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Thomas Pons

Thomas Pons

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Materials Science

D-Index
47
Citations
10411
World Ranking
11029
National Ranking
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Overview

Thomas Pons is affiliated with ESPCI Paris in France and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering.

The main subfields of study in their work include Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The core topics explored in their research encompass Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Photonic Crystals and Applications, and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery.

Thomas Pons has contributed to multiple publications across several notable journals and venues. Representative recent papers include:

  • Compensatory ion transport buffers daily protein rhythms to regulate osmotic balance and cellular physiology, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Surface Modification of CdE (E: S, Se, and Te) Nanoplatelets to Reach Thicker Nanoplatelets and Homostructures with Confinement-Induced Intraparticle Type I Energy Level Alignment, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Microcavity-Enhanced Fluorescence Energy Transfer from Quantum Dot Excited Whispering Gallery Modes to Acceptor Dye Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Quantum Dots Mediated Imaging and Phototherapy in Cancer Spheroid Models: State of the Art and Perspectives, 2022, Pharmaceutics
  • NIR Imaging of the Integrin-Rich Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Ternary Copper Indium Selenide/Zinc Sulfide-Based Quantum Dots, 2020, Cancers

Frequent publication venues for Thomas Pons include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Nano
  • Cancers
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors involved in their work include:

  • Nicolas Lequeux
  • Stéphanie Buil
  • Xiangzhen Xu
  • Victor Blondot
  • A. Bogicevic

Best Publications

  • Energy Transfer with Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates: A Versatile Platform for Biosensing, Energy Harvesting, and Other Developing Applications.

    Niko Hildebrandt;Christopher M. Spillmann;W. Russ Algar;Thomas Pons

  • Enhancing the stability and biological functionalities of quantum dots via compact multifunctional ligands.

    Kimihiro Susumu;H Tetsuo Uyeda;Igor L Medintz;Thomas Pons

  • On the Quenching of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Photoluminescence by Proximal Gold Nanoparticles

    Thomas Pons;Igor L Medintz;Kim E Sapsford;Seiichiro Higashiya

  • Cadmium-free CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots for sentinel lymph node imaging with reduced toxicity.

    Thomas Pons;Emilie Pic;Nicolas Lequeux;Elsa Cassette

  • Biosensing with Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots

    Kim E. Sapsford;Thomas Pons;Igor L. Medintz;Hedi Mattoussi

  • Effects of (Multi)branching of Dipolar Chromophores on Photophysical Properties and Two-Photon Absorption

    Claudine Katan;Francesca Terenziani;Olivier Mongin;Martinus H. V. Werts

  • Self-assembled quantum dot-peptide bioconjugates for selective intracellular delivery.

    James B. Delehanty;Igor L. Medintz;Thomas Pons;Florence M. Brunel

  • Hydrodynamic Dimensions, Electrophoretic Mobility, and Stability of Hydrophilic Quantum Dots

    Thomas Pons;H. Tetsuo Uyeda;Igor L. Medintz;Hedi Mattoussi

  • Kinetics of metal-affinity driven self-assembly between proteins or peptides and CdSe-ZnS quantum dots

    Kim E. Sapsford;Thomas Pons;Igor L. Medintz;Seiichiro Higashiya

  • Solution-phase single quantum dot fluorescence resonance energy transfer

    Thomas Pons;Igor L. Medintz;Xiang Wang;Douglas S. English

  • Enhanced two-photon absorption with novel octupolar propeller-shaped fluorophores derived from triphenylamine.

    Laurent Porrès;Olivier Mongin;Claudine Katan;Marina Charlot

  • Small and stable sulfobetaine zwitterionic quantum dots for functional live-cell imaging.

    Eleonora Muro;Thomas Pons;Nicolas Lequeux;Alexandra Fragola

  • A reactive peptidic linker for self-assembling hybrid quantum dot-DNA bioconjugates

    Igor L. Medintz;Lorenzo Berti;Thomas Pons;Amy F. Grimes

  • Intracellular Delivery of Quantum Dot−Protein Cargos Mediated by Cell Penetrating Peptides

    Igor L. Medintz;Thomas Pons;James B. Delehanty;Kimihiro Susumu

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Near-Infrared Cu−In−Se/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots for In vivo Imaging

    Elsa Cassette;Thomas Pons;Cécile Bouet;Marion Helle

  • Synthesis, encapsulation, purification and coupling of single quantum dots in phospholipid micelles for their use in cellular and in vivo imaging

    Olivier Carion;Benoît Mahler;Thomas Pons;Benoit Dubertret

  • Design of new quantum dot materials for deep tissue infrared imaging

    Elsa Cassette;Marion Helle;Marion Helle;Lina Bezdetnaya;Lina Bezdetnaya;Frédéric Marchal;Frédéric Marchal

  • Zwitterionic polymer ligands: an ideal surface coating to totally suppress protein-nanoparticle corona formation?

    Manon Debayle;Elie Balloul;Fatimata Dembele;Xiangzhen Xu

  • Fluorine-18-labeled phospholipid quantum dot micelles for in vivo multimodal imaging from whole body to cellular scales.

    Frédéric Ducongé;Thomas Pons;Carine Pestourie;Laurence Hérin

  • Two‐Photon Excitation of Quantum‐Dot‐Based Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Its Applications

    Aaron R. Clapp;Thomas Pons;Igor L. Medintz;James B. Delehanty

  • Interactions between Redox Complexes and Semiconductor Quantum Dots Coupled via a Peptide Bridge

    Igor L. Medintz;Thomas Pons;Scott A. Trammell;Amy F. Grimes

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor L. Medintz
Igor L. Medintz United States Naval Research Laboratory
Hedi Mattoussi
Hedi Mattoussi Florida State University
Benoit Dubertret
Benoit Dubertret PSL University
Philip E. Dawson
Philip E. Dawson Scripps Research Institute
Olivier Mongin
Olivier Mongin University of Rennes
Kimihiro Susumu
Kimihiro Susumu United States Naval Research Laboratory
Claudine Katan
Claudine Katan University of Rennes
Mireille Blanchard-Desce
Mireille Blanchard-Desce University of Bordeaux
Sandrine Ithurria
Sandrine Ithurria PSL University
Emmanuel Lhuillier
Emmanuel Lhuillier Sorbonne University

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