Surface Chemistry of Bacteriophage and Laser Ablated Nanoparticle Complexes for Pathogen Detection

Autor: Rosemonde Mandeville, David Rioux, Michel Meunier, Nancy Tawil, Edward Sacher
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119:14375-14382
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02169
Popis: We report the synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles, produced by the femtosecond laser ablation of a gold target, and their subsequent use in the formation of S. aureus phage–nanoparticle complexes for biodetection purposes. A detailed X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis shows that the negatively charged nanoparticles that are formed interact with and subsequently internalize into the positively charged bacteriophages. These complexes render possible the specific detection of a single S. aureus bacterium in a heterogeneous sample, using dark field microscopy without complex sample treatment or amplification.
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