarray parallel to reading surface of base, and matrix of transducers arranged on reading surface of base (Patent)
Baldi Antonio, Bonilla Diana, de La Rica Roberto, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, (2010)
http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/45879/
2009
Label-free cancer cell detection with impedimetric transducers
de La Rica Roberto, Thompson Sebastian, Baldi Antoni, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Drain Charles Michael, Matsui Hiroshi, Analytical Chemistry Vol 81, No. 24, pp. 10167–10171 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac9021049
Single-cell pathogen detection with a reverse-phase immunoassay on impedimetric transducers
de La Rica Roberto, Baldi Antoni, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Matsui Hiroshi, Analytical Chemistry Vol 81, No. 18, pp. 7732-7736 (2009)
Biomimetic conformation-specific assembly of proteins at artificial binding sites nanopatterned on silicon
de La Rica Roberto, Matsui Hiroshi, Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol 131, No. 40, pp. 14180–14181 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja905932e
Selective detection of live pathogens via surface-confined electric field perturbation on interdigitated silicon transducers
de La Rica Roberto, Baldi Antonio, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Matsui Hiroshi, Analytical Chemistry Vol 81, No. 10, pp. 3830-3835 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac9001854
Self-assembled peptide nanotubes for electronics and sensor devices (Conference)
Bai Hanying, Matsui Hiroshi, de La Rica Roberto, The 237th ACS National Meeting (2009)
http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/45765/
2008
Label-free pathogen detection with sensor chips assembled from peptide nanotubes
de La Rica Roberto, Mendoza Ernest, Lechuga Laura, Matsui Hiroshi, Angewandte Chemie. International edition in English Vol 47, No. 50, pp. 9752–9755 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804299
Silane nanopatterns via gas-phase soft lithography
de La Rica Roberto, Baldi Antonio, Mendoza Ernest, San Paulo Alvaro, Llobera Andreu, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Small Vol 4, No. 8, pp. 1076-1079 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.200701038
Urease as a nanoreactor for growing crystalline ZnO nanoshells at room temperature
de La Rica Roberto, Matsui Hiroshi, Angewandte Chemie. International edition in English Vol 47, No. 29, pp. 5415–5417 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200801181
Spermine-induced hybridization and charge inversion at the diffuse layer of a DNA-FET
de La Rica Roberto, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Cecilia Jimenez-Jorquera, Baldi Antonio, Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol 112, No. 25, pp. 7614-7617 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp711348m
2007
Local detection of enzymatic ion generation with polycrystalline silicon interdigitated electrodes and its application to biosensing
de La Rica Roberto, Baldi Antonio, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Applied Physics Letters Vol 90, (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2472718
Electric preconcentration and detection of latex beads with interdigitated electrodes
de La Rica Roberto, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Baldi Antonio, Applied Physics Letters Vol 90, No. 17, (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2731311
2006
Polysilicon interdigitated electrodes as impedimetric sensors
de La Rica Roberto, Fernandez-Sanchez Cesar, Baldi Antonio, Electrochemistry Communications Vol 8, No. 8, pp. 1239-1244 (2006)