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Dong Q, An W, Zhang Y. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Combined with Near-Field Electromagnetic Analysis for Ultrashort-Pulsed Light-Induced Plasmonic Nanobubbles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:4198-4206. [PMID: 38355291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Ultrashort-pulsed light-induced nanobubbles gain great attention in research fields such as cancer therapy, optical imaging, and drug delivery. However, the mechanism governing the nucleation and growth of nanobubbles remains controversial. In this study, a molecular dynamics simulation combined with near-field electromagnetic theory is developed to investigate the influence of the localized surface plasmon resonance effect (LSPR) on nanobubble nucleation under various time-length pulsed light and to reveal the energy transfer differences during the nanobubble generation process. The results show that when silver nanoparticles (NPs) are irradiated by a 5 ps shorter-pulsed light, the temperature of the water layer adjacent to the nanoparticle surpasses that of the nanoparticle itself and reaches the spinodal temperature. This leads to nanobubbles' rapid nucleation at approximately 20 ps, which is 80 ps earlier than that irradiated by a 100 ps longer-pulsed light. Comparatively, during longer-pulsed light irradiation, a slower increase in both the temperature of the silver NPs and the water layer results in delayed nucleation of nanobubbles. Therefore, the plasmonic nanobubbles (PNBs) were observed around in 74 and 100 ps when irradiated by 50 and 100 ps longer-pulsed light, respectively. Moreover, the result indicates that the LSPR-induced enhanced electric field by shorter-pulsed light (5 ps) is 2.1 × 1010 V/m, which can accelerate the motion of water molecules surrounding silver NPs, resulting in rapid generation of nanobubbles. However, the intensities of the resonant electric field drop to 5.6 × 109 and 5.0 × 109 V/m when the duration times of pulsed light are 50 and 100 ps, respectively. These results indicate that the energy transfer mechanism of plasmonic nanobubbles (PNBs) under ultrashort-pulsed light irradiation might be very different from that of thermally mediated nanobubbles (TNBs). This work provides new insights into understanding the generation of PNBs induced by ultrashort-pulsed light.
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- Qingchun Dong
- College of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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Agiotis L, De Lille VT, Meunier M. Influence of photothermal and plasma-mediated nano-processes on fluence thresholds for ultrafast laser-induced cavitation around gold nanoparticles. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:6887-6896. [PMID: 38059026 PMCID: PMC10696957 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00743j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Laser fluence thresholds of ultrafast excitation of vapor bubbles around gold nanoparticles are determined experimentally. An optical scattering technique of limited minimum bubble size resolution is employed and analyzed for that purpose. Measurements were performed for spherical gold nanoparticles of varying sizes (40-200 nm) and for laser pulses of varying pulse width (55 fs to 4.3 ps) to estimate the limits where the evaluated thresholds are attributed to either plasma-mediated or photothermal cavitation. Furthermore, thresholds were obtained by double 55 fs pulsed excitation (varying delay 0.0-4.3 ps), providing insights into the dynamics of the excited plasma. A relationship is established between particle properties, (size, near-field amplification factor, and absorption efficiency) and the crossover pulse width of the transition from plasma-mediated to photothermal cavitation. Further, by comparing theory and experiments, we examine the approximative optical breakdown density of ∼10-21 cm-3 at a distance of 1-2 nm from the particle surface as a criterion of plasma-mediated cavitation around gold nanoparticles in analogy to the spinodal criterion for photothermal cavitation. For a given pulse width, the breakdown density appears to be nearly size-independent, establishing the aforesaid criterion applicable. However, a small pulse width dependence of the breakdown density is still observed. Based on these criteria, a comparison is further provided between theoretical thresholds of cavitation and the ones of detectable bubbles. An increasing discrepancy is observed between them with decreasing size for the case of photothermal cavitation. For plasma-mediated cavitation, the latter discrepancy is seemingly smaller, presumably due to the highly nonlinear nature of the process.
