Designing Gold Nanoparticle-Ensembles as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags inside Human Retinal Cells

Joint Authors

Rugina, Dumitrita
Astilean, Simion
Pintea, Adela
Boca, Sanda
Leopold, Nicolae

Source

Journal of Nanotechnology

Issue

Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2012-05-07

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Chemistry

Abstract EN

Apart from the traditional development of surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS) substrates for ultrasensitive spectroscopic analysis, an increasing interest is given nowadays to the design of the so-called SERS nanotags which integrate multiple SERS applications into single plasmonic nanoparticles.

The fabrication of SERS tags is still a challenging task due to the complicated fabrication process.

Typically, SERS tags are hybrid nanoconstructs consisting in a unique plasmonic nanoobject encoded with specific reporter molecules and enveloped in a protective shell that provides both biocompatibility and targeting function.

Herein, we produce effective SERS tags consisting in small aggregates of gold nanoparticles (mainly dimers and trimers) which are captured from solution and then transferred into cells to perform as individual plasmonic nanostructures.

Actually the small aggregates formed under controlled conditions are stabilized in solution by interlocking into a polymeric envelope made of thiol-modified poly(ethylene) glycol (PEG-SH).

No further encoding operation is necessary in our case since part of ascorbic acid used as reducing agent remains attached in the interparticle junctions, providing persistent and strong SERS signal when the fabricated tags are internalized by human retinal cells.

Our studies demonstrate a promising potential of new SERS-active nanoparticles to serve as effective reporters for biomedical tracing and imaging.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Boca, Sanda& Rugina, Dumitrita& Pintea, Adela& Leopold, Nicolae& Astilean, Simion. 2012. Designing Gold Nanoparticle-Ensembles as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags inside Human Retinal Cells. Journal of Nanotechnology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Boca, Sanda…[et al.]. Designing Gold Nanoparticle-Ensembles as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags inside Human Retinal Cells. Journal of Nanotechnology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Boca, Sanda& Rugina, Dumitrita& Pintea, Adela& Leopold, Nicolae& Astilean, Simion. Designing Gold Nanoparticle-Ensembles as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Tags inside Human Retinal Cells. Journal of Nanotechnology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511656

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-511656