期刊
NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 6, 期 2, 页码 214-226出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.07.009
关键词
Cells; Optical nanosensors; Nano gold; Spectroscopy; SERS; pH probing
This review introduces multifunctional optical nanosensors based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and demonstrates their application in live cells. The novel nanosensors have the potential to improve our understanding of cellular processes on the molecular level. The hybrid sensor consists of gold or silver nanoparticles with an attached reporter species. The sensor can be detected and imaged based on the SERS signature of the reporter. This results in several advantages, such as high spectral specificity, multiplex capabilities, improved contrast, and photostability. SERS sensors not only highlight cellular structures, based on enhanced Raman spectra of intrinsic cellular molecules measured in the local optical fields of the gold nanoparticles, they also provide molecular structural information on their cellular environment. Moreover, the SERS signature of the reporter can deliver information on the local pH value inside a cell at subendosomal resolution. SERS sensors are suitable for one- and two-photon excitation. From the Clinical Editor: This review introduces multifunctional optical nanosensors based on surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and demonstrates their application in live cells. These hybrid sensors consist of gold or silver nanoparticles with an attached reporter species. The sensor can be detected and imaged based on the SERS signature of the reporter. SERS sensors highlight cellular structures and provide molecular structural information on their cellular environment. They can also deliver information on the intracellular pH-value at subendosomal resolution. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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