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- Leonidas Agiotis
- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal Montreal QC H3C 3A7 Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal Montreal QC H3C 3A7 Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal Montreal QC H3C 3A7 Canada
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Uzel A, Agiotis L, Baron A, Zhigaltsev IV, Cullis PR, Hasanzadeh Kafshgari M, Meunier M. Single Pulse Nanosecond Laser-Stimulated Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from Hybrid Lipid Nanoparticles Containing 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2305591. [PMID: 37936336 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Encapsulating chemotherapeutic drugs like doxorubicin (DOX) inside lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) can overcome their acute, systematic toxicity. However, a precise drug release at the tumor microenvironment for improving the maximum tolerated dose and reducing side effects has yet to be well-established by implementing a safe stimuli-responsive strategy. This study proposes an integrated nanoscale perforation to trigger DOX release from hybrid plasmonic multilamellar LNPs composed of 5 nm gold (Au) NPs clustered at the internal lamellae interfaces. To promote site-specific DOX release, a single pulse irradiation strategy is developed by taking advantage of the resonant interaction between nanosecond pulsed laser radiation (527 nm) and the plasmon mode of the hybrid nanocarriers. This approach enlarges the amount of DOX in the target cells up to 11-fold compared to conventional DOX-loaded LNPs, leading to significant cancer cell death. The simulation of the pulsed laser interactions of the hybrid nanocarriers suggests a release mechanism mediated by either explosive vaporization of thin water layers adjacent to AuNP clusters or thermo-mechanical decomposition of overheated lipid layers. This simulation indicates an intact DOX integrity following irradiation since the temperature distribution is highly localized around AuNP clusters and highlights a controlled light-triggered drug delivery system.
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- Antoine Uzel
- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
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Dehariya D, Eswar K, Tarafdar A, Balusamy S, Rengan AK. Recent Advances of Nanobubble-based systems in Cancer Therapeutics: A Review. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ADVANCES 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bea.2023.100080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Lombard J, Biben T, Merabia S. Electron–phonon effects on the photoacoustic response of gold core–silica shell nanoparticles: From the linear regime to nanocavitation. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:084701. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0078457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Coating gold nanostructures with a silica shell has been long considered for biomedical applications, including photoacoustic imaging. Recent experimental and modeling investigations reported contradicting results concerning the effect of coating on the photoacoustic response of gold nanostructures. Enhanced photoacoustic response is generally attributed to facilitated heat transfer at the gold/silica/water system. Here, we examine the photoacoustic response of gold core–silica shell nanoparticles immersed in water using a combination of the two temperature model and hydrodynamic phase field simulations. Here, of particular interest is the role of the interfacial coupling between the gold electrons and silica shell phonons. We demonstrate that as compared to uncoated nanoparticles, photoacoustic response is enhanced for very thin silica shells (5 nm) and short laser pulses, but for thicker coatings, the photoacoustic performance are generally deteriorated. We extend the study to the regime of nanocavitation and show that the generation of nanobubbles may also play a role in the enhanced acoustic response of core–shell nanoparticles. Our modeling effort may serve as guides for the optimization of the photoacoustic response of heterogeneous metal–dielectric nanoparticles.
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- Julien Lombard
- Departamento de Física y Química Teórica and Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Sato R, Henzie J, Zhang B, Ishii S, Murai S, Takazawa K, Takeda Y. Random Lasing via Plasmon-Induced Cavitation of Microbubbles. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6064-6070. [PMID: 34240608 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Numerous laboratories have observed random lasing from optically pumped solutions of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) suspended with organic dye molecules. The underlying mechanism is typically attributed to the formation of closed-loop optical cavities enabled by the large local field and scattering enhancements in the vicinity of plasmonic NPs. In this manuscript, we propose an alternative mechanism that does not directly require the plasmon resonance. We used high-speed confocal microspectroscopy to observe the photophysical dynamics of NPs in solution. Laser pulses induce the formation of microbubbles that surround and encapsulate the NPs, then sharp peaks <1.0 nm are observed that match the spectral signature of random lasing. Electromagnetic simulations indicate that ensembles of microbubbles may form optical corral containing standing wave patterns that are sufficient to sustain coherent optical feedback in a gain medium. Collectively, these results show that ensembles of plasmonic-induced bubbles can generate optical feedback and random lasing.
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- Rodrigo Sato
- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
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- Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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Xiong R, Xu RX, Huang C, De Smedt S, Braeckmans K. Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles for biomedical applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:5746-5776. [PMID: 33972972 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00839j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles have received increased attention for their application in spatial and temporal resolution of diagnostic techniques and therapies, particularly in multiple imaging methods, and they thus have significant potential for applications in the field of biomedicine. This review presents an overview of the recent advances in the development of stimuli-responsive nanobubbles and their novel applications. Properties of both internal- and external-stimuli responsive nanobubbles are highlighted and discussed considering the potential features required for biomedical applications. Furthermore, the methods used for synthesis and characterization of nanobubbles are outlined. Finally, novel biomedical applications are proposed alongside the advantages and shortcomings inherent to stimuli-responsive nanobubbles.
