Bi-coloured enhanced luminescence imaging by targeted switch on/off laser MEF coupling for synthetic biosensing of nanostructured human serum albumin

Palacios, Luna R. Gomez; Martinez, Sofia Mickaela; Tettamanti, Cecilia S.; Inda, Ayelén; Quinteros, Daniela Alejandra; Bracamonte, A. Guillermo

doi:10.1007/s43630-023-00483-5

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“…After the surfaces of these ultraluminescent gold core-shell nano-acceptors (Au@SiO 2 -RhB) were modified with average constant silica spacer lengths of 9.5 nm obtained by the Störber method [24] (Scheme 1(bi)), aliquots of µL volume from TEOS 10% (at pH = 8-9 by addition of NH 4 OH) were added vigorously to 4 mL sample (s1-s4) of gold core-shell silica nanoparticles (gold concentrated nanoparticles; [Au NPs] = 5.00 × 10 10 NPs/mL) to obtain silanized ultraluminescent gold core-shell nano-emitter platforms for further supramolecular grafting (Au@SiO 2 -RhB-).…”

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Multimodal Spectroscopy Assays for Advanced Nano-Optics Approaches by Tuning Nano-Tool Surface Chemistry and Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence

Romero,

Veglia,

Amé

et al. 2024

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In this research work, different chemical modifications were applied to gold nanoparticles and their use in enhanced non-classical light emitters based on metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF) was evaluated. In order to achieve this, gold core–shell nanoparticles with silica shells were modified via multilayered addition and the incorporation of a covalently linked laser dye to develop MEF. Their inter-nanoparticle interactions were evaluated by using additional silica shell multilayers and modified cyclodextrin macrocycles. In this manner, the sizes and chemical surface interactions on the multilayered nanoarchitectures were varied. These optical active nanoplatforms led to the development of different nanoassembly sizes and luminescence behaviors. Therefore, the interactions and nanoassembly properties were evaluated by using various spectroscopic and nanoimaging techniques. Highly dispersible gold core–shell nanoparticles with diameters of 50–60 nm showed improved colloidal dispersion that led to single ultraluminescent gold core–shell nanoparticles with MEF. Then, the addition of variable silica lengths produced increased interactions and consequent nanoaggregation. However, the silanized nanoparticles were easily dispersible after agitation or sonication. Thus, their sizes were proportional only to the diameter and the van de Waals interaction did not affect their sizes in bulk. Then, the covalent linking of different concentrations of modified cyclodextrins was applied to the chemical surfaces by incorporating additional hydroxyl groups from the glucose monomeric unities of cyclodextrins. In this manner, variable larger-sized and inter-branched grafted gold core–shell silica nanoparticles were generated. The ultraluminescent properties were conserved due to the non-optical activity of the cyclodextrins. However, they generated enhanced ultraluminescence phenomena. Laser fluorescence microscopy nanoimaging showed enhanced resolutions in comparison to non-grafted supramolecular gold core–shell nanoparticles. The differences in their interactions and the sizes of the nanoassemblies were explained by their single nanoparticle diameters and the interacting chemical groups on their nanosurfaces. While the varied luminescence emissions generated were tuned by plasmonics, enhanced plasmonic phenomena and light scattering properties were seen depending on the type of nanoassembly. Thus, optically active and non-optically active materials led to different optical properties in the bright field and enhanced the excited state within the electromagnetic near-field of the gold nanotemplates. In this manner, it was possible to achieve high sensitivity by varying the spacer lengths and optical properties. Therefore, further perspectives regarding the design of nano-tools composed of light for various applications were discussed.

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confidence: 99%