Exfoliated near infrared fluorescent CaCuSi4O10 nanosheets with ultra-high photostability and brightness for biological imaging
| Autor: | Florian A. Mann, Alexey I. Chizhik, Jörg Großhans, Helen Preiß, Gabriele Selvaggio, Tabea A. Oswald, Robert Nißler, Alexander Spreinat, Sebastian Kruss, Zhiyi Lv, Luise Erpenbeck, Juan Pablo Giraldo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Materials science business.industry Sonication Near-infrared spectroscopy 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Fluorescence Light scattering 0104 chemical sciences Autofluorescence Optoelectronics 0210 nano-technology Biological imaging business Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) |
| Popis: | Imaging of complex (biological) samples in the near infrared (nIR) range of the spectrum is beneficial due to reduced light scattering, absorption, phototoxicity and autofluorescence. However, there are only few near infrared fluorescent materials known and suitable for biomedical applications. Here, we exfoliate the layered pigment CaCuSi4O10 (known as Egyptian Blue, EB) via facile tip sonication into nanosheets (EB-NS) with ultra-high nIR fluorescence stability and brightness. The size of EB-NS can be tailored by tip sonication to diameters < 20 nm and heights down to 1 nm. EB-NS fluoresce at 910 nm and the total fluorescence intensity scales with the number of Cu2+ ions that serve as luminescent centers. Furthermore, EB-NS display no bleaching and ultra-high brightness compared to other nIR fluorophores. The versatility of EB-NS is demonstrated by in vivo single-particle tracking and microrheology measurements in developing Drosophila embryos. Additionally, we show that EB-NS can be uptaken by plants and remotely detected in a low cost stand-off detection setup despite strong plant background fluorescence. In summary, EB-NS are a highly versatile, bright, photostable and biocompatible nIR fluorescent material that has the potential for a wide range of bioimaging applications both in animal and plant systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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