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- Ranhua Xiong
- Joint Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Materials (NFU-UGent), College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University (NFU), Nanjing 210037, P. R. China. and Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230022, P. R. China and Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Joint Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Materials (NFU-UGent), College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University (NFU), Nanjing 210037, P. R. China.
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- Joint Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Materials (NFU-UGent), College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University (NFU), Nanjing 210037, P. R. China. and Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. and Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. and Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Zhan S, Duan H, Pan L, Tu J, Jia D, Yang T, Li J. Molecular dynamics simulation of shock-induced microscopic bubble collapse. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:8446-8455. [PMID: 33876008 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00406a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Shock waves and micro-jets generated during the process of bubble collapse lead to cavitation damage on the surface of materials in hydraulic machinery equipment parts, which is attention. However, research on the dynamics of bubble collapse is still unclear. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to study the compression and collapse processes of microscopic bubbles under the impact of different velocities for water molecules. The velocities of the shock wave, time of bubble collapse and shock pressure of collapse were obtained. Results showed that higher the impact velocity, shorter is the time of bubble collapse and the higher velocity of the micro-jet. After the bubble collapse, the micro-jet will form secondary water hammer shocks and a greater shock pressure. The water structure appears to undergo a phase change (ice-VII structure) when the velocity of water molecules is 1.0 km s-1. The shock induces the bubble collapse and the micro-jet significantly increases the chemical activity of water molecules; the degree of ionization of water molecules increases with the shock velocity. In addition, the Hugoniot curve of the shock velocity obtained by molecular dynamics simulations are in good agreement with the experimental data.
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- Shengpeng Zhan
- State Key Laboratory of Special Surface Protection Materials and Application Technology, Wuhan Research Institute of Materials Protection, Wuhan 430030, China.
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Ng KM, Lai SKM, Chen Z, Cheng YH, Tang HW, Huang W, Su Y, Yang J. Harvesting More Energetic Photoexcited Electrons from Closely Packed Gold Nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:815-824. [PMID: 33555854 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The characterization of photoexcited electrons on the surface of nanomaterial remains challenging. Herein, laser excitation mass spectrometry combined with a chemical thermometer and electron acceptor has been developed to characterize the energetics and population density of photoexcited electrons transferred from gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). In contrast to laser fluence and bias voltage, the hot spots of closely packed AuNPs play a more significant role in enhancing the average energetics of photoexcited electrons, which can be harvested effectively by the electron acceptor. By harvesting more energetic photoexcited electrons for the desorption and ionization process, it is anticipated that the sensitive detection of biomarkers can be achieved, which is beneficial to metabolomic studies and early disease diagnosis.
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- Kwan-Ming Ng
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China
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Kang P, Xie C, Fall O, Randrianalisoa J, Qin Z. Computational Investigation of Protein Photoinactivation by Molecular Hyperthermia. J Biomech Eng 2021; 143:031004. [PMID: 33156335 PMCID: PMC7871998 DOI: 10.1115/1.4049017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To precisely control protein activity in a living system is a challenging yet long-pursued objective in biomedical sciences. Recently, we have developed a new approach named molecular hyperthermia (MH) to photoinactivate protein activity of interest without genetic modification. MH utilizes nanosecond laser pulse to create nanoscale heating around plasmonic nanoparticles to inactivate adjacent protein in live cells. Here we use a numerical model to study important parameters and conditions for MH to efficiently inactivate proteins in nanoscale. To quantify the protein inactivation process, the impact zone is defined as the range where proteins are inactivated by the nanoparticle localized heating. Factors that reduce the MH impact zone include the laser pulse duration, temperature-dependent thermal conductivity (versus constant properties), and nonspherical nanoparticle geometry. In contrast, the impact zone is insensitive to temperature-dependent material density and specific heat, as well as thermal interface resistance based on reported data in the literature. The low thermal conductivity of cytoplasm increases the impact zone. Different proteins with various Arrhenius kinetic parameters have significantly different impact zones. This study provides guidelines to design the protein inactivation process by MH.
