Publications by authors named "Filippo Benetti"

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) active gold nanostars represent an opportunity in the field of bioimaging and drug delivery. The combination of gold surface chemical versatility with the possibility to tune the optical properties changing the nanoparticles shape constitutes a multimodal approach for the investigation of the behavior of these carriers inside living cells. In this work, SERS active star-shaped nanoparticles were functionalized with doxorubicin molecules and covered with immuno-mimetic thiolated polyethylene glycol (PEG).

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Robotic and sensor-based neurologic rehabilitation for the upper limb is an established concept for motor learning and is recommended in many national guidelines. The complexity of the human hands and arms and the different activities of daily living are leading to an approach in which robotic and sensor-based devices are used in combination to fulfill the multiple requirements of this intervention. A multidisciplinary team of the Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi (FDG), an Italian nonprofit foundation, which spans across the entire Italian territory with 28 rehabilitation centers, developed a strategy for the implementation of robotic rehabilitation within the FDG centers.

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Nanostructured (d∼ 20-35 nm) and highly luminescent Ca(OH):Ln and Mg(OH):Ln (Ln = Eu, Sm, Tb, Mg(Ca)/Ln = 20 : 1 atomic) nanostructures were obtained in inverse (water in oil - w/o) miniemulsion (ME), by exploiting the nanosized compartments of the droplets to spatially confine the hydroxide precipitation in basic environment (NaOH). The functional nanostructures were prepared using different surfactants (Span80 (span) and a mixture of Igepal co-630 and Brij 52 (mix)) to optimise ME stability and hydroxide biocompatibility as well as tune the droplet sizes. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analyses testify the achievement of a pure brucite-Mg(OH)-phase and pure portlandite-Ca(OH)-phase with a high degree of crystallinity.

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