Kneipp Janina, Kneipp Harald, Wittig Burghardt, Kneipp Katrin
Harvard University Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Nano Lett. 2007 Sep;7(9):2819-23. doi: 10.1021/nl071418z. Epub 2007 Aug 16.
We demonstrate spatially resolved probing and imaging of pH in live cells by mobile and biocompatible nanosensors using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (pMBA) on gold nanoaggregates. Moreover, we also show that this concept of pH nanosensors can be extended to two-photon excitation by using surface-enhanced hyper-Raman scattering (SEHRS). In addition to the advantages of two-photon excitation, the SEHRS sensor enables measurements over a wide pH range without the use of multiple probes.
我们通过使用金纳米聚集体上4-巯基苯甲酸(pMBA)的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS),利用可移动且生物相容的纳米传感器,展示了对活细胞内pH值的空间分辨探测和成像。此外,我们还表明,通过使用表面增强超拉曼散射(SEHRS),这种pH纳米传感器的概念可以扩展到双光子激发。除了双光子激发的优点外,SEHRS传感器能够在不使用多种探针的情况下,在很宽的pH范围内进行测量。