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- Peiyuan Kang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080;Ecole nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieur de Reims (ESIReims), University of Reims Champagne‐Ardenne, 3 Esplanade Roland Garros, Reims 51100, France
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- Institut de Thermique, Mécanique, Matériaux (ITheMM), EA 7548, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Campus du Moulin de la Housse, F-51687, Reims, France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080;Department of Surgery, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390
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Shakeri-Zadeh A, Zareyi H, Sheervalilou R, Laurent S, Ghaznavi H, Samadian H. Gold nanoparticle-mediated bubbles in cancer nanotechnology. J Control Release 2020; 330:49-60. [PMID: 33340564 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Microbubbles (MBs) have been extensively investigated in the field of biomedicine for the past few decades. Ultrasound and laser are the most frequently used sources of energy to produce MBs. Traditional acoustic methods induce MBs with poor localized areas of action. A high energy level is required to generate MBs through the focused continuous laser, which can be harmful to healthy tissues. As an alternative, plasmonic light-responsive nanoparticles, such as gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), are preferably used with continuous laser to decrease the energy threshold and reduce the bubbles area of action. It is also well-known that the utilization of the pulsed lasers instead of the continuous lasers decreases the needed AuNPs doses as well as laser power threshold. When well-confined bubbles are generated in biological environments, they play their own unique mechanical and optical roles. The collapse of a bubble can mechanically affect its surrounding area. Such a capability can be used for cargo delivery to cancer cells and cell surgery, destruction, and transfection. Moreover, the excellent ability of light scattering makes the bubbles suitable for cancer imaging. This review firstly provides an overview of the fundamental aspects of AuNPs-mediated bubbles and then their emerging applications in the field of cancer nanotechnology will be reviewed. Although the pre-clinical studies on the AuNP-mediated bubbles have shown promising data, it seems that this technique would not be applicable to every kind of cancer. The clinical application of this technique may basically be limited to the good accessible lesions like the superficial, intracavity and intraluminal tumors. The other essential challenges against the clinical translation of AuNP-mediated bubbles are also discussed.
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- Ali Shakeri-Zadeh
- Finetech in Medicine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Solid State, Faculty of Physics, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZaUMS), Zahedan, Iran
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- Laboratory of NMR and Molecular Imaging, University of Mons, Mons B-7000, Belgium; Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Gosselies 6041, Belgium
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- Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZaUMS), Zahedan, Iran.
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- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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Sato R, Henzie J, Ishii S, Takazawa K, Takeda Y. Plasmonic-induced self-assembly of WGM cavities via laser cavitation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:31923-31931. [PMID: 33115156 DOI: 10.1364/oe.401662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We show how photoexcitation of a single plasmonic nanoparticle (NP) in solution can create a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) droplet resonator. Small nano/microbubbles are initially formed by laser-induced heating that is localized by the plasmon resonance. Fast imaging shows that the bubbles collect and condense around the NP and form a droplet in the interior of the bubble. Droplets containing dye generated lasing modes with wavelengths that depend on the size of the droplet, refractive index of the solvent, and surrounding environment, matching the behavior of a WGM. We demonstrated this phenomenon with two kinds of Au NPs in addition to TiN NPs and observed cavity diameters as small as 4.8 µm with a free spectral range (FSR) of 12 nm. These results indicate that optical pumping of plasmonic NPs in a gain medium can generate lasing modes that are not directly associated with the plasmon cavity but can arise from its photophysical processes. This process may serve as a method to generate plasmonic/photonic optical microcavities in solution on demand at any location in a solvent using free-space coupling in/out of the cavity.
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Astaf’ev AA, Shakhov AM, Osychenko AA, Martirosyan DY, Tochilo UA, Syrchina MS, Nadtochenko VA. Methodology for Determining the Dynamics of Development of Single Cavitation Bubbles in Aqueous Medium upon Optical Breakdown. HIGH ENERGY CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0018143920040049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ziefuss AR, Reich S, Reichenberger S, Levantino M, Plech A. In situ structural kinetics of picosecond laser-induced heating and fragmentation of colloidal gold spheres. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:4993-5001. [PMID: 32096812 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05202j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fragmentation of colloidal 54 nm gold nanoparticles by picosecond laser pulses is recorded by time-resolved X-ray scattering, giving access to structural dynamics down to a 80 ps resolution. Lattice temperature and energy dissipation have been quantified to verify that the maximum applied fluence of 1800 J m-2 heats up the particles close to boiling. Already within 30 ns, particles with significantly lower particle sizes of 2 to 3 nm are detected, which hints towards an ultrafast process either by a thermal phase explosion or Coulomb instability. An arrested growth is observed on a microsecond time scale resulting in a final particle size of 3-4 nm with high yield. In this context, the fragmentation in a NaCl/NaOH solution seems to limit growth by electrostatic stabilization of fragments, whereas it does not modify the initial product sizes. The laser-induced fragmentation process is identified as a single-step, instantaneous reaction.
