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Tran LH, Lowe LA, Deckel Y, Turner M, Luong J, Khamis OAA, Amos ML, Wang A. Measuring Vesicle Loading with Holographic Microscopy and Bulk Light Scattering. ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2024; 4:400-407. [PMID: 39069977 PMCID: PMC11274288 DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.4c00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
Abstract
We report efforts to quantify the loading of cell-sized lipid vesicles using in-line digital holographic microscopy. This method does not require fluorescent reporters, fluorescent tracers, or radioactive tracers. A single-color LED light source takes the place of conventional illumination to generate holograms rather than bright field images. By modeling the vesicle's scattering in a microscope with a Lorenz-Mie light scattering model and comparing the results to data holograms, we are able to measure the vesicle's refractive index and thus loading. Performing the same comparison for bulk light scattering measurements enables the retrieval of vesicle loading for nanoscale vesicles.
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- Australian
Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- Australian
Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- School
of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- Australian
Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- Australian
Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- RNA Institute, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
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Zeng Y, Guo Q, Hu X, Lu J, Fan X, Wu H, Xu X, Xie J, Ma R. Improving the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Axial Displacement Measurements of Microspheres Based on Compound Digital Holography Microscopy Combined with the Reconstruction Centering Method. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:2723. [PMID: 38732829 PMCID: PMC11086274 DOI: 10.3390/s24092723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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In 3D microsphere tracking, unlike in-plane motion that can be measured directly by a microscope, axial displacements are resolved by optical interference or a diffraction model. As a result, the axial results are affected by the environmental noise. The immunity to environmental noise increases with measurement accuracy and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In compound digital holography microscopy (CDHM)-based measurements, precise identification of the tracking marker is critical to ensuring measurement precision. The reconstruction centering method (RCM) was proposed to suppress the drawbacks caused by installation errors and, at the same time, improve the correct identification of the tracking marker. The reconstructed center is considered to be the center of the microsphere, rather than the center of imaging in conventional digital holographic microscopy. This method was verified by simulation of rays tracing through microspheres and axial moving experiments. The axial displacements of silica microspheres with diameters of 5 μm and 10 μm were tested by CDHM in combination with the RCM. As a result, the SNR of the proposed method was improved by around 30%. In addition, the method was successfully applied to axial displacement measurements of overlapped microspheres with a resolution of 2 nm.
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- Yanan Zeng
- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Breeding of Major Crops, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300392, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
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- College of Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Agricultural University, Jinjing Road, Tianjin 300384, China
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Altman LE, Hollingsworth AD, Grier DG. Anomalous tumbling of colloidal ellipsoids in Poiseuille flows. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:034609. [PMID: 37849100 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.034609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
Abstract
Shear flows cause aspherical colloidal particles to tumble so that their orientations trace out complex trajectories known as Jeffery orbits. The Jeffery orbit of a prolate ellipsoid is predicted to align the particle's principal axis preferentially in the plane transverse to the axis of shear. Holographic microscopy measurements reveal instead that colloidal ellipsoids' trajectories in Poiseuille flows strongly favor an orientation inclined by roughly π/8 relative to this plane. This anomalous observation is consistent with at least two previous reports of colloidal rods and dimers of colloidal spheres in Poiseuille flow and therefore appears to be a generic, yet unexplained feature of colloidal transport at low Reynolds numbers.
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- Lauren E Altman
- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Altman LE, Grier DG. Machine learning enables precise holographic characterization of colloidal materials in real time. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:3002-3014. [PMID: 37017639 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01283a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Holographic particle characterization uses in-line holographic video microscopy to track and characterize individual colloidal particles dispersed in their native fluid media. Applications range from fundamental research in statistical physics to product development in biopharmaceuticals and medical diagnostic testing. The information encoded in a hologram can be extracted by fitting to a generative model based on the Lorenz-Mie theory of light scattering. Treating hologram analysis as a high-dimensional inverse problem has been exceptionally successful, with conventional optimization algorithms yielding nanometer precision for a typical particle's position and part-per-thousand precision for its size and index of refraction. Machine learning previously has been used to automate holographic particle characterization by detecting features of interest in multi-particle holograms and estimating the particles' positions and properties for subsequent refinement. This study presents an updated end-to-end neural-network solution called CATCH (Characterizing and Tracking Colloids Holographically) whose predictions are fast, precise, and accurate enough for many real-world high-throughput applications and can reliably bootstrap conventional optimization algorithms for the most demanding applications. The ability of CATCH to learn a representation of Lorenz-Mie theory that fits within a diminutive 200 kB hints at the possibility of developing a greatly simplified formulation of light scattering by small objects.
