We are pleased to announce that the first manuscript, in which part of the research was supported by the RIANA project transnational access (TNA), has been published!

Under the RIANA project, a research team from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, led by Francisco Javier Fernández Alonso, conducted measurements of multifunctional Au-Fe magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles at the National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS ASTRA beamline using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). This provided detailed insight into the local structure and oxidation state of iron within the synthesized nanoparticles. The synchrotron analysis confirms that the nanoparticles contain both metallic and oxidised iron species, and also highlights that controlling oxidation during synthesis and storage will be crucial to optimising their magnetic performance and long-term stability in biomedical environments.

The research is published in the manuscript “Magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles synthesized via laser ablation in liquids: photothermal efficiency and contrast agents for optical coherence tomography (OCT)”, prepared by Prof. Célia Tavares de Sousa, in the prestigious journal Applied Materials Today (IF 6.9)!