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- Anna Rosa Ziefuss
- Department of Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, D-45141 Essen, Germany
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Liang XX, Zhang Z, Vogel A. Multi-rate-equation modeling of the energy spectrum of laser-induced conduction band electrons in water. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:4672-4693. [PMID: 30876080 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.004672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We study the energy spectrum of laser-induced conduction band (CB) electrons in water by multi-rate equations (MRE) with different impact ionization schemes. Rethfeld's MRE model [Phys. Rev. Lett.92, 187401(2004)Phys. Rev.B 79, 155424(2009)], but the corresponding rate equations are computationally very expensive. We introduce a simplified splitting scheme and corresponding rate equations that still agree with energy conservation but enable the derivation of an asymptotic SRE. This approach is well suited for the calculation of energy spectra at long pulse durations and high irradiance, and for combination with spatiotemporal beam propagation/plasma formation models. Using the energy-conserving MREs, we present the time-evolution of CB electron density and energy spectrum during femtosecond breakdown as well as the irradiance dependence of free-electron density, energy spectrum, volumetric energy density, and plasma temperature. These data are relevant for understanding photodamage pathways in nonlinear microscopy, free-electron-mediated modifications of biomolecules in laser surgery, and laser processing of transparent dielectrics in general.
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Wilson AM, Mazzaferri J, Bergeron É, Patskovsky S, Marcoux-Valiquette P, Costantino S, Sapieha P, Meunier M. In Vivo Laser-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Optoporation Using K V1.1 Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:6981-6988. [PMID: 30285455 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Vision loss caused by retinal diseases affects hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. The retina is a delicate central nervous system tissue stratified into layers of cells with distinct roles. Currently, there is a void in treatments that selectively target diseased retinal cells, and current therapeutic paradigms present complications associated with off-target effects. Herein, as a proof of concept, we introduce an in vivo method using a femtosecond laser to locally optoporate retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) targeted with functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). We provide evidence that AuNPs functionalized with an antibody toward the cell-surface voltage-gated K+ channel subunit KV1.1 can selectively deliver fluorescently tagged siRNAs or fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran dye into retinal cells when irradiated with an 800 nm 100 fs laser. Importantly, neither AuNP administration nor irradiation resulted in RGC death. This system provides a novel, non-viral-based approach that has the potential to selectively target retinal cells in diseased regions while sparing healthy areas and may be harnessed in future cell-specific therapies for retinal degenerative diseases.
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- Ariel M Wilson
- Department of Engineering Physics , Polytechnique Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada , H3C 3A7
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- Department of Engineering Physics , Polytechnique Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada , H3C 3A7
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- Department of Engineering Physics , Polytechnique Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada , H3C 3A7
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- Department of Engineering Physics , Polytechnique Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada , H3C 3A7
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- Department of Engineering Physics , Polytechnique Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada , H3C 3A7
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Yao Y, Zhang N, Liu X, Dai Q, Liu H, Wei Z, Tie S, Li Y, Fan H, Lan S. A Novel Fast Photothermal Therapy Using Hot Spots of Gold Nanorods for Malignant Melanoma Cells. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8110880. [PMID: 30373321 PMCID: PMC6266339 DOI: 10.3390/nano8110880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this paper, the plasmon resonance effects of gold nanorods was used to achieve rapid photothermal therapy for malignant melanoma cells (A375 cells). After incubation with A375 cells for 24 h, gold nanorods were taken up by the cells and gold nanorod clusters were formed naturally in the organelles of A375 cells. After analyzing the angle and space between the nanorods in clusters, a series of numerical simulations were performed and the results show that the plasmon resonance coupling between the gold nanorods can lead to a field enhancement of up to 60 times. Such high energy localization causes the temperature around the nanorods to rise rapidly and induce cell death. In this treatment, a laser as low as 9.3 mW was used to irradiate a single cell for 20 s and the cell died two h later. The cell death time can also be controlled by changing the power of laser which is focused on the cells. The advantage of this therapy is low laser treatment power, short treatment time, and small treatment range. As a result, the damage of the normal tissue by the photothermal effect can be greatly avoided.
