1
|
Pilch-Wrobel A, Kotulska AM, Lahtinen S, Soukka T, Bednarkiewicz A. Engineering the Compositional Architecture of Core-Shell Upconverting Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles for Optimal Luminescent Donor in Resonance Energy Transfer: The Effects of Energy Migration and Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200464. [PMID: 35355389 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between single molecule donor (D) and acceptor (A) is well understood from a fundamental perspective and is widely applied in biology, biotechnology, medical diagnostics, and bio-imaging. Lanthanide doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) have demonstrated their suitability as alternative donor species. Nevertheless, while they solve most disadvantageous features of organic donor molecules, such as photo-bleaching, spectral cross-excitation, and emission bleed-through, the fundamental understanding and practical realizations of bioassays with UCNP donors remain challenging. Among others, the interaction between many donor ions (in donor UCNP) and many acceptors anchored on the NP surface and the upconversion itself within UCNPs, complicate the decay-based analysis of D-A interaction. In this work, the assessment of designed virtual core-shell NP (VNP) models leads to the new designs of UCNPs, such as …@Er, Yb@Er, Yb@YbEr, which are experimentally evaluated as donor NPs and compared to the simulations. Moreover, the luminescence rise and decay kinetics in UCNP donors upon RET is discussed in newly proposed disparity measurements. The presented studies help to understand the role of energy-transfer and energy migration between lanthanide ion dopants and how the architecture of core-shell UCNPs affects their performance as FRET donors to organic acceptor dyes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Aleksandra Pilch-Wrobel
- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
| | - Agata Maria Kotulska
- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
| | - Satu Lahtinen
- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, 20520, Finland
| | - Tero Soukka
- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, 20520, Finland
| | - Artur Bednarkiewicz
- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Bednarkiewicz A, Chan EM, Prorok K. Enhancing FRET biosensing beyond 10 nm with photon avalanche nanoparticles. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:4863-4872. [PMID: 36132913 PMCID: PMC9417941 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between donor (D) and acceptor (A) molecules is a phenomenon commonly exploited to study or visualize biological interactions at the molecular level. However, commonly used organic D and A molecules often suffer from photobleaching and spectral bleed-through, and their spectral properties hinder quantitative analysis. Lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) as alternative D species offer significant improvements in terms of photostability, spectral purity and background-free luminescence detection, but they bring new challenges related to multiple donor ions existing in a single large size UCNP and the need for nanoparticle biofunctionalization. Considering the relatively short Förster distance (typically below 5-7 nm), it becomes a non-trivial task to assure sufficiently strong D-A interaction, which translates directly to the sensitivity of such bio-sensors. In this work we propose a solution to these issues, which employs the photon avalanche (PA) phenomenon in lanthanide-doped materials. Using theoretical modelling, we predict that these PA systems would be highly susceptible to the presence of A and that the estimated sensitivity range extends to distances 2 to 4 times longer (i.e. 10-25 nm) than those typically found in conventional FRET systems. This promises high sensitivity, low background and spectral or temporal biosensing, and provides the basis for a radically novel approach to combine luminescence imaging and self-normalized bio-molecular interaction sensing.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Artur Bednarkiewicz
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Okolna 2 50-422 Wroclaw Poland
| | - Emory M Chan
- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
| | - Katarzyna Prorok
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Okolna 2 50-422 Wroclaw Poland
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Clasen A, Wenderoth S, Tavernaro I, Fleddermann J, Kraegeloh A, Jung G. Kinetic and spectroscopic responses of pH-sensitive nanoparticles: influence of the silica matrix. RSC Adv 2019; 9:35695-35705. [PMID: 35528098 PMCID: PMC9074731 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06047b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Intracellular pH sensing with fluorescent nanoparticles is an emerging topic as pH plays several roles in physiology and pathologic processes. Here, nanoparticle-sized pH sensors (diameter far below 50 nm) for fluorescence imaging have been described. Consequently, a fluorescent derivative of pH-sensitive hydroxypyrene with pK a = 6.1 was synthesized and subsequently embedded in core and core-shell silica nanoparticles via a modified Stöber process. The detailed fluorescence spectroscopic characterization of the produced nanoparticles was carried out for retrieving information about the environment within the nanoparticle core. Several steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic methods hint to the screening of the probe molecule from the solvent, but it sustained interactions with hydrogen bonds similar to that of water. The incorporation of the indicator dye in the water-rich silica matrix neither changes the acidity constant nor dramatically slows down the protonation kinetics. However, cladding by another SiO2 shell leads to the partial substitution of water and decelerating the response of the probe molecule toward pH. The sensor is capable of monitoring pH changes in a physiological range by using ratiometric fluorescence excitation with λ ex = 405 nm and λ ex = 488 nm, as confirmed by the confocal fluorescence imaging of intracellular nanoparticle uptake.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Anne Clasen
