Bailón, Sonia

Bailón, Sonia

Faculty Member

Positions

Associate Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico - Ponce

overview

Sonia Bailón began her independent career at the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Campus in 2013 as Assistant Professor after finishing her PhD thesis on the processing of Zn-based quantum dots as potential photo-sensitizers for nanomedicine applications at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Bailón has more than 30 published peer-reviewed articles and two patents.

member of

Royal Society of Chemistry

selected publications

academic article
- Photodegradation of Tropaeolin O in the Presence of Ag-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles. Micro. 3:643-652. 2023
- Production of Zn-based quantum dots in the presence of different capping agents. MRS Advances. 8:409-415. 2023
- Degradation of Amaranth and Tropaeolin O in the presence of ZnO nanoparticles. International Nano Letters. 12:295-300. 2022
- Degradation of organic dyes in the presence of activated titanium-based nanoparticles. MRS Advances. 7:289-294. 2022
- Effect of the capping agent on the photocatalytic performance of ZnS nanostructures. MRS Advances. 7:203-207. 2022
- Photocatalysis degradation of Remazol Brilliant Blue R and Brilliant Green by zinc-based nanomaterials. MRS Advances. 8:392-396. 2022
- Photocatalytic activity of zinc sulfide quantum dots on Amaranth dye. MRS Advances. 7:295-299. 2022
- Photodegradation of organic dyes in single and multi-component in the presence of Titanium Dioxide nanoparticles. MRS Advances. 7:255-259. 2022
- Simple technique to generate small cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles. MRS Advances. 7:208-212. 2022
- Effect of the particle size and pH on the photocatalytic performance of cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles. MRS Advances. 6:769-773. 2021
- Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic activity of ZnS and Mn-doped ZnS nanostructures. MRS Advances. 6:252-258. 2021
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Nanotoxicity of Water stable Quantum Dots. MRS Advances. 5:2231-2239. 2020
- Potential Bactericidal Activity of Silver Nanoparticles. MRS Advances. 5:975-984. 2020
- Synthesis of Biocompatible Silver Nanoparticles and Nanotoxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems. MRS Advances. 5:805-813. 2020
- Fabrication of Gold Nanoparticles of Different Sizes and its Interaction in Aquatic Phase. MRS Advances. 4:2109-2117. 2019
- Generation of ZnS Nanostructures with Modified Chemical Surface. MRS Advances. 4:2095-2102. 2019
- One-step Aqueous Synthesis of Zn-based Quantum Dots as Potential Generators of Reactive Oxygen Species. MRS Advances. 4:399-404. 2019
- Synthesis and characterization of Se-based nanoparticles as potential generators of reactive oxygen species. MRS Advances. 4:419-424. 2019
- Environmental behavior of coated NMs: Physicochemical aspects and plant interactions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 347:196-217. 2018
- Evaluation of ZnSe(S) Quantum Dots on the Cell Viability of Prostate Cancer Cell (PC3). Journal of Electronic Materials. 47:4361-4365. 2018
- Generation of singlet oxygen by water-stable CdSe(S) and ZnSe(S) quantum dots. Applied Materials Today. 9:161-166. 2017
- Aqueous Synthesis of Cu-doped Zn-based Quantum Dots with Light- Enhanced Cytotoxic Capacity for Potential Biomedical Applications. Current Nanoscience. 12:396-401. 2016
- Li-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles as Novel Direct Generator of Singlet Oxygen for Potential Photodynamic Therapy Applications. MRS Proceedings. 1784:mrss15-2136565. 2015
- Size-Controlled Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Water-Dispersible Cd(Se,S) Quantum Dots for Potential Biological Applications. MRS Proceedings. 1784:mrss15-2133986. 2015
- Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of Ni‐Doped Zn(Se,S) Quantum Dots. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2015. 2015
- Quantum Dots of ZnSe(S) Doped with Copper as Nanophotocatalyst in the Degradation of Organic Dyes. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 14:7333-7339. 2014
- UV-enhanced toxicity of water-stable quantum dots in human pancreatic carcinoma cells. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 9:942-956. 2014
- One-step Synthesis of Water-dispersible ZnSe(S)-alloy Quantum Dots in the Presence of Thiol Species. Current Nanoscience. 9:117-121. 2013
- Synthesis and Surface Functionalization of Water-soluble Quantum Dots. Current Nanoscience. 8:202-207. 2012
- Systematic investigation of the aqueous processing of CdSe quantum dots and CuS nanoparticles for potential bio-medical applications.. MRS Proceedings. 1449:mrss12-1449-bb09-07. 2012
- Effect of Doping on the Structural and Optical Properties of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of ZnSe@ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots. MRS Proceedings. 1207:1207-N10-61. 2009

research overview

Development of nanoscale materials: quantum dots and metallic nanoparticles. Efforts are mainly dedicated to the following topics: photoactivated nanomaterials, functionalization of nanomaterials, photocatalysis of dyes and drugs, nanotoxicity in aquatic ecosystems, and photodynamic therapy.

full name

Sonia Bailón

primary email

Sonia.bailon@upr.edu

phone

787-464-5803

Publications in VIVO

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Contact Info

Sonia.bailon@upr.edu

787-464-5803