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Diehl F, Hageneder S, Fossati S, Auer SK, Dostalek J, Jonas U. Plasmonic nanomaterials with responsive polymer hydrogels for sensing and actuation. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3926-3963. [PMID: 35471654 PMCID: PMC9126188 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs01083b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Plasmonic nanomaterials have become an integral part of numerous technologies, where they provide important functionalities spanning from extraction and harvesting of light in thin film optical devices to probing of molecular species and their interactions on biochip surfaces. More recently, we witness increasing research efforts devoted to a new class of plasmonic nanomaterials that allow for on-demand tuning of their properties by combining metallic nanostructures and responsive hydrogels. This review addresses this recently emerged vibrant field, which holds potential to expand the spectrum of possible applications and deliver functions that cannot be achieved by separate research in each of the respective fields. It aims at providing an overview of key principles, design rules, and current implementations of both responsive hydrogels and metallic nanostructures. We discuss important aspects that capitalize on the combination of responsive polymer networks with plasmonic nanostructures to perform rapid mechanical actuation and actively controlled nanoscale confinement of light associated with resonant amplification of its intensity. The latest advances towards the implementation of such responsive plasmonic nanomaterials are presented, particularly covering the field of plasmonic biosensing that utilizes refractometric measurements as well as plasmon-enhanced optical spectroscopy readout, optically driven miniature soft actuators, and light-fueled micromachines operating in an environment resembling biological systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fiona Diehl
- Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Adolf Reichwein-Straße 2, 57074 Siegen, Germany.
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- Biosensor Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
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- Biosensor Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
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- Biosensor Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
- CEST Competence Center for Electrochemical Surface Technologies, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Biosensor Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
- FZU-Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, Prague 182 21, Czech Republic
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- Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Adolf Reichwein-Straße 2, 57074 Siegen, Germany.
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Kotlarek D, Fossati S, Venugopalan P, Gisbert Quilis N, Slabý J, Homola J, Lequeux M, Amiard F, Lamy de la Chapelle M, Jonas U, Dostálek J. Actuated plasmonic nanohole arrays for sensing and optical spectroscopy applications. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:9756-9768. [PMID: 32324184 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr00761g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Herein, we report a new approach to rapidly actuate the plasmonic characteristics of thin gold films perforated with nanohole arrays that are coupled with arrays of gold nanoparticles. The near-field interaction between the localized and propagating surface plasmon modes supported by the structure was actively modulated by changing the distance between the nanoholes and nanoparticles and varying the refractive index symmetry of the structure. This approach was applied by using a thin responsive hydrogel cushion, which swelled and collapsed by a temperature stimulus. The detailed experimental study of the changes and interplay of localized and propagating surface plasmons was complemented by numerical simulations. We demonstrate that the interrogation and excitation of the optical resonance to these modes allow the label-free SPR observation of the binding of biomolecules, and is applicable for in situ SERS studies of low molecular weight molecules attached in the gap between the nanoholes and nanoparticles.
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- Daria Kotlarek
- Biosensor Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
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Quilis N, Hageneder S, Fossati S, Auer SK, Venugopalan P, Bozdogan A, Petri C, Moreno-Cencerrado A, Toca-Herrera JL, Jonas U, Dostalek J. UV-Laser Interference Lithography for Local Functionalization of Plasmonic Nanostructures with Responsive Hydrogel. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2020; 124:3297-3305. [PMID: 32089762 PMCID: PMC7032879 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel approach to local functionalization of plasmonic hotspots at gold nanoparticles with biofunctional moieties is reported. It relies on photocrosslinking and attachment of a responsive hydrogel binding matrix by the use of a UV interference field. A thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based (pNIPAAm) hydrogel with photocrosslinkable benzophenone groups and carboxylic groups for its postmodification was employed. UV-laser interference lithography with a phase mask configuration allowed for the generation of a high-contrast interference field that was used for the recording of periodic arrays of pNIPAAm-based hydrogel features with the size as small as 170 nm. These hydrogel arrays were overlaid and attached on the top of periodic arrays of gold nanoparticles, exhibiting a diameter of 130 nm and employed as a three-dimensional binding matrix in a plasmonic biosensor. Such a hybrid material was postmodified with ligand biomolecules and utilized for plasmon-enhanced fluorescence readout of an immunoassay. Additional enhancement of the fluorescence sensor signal by the collapse of the responsive hydrogel binding matrix that compacts the target analyte at the plasmonic hotspot is demonstrated.
