Department: Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE)

Phone: +34 965 222 475

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Current Position: Lecturer of Physical Chemistry, Universidad Miguel Hernández.

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Research Fields

• Development of new fluorescent materials for the applications in biological systems fundamentally using fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy: conjugated polymer, nanoparticles and sol-gel matrices.

• Development of nanostructures for encapsulation, transport and drug release.

Representative Publications

• Z. Kahveci, M. J. Martínez-Tomé, R. Mallavia and C. Reyes Mateo. Fluorescent Biosensor for Phosphate Determination Based on Immobilized Polyfluorene-Liposomal Nanoparticles Coupled with Alkaline Phosphatase. (2017) Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 136 – 144. 

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• Z. Kahveci, R. Vázquez-Guilló, M. J. Martínez-Tomé, R. Mallavia and C. Reyes Mateo. New Red-Emitting Conjugated Polyelectrolyte: Stabilization by Interaction with Biomolecules and Potential Use as Drug Carriers and Bioimaging Probes.(2016) Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 1958 – 1969.

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• Z. Kahveci, M. J. Martínez-Tomé, R. Esquembre, R. Mallavia and C. Reyes Mateo. Selective Interaction of a Cationic Polyfluorene with Model Lipid Membranes: Anionic versus Zwitterionic Lipids. (2014) Materials, 7, 2120 – 2140.

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• Z. Kahveci, M. J. Martínez-Tomé, R. Mallavia and C. Reyes Mateo. Use of the Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Poly{[9,9-bis(6’ –N,N,N-trimethylammonium)hexyl]fluorene-phenylene} Bromide (HTMA-PFP) as a  fluorescent membrane marker. (2013) Biomacromolecules, 14, 1990 – 1998.

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• Martínez-Tomé, M.J., Esquembre, R., Mallavia, R. and Mateo C. R. Formation of Complexes between the Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Poly{[9,9-bis(6’ –N,N,N-trimethylammonium)hexyl]fluorene-phenylene} Bromide (HTMA-PFP) and Human Serum Albumin. (2010) Biomacromolecules 11, 1494-1501.