Publications

2026

  1. Lovasz V. D., Gonçalves J. M., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Liz-Marzán L., Villa K., "Nanoengineered Photoactive Micromotors for Targeted Pollutant Capture, Degradation and SERS-based Detection." Research 2026, 9, 1110. doi: 10.34133/research.1110

2025

  1. Pawlak, M., Abramowicz, J., Fiuza Maneiro, N., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Jo, S., Benchimol, E., Roszkowski, P., Chen, Z., Wang, D., Clever, G. H., Liz-Marzán, L. M., Mihi, A., Povalarapu, L., Lewandowski, W. “The Combination of Chiral Assembly and Chiral Template Effects Boosts Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Perovskite Nanocrystals.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e07812. doi: 10.1002/anie.202507812
  2. Troncoso-Afonso, L., Vásquez-Aristizabal, P., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Henríquez, Y., González-Callejo, P., Valera, P. S., Henriksen-Lacey, M., García-Astrain, C., Liz-Marzán, L. M. “dECM-Supported Printing of Plasmonic Pillars for SERS Monitoring of Chemotherapy in 3D Tumor Models.” ACS Sens. 2025, 10, 7114. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.5c02344
  3. Lonza, M., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Bevilacqua, F., Scarabelli, L., Liz-Marzán, L. M. “High-Yield in Situ Growth of Supported Gold Nanorods in Microfluidic Channels.” ACS Nano 2025, 19, 29691. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c09672Corresponding Author
  4. Craig, T. M., Girod, R., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Liz-Marzán, L. M., Bals, S. “Towards Continuous Time-Dependent Tomography: Implementation and Evaluation of Continuous Acquisition Schemes in Electron Tomography.” Ultramicroscopy 2025, 277, 114207. doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2025.114207
  5. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Núñez-Martínez, M., Herrero-Ruiz, A., Bevilacqua, F., Pazos, R., Troncoso Afonso, L., Gallego-González, M., Scarabelli, L., Liz-Marzán, L. M. “Plasmonic-Hydrogel Hybrid Biomaterials Via In Situ Seeded Growth.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202501854. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202501854Corresponding Author.
  6. Troncoso-Afonso, L., Henríquez-Banegas, Y. M., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Gutiérrez-Cáceres, J., Gallastegui, G., Clara García-Astrain, C., Liz-Marzán, L. M. “Using thiol–ene click chemistry to engineer 3D printed plasmonic hydrogel scaffolds for SERS biosensing.” Biomater. Sci. 2025, 13, 2936. doi: 10.1039/d4bm01529k

2024

  1. Bevilacqua, F. C., Girod, R., Martín, V. F., Obelleiro-Liz, M., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Van Gordon, K., Hofkens, J., Manuel Taboada, J., Bals, S., Liz-Marzán, L. “Additive-Free Synthesis of (Chiral) Gold Bipyramids from Pentatwinned Nanorods.” ACS Mater. Lett. 2024, 6, 5163. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01605
  2. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., García-Astrain, C., Troncoso-Afonso, L., Wagner, M., Langer, J., González-Callejo, P., Di Silvio, D., Liz-Márzan, L. M. “Growing Gold Nanostars on 3D Hydrogel Surfaces.” Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 5192. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00564Corresponding Author.
  3. Troncoso-Afonso, L., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., García-Astrain, C., Liz-Marzán, L. M. “SERS in 3D cell models: a powerful tool in cancer research.” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2024, 53, 5118. doi:10.1039/d3cs01049j
  4. Naimi, W., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Saldana, S., Ronduen, L., Domjan, H., Chiang, N. “Teaching Acid-Base Fundamentals and Introducing pH Using Butterfly Pea Flower Tea.” J. Chem. Ed. 2024, 101, 1373. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01058Corresponding Author.

2023

  1. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Stefancu, A., Conti, Y., Cortés, E., Weiss, P. S., Scarabelli, L. “Direct Bottom-Up in Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles.” Chem. Rev. 2023, 123, 8488. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00914Corresponding Author.
  2. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Lee, J. K., Frost, I. M., Chiang, N., Scarabelli, L., Weiss, P. S., Jonas, S. J. “Microfluidic Reactors for Exploring the Bottom-up Synthesis of Gold Nanostars from Substrate-Anchored Seeds in Flow.” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 6454. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.3c00440Corresponding Author.

2022

  1. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Conti, Y., Jonas S. J., Weiss, P. S., Mihi, A., Scarabelli, L. “Surface Lattice Plasmon Resonances by Direct Surface Growth of Gold Nanoparticles in Ordered Arrays.” Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2205330. doi: 10.1002/adma.202205330

2021

  1. Scarabelli, L., Chiang, N., Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Pérez, L. A., Dore, C., Mihi, A., Weiss, P. S., Jonas, S. J. “Patterning of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Through Chemical Lift-Off Lithography.” ACS Mater. Lett. 2021, 3, 282. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00535

2020

  1. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Chiang, N., Weiss, P. S., Tolbert, S. H., Scarabelli, L. “Seeded-Growth Experiment Demonstrating Size- and Shape-Dependence on Gold Nanoparticle–Light Interactions.” J. Chem. Ed. 2020, 98, 546. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01150
  2. Vinnacombe-Willson, G. A., Chiang, N., Scarabelli, L., Hu, Y., Heidenreich, L., Xi, L., Gong, Y., Inouye, D. T., Fisher, T., Weiss, P. S., Jonas, S. J. “In Situ Growth of Gold Nanostars in Flow for Controlled Hyperthermia-Mediated Cell Release.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 2105. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01097

2015

  1. Irace, E. E., Brayfindley, E., Vinnacombe, G. A., Castro, C., Karney, W. L. “Stone-Wales Rearrangements in Hydrocarbons: From Planar to Bowl-Shaped Substrates.” J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 11718. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01274