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- Lauren E Altman
- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Abdulali R, Altman LE, Grier DG. Multi-angle holographic characterization of individual fractal aggregates. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:38587-38595. [PMID: 36258420 PMCID: PMC9576279 DOI: 10.1364/oe.470046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Holographic particle characterization uses quantitative analysis of holographic microscopy data to precisely and rapidly measure the diameter and refractive index of individual colloidal spheres in their native media. When this technique is applied to inhomogeneous or aspherical particles, the measured diameter and refractive index represent properties of an effective sphere enclosing each particle. Effective-sphere analysis has been applied successfully to populations of fractal aggregates, yielding an overall fractal dimension for the population as a whole. Here, we demonstrate that holographic characterization also can measure the fractal dimensions of an individual fractal cluster by probing how its effective diameter and refractive index change as it undergoes rotational diffusion. This procedure probes the structure of a cluster from multiple angles and thus constitutes a form of tomography. Here we demonstrate and validate this effective-sphere interpretation of aspherical particles' holograms through experimental studies on aggregates of silica nanoparticles grown under a range of conditions.
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- Rafe Abdulali
- Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Altman LE, Grier DG. Holographic analysis of colloidal spheres sedimenting in horizontal slit pores. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:044605. [PMID: 36397531 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.044605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The mobility of a colloidal particle in a slit pore is modified by the particle's hydrodynamic coupling to the bounding surfaces and therefore depends on the particle's position within the pore and its direction of motion. We report holographic particle tracking measurements of colloidal particles' diffusion and sedimentation between parallel horizontal walls that yield the mobility for motions perpendicular to the walls, including its dependence on height within the channel. These measurements complement previous studies that probed colloidal mobility parallel to confining surfaces. When interpreted with effective-medium theory, holographic characterization measurements yield estimates for the sedimenting spheres' densities that can be compared with kinematic values to draw insights into the spheres' compositions. This comparison suggests, for example, that the silica spheres used in this study are slightly porous, but that their pores are too small for water to penetrate.
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- Lauren E Altman
- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Label-free viability assay using in-line holographic video microscopy. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12746. [PMID: 35882977 PMCID: PMC9325748 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17098-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Total holographic characterization (THC) is presented here as an efficient, automated, label-free method of accurately identifying cell viability. THC is a single-particle characterization technology that determines the size and index of refraction of individual particles using the Lorenz-Mie theory of light scattering. Although assessment of cell viability is a challenge in many applications, including biologics manufacturing, traditional approaches often include unreliable labeling with dyes and/or time consuming methods of manually counting cells. In this work we measured the viability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast in the presence of various concentrations of isopropanol as a function of time. All THC measurements were performed in the native environment of the sample with no dilution or addition of labels. Holographic measurements were made with an in-line holographic microscope using a 40[Formula: see text] objective lens with plane wave illumination. We compared our results with THC to manual counting of living and dead cells as distinguished with trypan blue dye. Our findings demonstrate that THC can effectively distinguish living and dead yeast cells by the index of refraction of individual cells.
