Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles can be utilized as optical labeling nanoprobes for bioimaging with advantages of the fingerprint vibrational signal as a unique optical code and the ultra-narrow linewidth for multiplexing. As a new type of SERS nanoprobes, gap-enhanced Raman tags (GERTs) developed recently can overcome the common issues of poor photostability and limited Raman enhancement. In this work, we have constructed bright nanotriangle-based GERTs (NT-GERTs) for combined SERS bioimaging and photothermal therapy. With optimized Au shell morphology and thickness, NT-GERTs possess 20 folds brighter SERS signal and a more efficient photothermal effect compared to conventional nanosphere-based GERTs. These NT-GERTs show great potential for intraoperative SERS bioimaging guided photothermal therapy of cancers.
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21 February 2019
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February 20 2019
Nanotriangle-based gap-enhanced Raman tags for bioimaging and photothermal therapy
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Magnetic and Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Devices
Xiulong Jin;
Xiulong Jin
1
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
2
Shanghai Med-X Engineering Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
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Jing He;
Jing He
1
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
2
Shanghai Med-X Engineering Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
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Jian Ye
Jian Ye
a)
1
State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
2
Shanghai Med-X Engineering Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, Shanghai 200030, China
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: yejian78@sjtu.edu.cn
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: yejian78@sjtu.edu.cn
Note: This paper is part of the Special Topic on: Magnetic and Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Devices.
J. Appl. Phys. 125, 073102 (2019)
Article history
Received:
November 17 2018
Accepted:
January 01 2019
Citation
Xiulong Jin, Jing He, Jian Ye; Nanotriangle-based gap-enhanced Raman tags for bioimaging and photothermal therapy. J. Appl. Phys. 21 February 2019; 125 (7): 073102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5081891
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