- Biophysical Chemistry, Saarland University Campus B2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| | - Sarah Wenderoth
- INM - Leibniz-Institute for New Materials Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| | - Isabella Tavernaro
- INM - Leibniz-Institute for New Materials Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| | - Jana Fleddermann
- INM - Leibniz-Institute for New Materials Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| | - Annette Kraegeloh
- INM - Leibniz-Institute for New Materials Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| | - Gregor Jung
- Biophysical Chemistry, Saarland University Campus B2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Wang W, Zhao M, Zhang C, Qian H. Recent Advances in Controlled Synthesis of Upconversion Nanoparticles and Semiconductor Heterostructures. CHEM REC 2019; 20:2-9. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201900006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wanni Wang
- School of Food and Biological EngineeringHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
| | - Mengli Zhao
- School of Food and Biological EngineeringHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
| | - Chenyang Zhang
- School of Food and Biological EngineeringHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
| | - Haisheng Qian
- School of Food and Biological EngineeringHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesHefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 P. R. China
- Biomedical and Environmental Interdisciplinary Research Centre Hefei 230010 P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Cui L, Li CC, Tang B, Zhang CY. Advances in the integration of quantum dots with various nanomaterials for biomedical and environmental applications. Analyst 2018; 143:2469-2478. [PMID: 29736519 DOI: 10.1039/c8an00222c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals with distinct characteristics of high brightness, large Stokes shift and broad absorption spectra, large molar extinction coefficients, high quantum yield, good photostability and long fluorescence lifetime. The QDs have replaced the conventional fluorophores with wide applications in immunoassays, microarrays, fluorescence imaging, targeted drug delivery and therapy. The integration of QDs with various nanomaterials such as noble metal nanoparticles, carbon allotropes, upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), metal oxides and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) brings new opportunities and possibilities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in the integration of QDs with various nanomaterials for biomedical and environmental applications including sensing, bioimaging, theranostics and cancer therapy. We highlight the involved interactions such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), plasmon enhanced fluorescence (PEF), and nanometal surface energy transfer (NSET) as well as the synergistic effect resulting from the integration of QDs with nanomaterials. In addition, we discuss the sensing and imaging mechanisms of different strategies and give new insight into the challenges and future direction as well.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lin Cui
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
6
|
Spreading CdS Nanocrystals on GdBO3:Ce,Tb Substrates for Enhancing Their Photocatalytic Performance. Catal Letters 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-017-2266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
|
7
|
Li M, Zheng Z, Zheng Y, Cui C, Li C, Li Z. Controlled Growth of Metal-Organic Framework on Upconversion Nanocrystals for NIR-Enhanced Photocatalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:2899-2905. [PMID: 28080019 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Development of MOF-based photocatalysts is intriguing research due to their structural flexibility and tremendous catalytic sites, whereas most MOFs only can take use of UV/visible light and lack of response to NIR light. Herein, we present a facile approach to integrate upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) with MOF to build a NIR-responsive composite photocatalyst. The MOF shell with controllable thickness can be grown on the UCNPs, thus exhibiting tunable photocatalytic activities under NIR irradiation. Furthermore, we extend visible absorption of the MOF shell by adding -NH2 groups so that the composite photocatalysts have a better utilization of UC emissions and sunlight to improve their activities. The developed composite photocatalysts have been characterized by XRD, TEM, PL, etc., and their photocatalytic performances were systematically explored. The formation and working mechanism of the composite photocatalysts were also elucidated.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Mohua Li
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| | - Zhenjian Zheng
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| | - Yangqiong Zheng
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| | - Cao Cui
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| | - Chunxia Li
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| | - Zhengquan Li
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|