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- Yanhua Yao
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, State Key lab for biocontrol, 510275 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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McRae D, Jeon K, Lagugné-Labarthet F. Plasmon-Mediated Drilling in Thin Metallic Nanostructures. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:7269-7277. [PMID: 31458887 PMCID: PMC6644463 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Thin and ultraflat conductive surfaces are of particular interest to use as substrates for tip-enhanced spectroscopy applications. Tip-enhanced spectroscopy exploits the excitation of a localized surface plasmon resonance mode at the apex of a metallized atomic force microscope tip, confining and enhancing the local electromagnetic field by several orders of magnitude. This allows for nanoscale mapping of the surface with high spatial resolution and surface sensitivity, as demonstrated when coupled to local Raman measurements. In gap-mode tip-enhanced spectroscopy, the specimen of interest is deposited onto a flat metallic surface and probed by a metallic tip, allowing for further electromagnetic confinement and subsequent enhancement. We investigate here a geometry where a gold tip is used in conjunction with a silver nanoplate, thus forming a heterometallic platform for local enhancement. When irradiated, a plasmon-mediated reaction is triggered at the tip-substrate junction due to the enhanced electric field and the transfer of hot electrons from the tip to the nanoplate. This resulting nanoscale reaction appears to be sufficient to ablate the thin silver plates even under weak laser intensity. Such an approach may be further exploited for patterning metallic nanostructures or photoinduced chemical reactions at metal surfaces.
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Hassanzadeh P, Atyabi F, Dinarvand R. Ignoring the modeling approaches: Towards the shadowy paths in nanomedicine. J Control Release 2018; 280:58-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Rudenko A, Colombier JP, Itina TE. Nanopore-mediated ultrashort laser-induced formation and erasure of volume nanogratings in glass. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:5887-5899. [PMID: 29417105 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07603g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ultrashort laser nanostructuring of glasses has attracted increasing interest over the last few decades due to numerous applications in three-dimensional nanofabrication, optical data storage, and development of nanofluidic and polarization-sensitive devices. The knowledge of the influence of laser parameters on the nanostructure formation/erasure is still lacking. In this work, laser-induced modifications and mechanisms of glass decomposition in fused silica are numerically investigated. Cavitation is shown to be the primary mechanism responsible for void formation at the center of the heat-affected zone. Multipulse accumulation processes providing higher local temperatures/pressures lead to the rapid formation of cavitation nanopores, lying in the origin of self-organized nanogratings. Femtosecond laser-interaction threshold conditions required for nanograting formation/erasure are defined in agreement with the available experimental findings. For this, a detailed multi-physical modeling is performed taking into account laser pulse propagation in nonlinear and dispersive media, electronic relaxation/excitation processes, electron-ion heat transfer and thermal diffusion. Based on the calculated temperatures, classical nucleation theory, viscoelastic energy conservation law and the Rayleigh-Plesset model, threshold conditions leading to nanopore formation, stability and growth are investigated as a function of laser energy, pulse duration and repetition rate. The performed numerical study not only contributes to a better fundamental understanding of ultrashort laser-induced modifications on the nanoscale but should also be helpful in defining the optimal laser parameters for nanostructuring or avoiding nanostructure organization and in developing techniques for nanograting rewriting.
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- Anton Rudenko
- Univ Lyon, UJM-St-Etienne, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, CNRS UMR 5516, F-42000, Saint-Etienne, France.
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Plech A, Ibrahimkutty S, Reich S, Newby G. Thermal dynamics of pulsed-laser excited gold nanorods in suspension. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:17284-17292. [PMID: 29090293 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr06125k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Photothermal reactions of metallic nanostructures, such as gold nanorods show appealing structural relaxations, such as bubble formation or particle modification. We have employed a pump-probe method to record the structural relaxations of a suspension of gold nanorods upon femtosecond laser excitation by pulsed X-ray scattering both with wide-angle and small-angle sensitivity. Single-pulse reactions include transient bubble formation at 20 J m-2 and irreversible nanorod reshaping at 30 J m-2. Thus the window for reversible excitation is very narrow. Additionally we could map the time-domain and fluence behaviour in a wide range to characterize the relaxations comprehensively. The polarized laser pulse first selectively excites nanorods aligned with the laser electric field, but at higher fluence non-aligned rods are also transformed. At low fluence this transformation happens in the solid state, while at higher fluence the rods melt.
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- Anton Plech
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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