title: Optical probes for biological applications based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering from indocyanine green on gold nanoparticles.
abstract: We report surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) studies on indocyanine green (ICG) on colloidal silver and gold and demonstrate a novel optical probe for applications in living cells. In addition to its own detection by the characteristic ICG SERS signatures, the ICG gold nanoprobe delivers spatially localized chemical information from its biological environment by employing SERS in the local optical fields of the gold nanoparticles. The probe offers the potential to increase the spectral specificity and selectivity of current chemical characterization approaches of living cells and biomaterials based on vibrational information.
authors.affiliation: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard University, Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02139, USA. jkneipp@janina-kneipp.de
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kneipp
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kneipp
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kneipp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D017979:Gold Colloid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D007208:Indocyanine Green / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012834:Silver; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017979:Gold Colloid; D012834:Silver; D007208:Indocyanine Green