Photothermal detection of individual gold nanoparticles: perspectives for high-throughput screening
Autor: | Michel Orrit, Herman P. Spaink, Thomas Schmidt, Niels Laurens, Jaya Besser, Florian Kulzer |
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Přispěvatelé: | Physics of Living Systems |
Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
Detection limit
Time delay and integration Time Factors Chemistry Photochemistry Temperature Metal Nanoparticles Nanotechnology Photothermal therapy Photobleaching Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Numerical aperture Biological specimen Orders of magnitude (time) Colloidal gold Gold Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Fluorescent Dyes |
Zdroj: | Kulzer, F, Laurens, N, Besser, J, Schmidt, T, Orrit, M & Spaink, H P 2008, ' Photothermal detection of individual gold nanoparticles: Perspectives for high-throughput screening ', ChemPhysChem, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1761-1766 . https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200800127 ChemPhysChem, 9(12), 1761-1766. Wiley-VCH Verlag |
ISSN: | 1439-7641 1439-4235 |
Popis: | We use photothermal microscopy to detect and image individual gold nanoparticles that are either embedded in a polymer film or immobilized in an aqueous environment. Reducing the numerical aperture of the detection optics allows us to achieve a 200-fold-enlarged detection volume while still retaining sufficient detectivity. We characterize the capabilities of this approach for the detection of gold colloids with a diameter of 20 nm, with emphasis on practical aspects that are important for high-throughput-screening applications. The extended detection volume in combination with the stability of the photothermal signal are major advantages compared to fluorescence-based approaches, which are limited by photoblinking and photobleaching. Careful consideration is given to the trade-off between the maximum increase in local temperature that can be tolerated by a biological specimen and the minimum integration time needed to reliably determine whether a given volume contains a target species. We find that our approach has the potential to increase the detection-limited flow rate (i.e. the limit given by the detection volume divided by the minimum detection time) by two to three orders of magnitude. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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