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Teresa Pellegrino is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics, including nanoparticle-based drug delivery, characterization and applications of magnetic nanoparticles, and nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics. Additional areas of study involve quantum dots synthesis and properties, iron oxide chemistry and applications, magnetic properties and synthesis of ferrites, and chalcogenide semiconductor thin films.

Frequent publication venues in which Teresa Pellegrino has contributed include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nanoscale
  • Small
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nanoscale Horizons

Collaboration has been an integral part of their research. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Niccolò Silvestri
  • Helena Gavilán
  • Sahitya Kumar Avugadda
  • T. Binh
  • Nisarg Soni

Some recent publications by Teresa Pellegrino include:

  • "Magnetic nanoparticles and clusters for magnetic hyperthermia: optimizing their heat performance and developing combinatorial therapies to tackle cancer", 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Exploiting Unique Alignment of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles, Mild Hyperthermia, and Controlled Intrinsic Cobalt Toxicity for Cancer Therapy", 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Highly Emitting Perovskite Nanocrystals with 2-Year Stability in Water through an Automated Polymer Encapsulation for Bioimaging", 2022, ACS Nano
  • "Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Hyperthermia Mediates Drug Delivery and Impairs the Tumorigenic Capacity of Quiescent Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Scale-up approach for the preparation of magnetic ferrite nanocubes and other shapes with benchmark performance for magnetic hyperthermia applications", 2023, Nature Protocols

Best Publications

  • Cytotoxicity of colloidal CdSe and CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles.

    Christian Kirchner;Tim Liedl;Stefan Kudera;Teresa Pellegrino

  • Hydrophobic Nanocrystals Coated with an Amphiphilic Polymer Shell: A General Route to Water Soluble Nanocrystals

    Teresa Pellegrino;Liberato Manna;Stefan Kudera;Tim Liedl

  • Biological applications of colloidal nanocrystals

    Wolfgang J. Parak;Wolfgang J. Parak;Daniele T. Gerion;Daniele T. Gerion;Teresa Pellegrino;Daniela Zanchet

  • Synthesis, properties and perspectives of hybrid nanocrystal structures

    Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli;Teresa Pellegrino;Liberato Manna

  • Duality of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy: Amplification of Heating Efficiency by Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermal Bimodal Treatment

    Ana Espinosa;Riccardo Di Corato;Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi;Patrice Flaud

  • Water-soluble iron oxide nanocubes with high values of specific absorption rate for cancer cell hyperthermia treatment.

    Pablo Guardia;Riccardo Di Corato;Lenaic Lartigue;Claire Wilhelm

  • LABELLING OF CELLS WITH QUANTUM DOTS

    Wolfgang J Parak;Teresa Pellegrino;Christian Plank

  • From iron oxide nanoparticles towards advanced iron-based inorganic materials designed for biomedical applications.

    Albert Figuerola;Riccardo Di Corato;Liberato Manna;Teresa Pellegrino

  • Plasmonic Copper Sulfide Nanocrystals Exhibiting Near-Infrared Photothermal and Photodynamic Therapeutic Effects

    Shunhao Wang;Andreas Riedinger;Andreas Riedinger;Hongbo Li;Changhui Fu

  • On the Development of Colloidal Nanoparticles towards Multifunctional Structures and their Possible Use for Biological Applications

    Teresa Pellegrino;Stefan Kudera;Tim Liedl;Almudena Muñoz Javier

  • Copper sulfide nanocrystals with tunable composition by reduction of covellite nanocrystals with Cu+ ions.

    Yi Xie;Andreas Riedinger;Mirko Prato;Alberto Casu

  • Magnetic nanoparticles and clusters for magnetic hyperthermia: optimizing their heat performance and developing combinatorial therapies to tackle cancer.

    Helena Gavilán;Sahitya Kumar Avugadda;Tamara Fernández-Cabada;Nisarg Soni

  • Subnanometer Local Temperature Probing and Remotely Controlled Drug Release Based on Azo-Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

    Andreas Riedinger;Pablo Guardia;Alberto Curcio;Miguel A. Garcia

  • Conformation of oligonucleotides attached to gold nanocrystals probed by gel-electrophoresis

    Wolfgang J. Parak;Teresa Pellegrino;Christine M. Micheel;Daniele Gerion

  • Magnetic hyperthermia efficiency in the cellular environment for different nanoparticle designs

    Riccardo Di Corato;Ana Espinosa;Lenaic Lartigue;Mickael Tharaud

  • CdSe/CdS/ZnS Double Shell Nanorods with High Photoluminescence Efficiency and Their Exploitation As Biolabeling Probes

    Sasanka Deka;Alessandra Quarta;Maria Grazia Lupo;Andrea Falqui

  • Nanoparticles for imaging, sensing, and therapeutic intervention.

    Lara K. Bogart;Genevieve Pourroy;Catherine J. Murphy;Victor Puntes

  • Biodegradation of iron oxide nanocubes: high-resolution in situ monitoring.

    Lénaic Lartigue;Damien Alloyeau;Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi;Yasir Javed

  • Magnetic (Hyper)Thermia or Photothermia? Progressive Comparison of Iron Oxide and Gold Nanoparticles Heating in Water, in Cells, and In Vivo

    Ana Espinosa;Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi;Ali Abou-Hassan;Anouchka Plan Sangnier

  • Electrophoretic Separation of Nanoparticles with a Discrete Number of Functional Groups

    Ralph A. Sperling;Teresa Pellegrino;Teresa Pellegrino;Jimmy K. Li;Jimmy K. Li;Walter H. Chang

  • Heterodimers based on CoPt3-Au nanocrystals with tunable domain size.

    Teresa Pellegrino;Angela Fiore;Elvio Carlino;Cinzia Giannini

Frequent Co-Authors

Liberato Manna
Liberato Manna Italian Institute of Technology
Roberto Cingolani
Roberto Cingolani Italian Institute of Technology
Wolfgang J. Parak
Wolfgang J. Parak Universität Hamburg
Claire Wilhelm
Claire Wilhelm Sorbonne University
Florence Gazeau
Florence Gazeau Université Paris Cité
Andrea Falqui
Andrea Falqui University of Milan
Sergio Marras
Sergio Marras Italian Institute of Technology
Carolyn A. Larabell
Carolyn A. Larabell Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Rosaria Brescia
Rosaria Brescia Italian Institute of Technology

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