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Travelling-Wave Electrophoresis, Electro-Hydrodynamics, Electro-Rotation, and Symmetry- Breaking of a Polarizable Dimer in Non-Uniform Fields. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13081173. [PMID: 35893170 PMCID: PMC9394343 DOI: 10.3390/mi13081173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A theoretical framework is presented for calculating the polarization, electro-rotation, travelling-wave dielectrophoresis, electro-hydrodynamics and induced-charge electroosmotic flow fields around a freely suspended conducting dimer (two touching spheres) exposed to non-uniform direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) electric fields. The analysis is based on employing the classical (linearized) Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) formulation under the standard linearized ‘weak-field’ assumption and using the tangent-sphere coordinate system. Explicit expressions are first derived for the axisymmetric AC electric potential governed by the Robin (mixed) boundary condition applied on the dimer surface depending on the resistance–capacitance circuit (RC) forcing frequency. Dimer electro-rotation due to two orthogonal (out-of-phase) uniform AC fields and the corresponding mobility problem of a polarizable dimer exposed to a travelling-wave electric excitation are also analyzed. We present an explicit solution for the non-linear induced-charge electroosmotic (ICEO) flow problem of a free polarized dimer in terms of the corresponding Stokes stream function determined by the Helmholtz–Smoluchowski velocity slip. Next, we demonstrate how the same framework can be used to obtain an exact solution for the electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) problem of a polarizable sphere lying next to a conducting planar electrode. Finally, we present a new solution for the induced-charge mobility of a Janus dimer composed of two fused spherical colloids, one perfectly conducting and one dielectrically coated. So far, most of the available electrokinetic theoretical studies involving polarizable nano/micro shapes dealt with convex configurations (e.g., spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids) and as such the newly obtained electrostatic AC solution for a dimer provides a useful extension for similar concave colloids and engineered particles.
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Raudsepp A, Jameson GB, Williams MAK. Estimating orientation of optically trapped, near vertical, microsphere dimers using central moments and off-focus imaging. APPLIED OPTICS 2022; 61:607-614. [PMID: 35200903 DOI: 10.1364/ao.446610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Near vertical optically trapped dimers, composed of pairs of microspheres, and constructed in situ, were imaged in bright-field in flow and at rest, and with displacement Δz from the transverse xy imaging plane of an inverted microscope. Image first central moments μ01 were measured, and their dependence on the imposed flow velocity of the surrounding fluid was calculated. This dependence was related to the at-rest restricted diffusion statistics. It was assumed that, for small perturbations, the torque T on the dimer was proportional to the velocity of flow v and resulting angular deflection Δθ so that T∝v∝Δθ. Displacements Δz at which v∝Δμ01∝Δθ, which are typically off focus, were examined in more detail; in this range, Δθ=hΔμ01. The hydrodynamics of the dimer were modeled as that of a prolate ellipsoid, and the constant of proportionality h was determined by comparing the short-time mean-squared variation measured during diffusion to that predicted by the model calculation: h2⟨Δμ012(t)⟩=⟨Δθ2(t)⟩. With h determined, the optical trap stiffness kθ was determined from the long-time restricted diffusion of the dimer. The measured kθ and Δθ can then be used compute torque: T=kθΔθ, potentially enabling the near vertical optically trapped dimer to be used as a torque probe.
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3D monitoring of the surface slippage effect on micro-particle sedimentation by digital holographic microscopy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12916. [PMID: 34155316 PMCID: PMC8217179 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92498-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In several phenomena in biology and industry, it is required to understand the comprehensive behavior of sedimenting micro-particles in fluids. Here, we use the numerical refocusing feature of digital holographic microscopy (DHM) to investigate the slippage effect on micro-particle sedimentation near a flat wall. DHM provides quantitative phase contrast and three-dimensional (3D) imaging in arbitrary time scales, which suggests it as an elegant approach to investigate various phenomena, including dynamic behavior of colloids. 3D information is obtained by post-processing of the recorded digital holograms. Through analysis of 3D trajectories and velocities of multiple sedimenting micro-particles, we show that proximity to flat walls of higher slip lengths causes faster sedimentation. The effect depends on the ratio of the particle size to (1) the slip length and (2) its distance to the wall. We corroborate our experimental findings by a theoretical model which considers both the proximity and the particle interaction to a wall of different hydrophobicity in the hydrodynamic forces.
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