Engineering Bioconjugated Gold Nanospheres and Gold Nanorods as Label-Free Plasmon Scattering Probes for Ultrasensitive Multiplex Dark-Field Imaging of Cancer Cells
In this paper, we proposed the use of gold nanoparticles as plasmon scattering probes for dark-field multiplex imaging of live cancer cells. By carefully engineering the surfaces, aqueous dispersions of anti-EGFR antibody-conjugated gold nanospheres and gold nanorods are prepared. We
demonstrated the receptor-mediated delivery of antibody conjugated gold nanospheres and gold nanorods into EGFR receptor-positive oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line by using dark-field microscopy technique. Our result suggests that gold nanospheres and gold nanorods formulations could
provide up to 7 types of plasmon scattering probes based on their tunability range with a 100 nm spectral separation in absorption bands.
Keywords: CANCER CELLS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYPER SPECTRA; LABEL-FREE IMAGING PROBE; MULTIPLEX IMAGING; PLASMONICS
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 June 2013
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