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- Nestor
Gisbert Quilis
- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
- CEST
Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie
GmbH, TFZ, Wiener Neustadt, Viktor-Kaplan-Strasse 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- CEST
Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie
GmbH, TFZ, Wiener Neustadt, Viktor-Kaplan-Strasse 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Macromolecular
Chemistry, Department Chemistry-Biology, University of Siegen, Adolf Reichwein-Strasse 2, Siegen 57076, Germany
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- Institute
for Biophysics, Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Muthgasse 11, Vienna 1190, Austria
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- Institute
for Biophysics, Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Muthgasse 11, Vienna 1190, Austria
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- Macromolecular
Chemistry, Department Chemistry-Biology, University of Siegen, Adolf Reichwein-Strasse 2, Siegen 57076, Germany
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- BioSensor
Technologies, AIT-Austrian Institute of
Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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Costa SA, Simon JR, Amiram M, Tang L, Zauscher S, Brustad EM, Isaacs FJ, Chilkoti A. Photo-Crosslinkable Unnatural Amino Acids Enable Facile Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Nano- to Microgels of Intrinsically Disordered Polypeptides. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:10.1002/adma.201704878. [PMID: 29226470 PMCID: PMC5942558 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogel particles are versatile materials that provide exquisite, tunable control over the sequestration and delivery of materials in pharmaceutics, tissue engineering, and photonics. The favorable properties of hydrogel particles depend largely on their size, and particles ranging from nanometers to micrometers are used in different applications. Previous studies have only successfully fabricated these particles in one specific size regime and required a variety of materials and fabrication methods. A simple yet powerful system is developed to easily tune the size of polypeptide-based, thermoresponsive hydrogel particles, from the nano- to microscale, using a single starting material. Particle size is controlled by the self-assembly and unique phase transition behavior of elastin-like polypeptides in bulk and within microfluidic-generated droplets. These particles are then stabilized through ultraviolet irradiation of a photo-crosslinkable unnatural amino acid (UAA) cotranslationally incorporated into the parent polypeptide. The thermoresponsive property of these particles provides an active mechanism for actuation and a dynamic responsive to the environment. This work represents a fundamental advance in the generation of crosslinked biomaterials, especially in the form of soft matter colloids, and is one of the first demonstrations of successful use of UAAs in generating a novel material.
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- Simone A Costa
- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, P.O 653, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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Pirani F, Sharma N, Moreno-Cencerrado A, Fossati S, Petri C, Descrovi E, Toca-Herrera JL, Jonas U, Dostalek J. Optical Waveguide-Enhanced Diffraction for Observation of Responsive Hydrogel Nanostructures. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Federica Pirani
- AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology; Biosensor Technologies; Muthgasse, 11/2 1190 Vienna Austria
- Centre for Space Human Robotics; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia; Corso Trento, 21 10129 Torino Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia; Politecnico di Torino; C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology; Biosensor Technologies; Muthgasse, 11/2 1190 Vienna Austria
- Nanyang Technological University; Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; 50 Anyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Institute for Biophysics; Department of Nanobiotechnology; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU); Muthgasse 11 Vienna 1190 Austria
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- AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology; Biosensor Technologies; Muthgasse, 11/2 1190 Vienna Austria
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- Macromolecular Chemistry; Department Chemistry-Biology; University of Siegen; Adolf Reichwein-Strasse 2 Siegen 57076 Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia; Politecnico di Torino; C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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- Institute for Biophysics; Department of Nanobiotechnology; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU); Muthgasse 11 Vienna 1190 Austria
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- Macromolecular Chemistry; Department Chemistry-Biology; University of Siegen; Adolf Reichwein-Strasse 2 Siegen 57076 Germany
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH); P.O. Box 1527 71110 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology; Biosensor Technologies; Muthgasse, 11/2 1190 Vienna Austria
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