Modulating the Morphology of Gold Graphitic Nanocapsules for Plasmon Resonance-Enhanced Multimodal Imaging

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• 作者：Xiao-Fang Lai ; Yu-Xiu Zou ; Shan-Shan Wang ; Meng-Jie Zheng ; Xiao-Xiao Hu ; Hao Liang ; Yi-Ting Xu ; Xue-Wei Wang ; Ding Ding ; Long Chen ; Zhuo Chen ; Weihong Tan
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：88
• 期：10
• 页码：5385-5391
• 全文大小：429K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-6882

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With their unique optical properties and distinct Raman signatures, graphitic nanomaterials can serve as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) or provide signal amplification for bioanalysis and detection. However, a relatively weak Raman signal has limited further biomedical applications. This has been addressed by encapsulating gold nanorods (AuNRs) in a thin graphitic shell to form gold graphitic nanocapsules. This step improves plasmon resonance, which enhances Raman intensity, and has the potential for integrating two-photon luminescence (TPL) imaging capability. However, changing the morphology of gold graphitic nanocapsules such that high quality and stability are achieved remains a challenge. To address this task, we herein report a confinement chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method to prepare the construction of AuNR-encapsulated graphitic nanocapsules with these properties. Specifically, through morphological modulation, we (1) achieved higher plasmon resonance with near-IR incident light, thus achieving greater Raman intensity, and (2) successfully integrated two-photon luminescence dual-modal (Raman/TPL) bioimaging capabilities. Cancer-cell-specific aptamers were further modified on the AuNR@G graphitic surface through simple, but strong, π–π interactions to achieve imaging selectivity through differential cancer cell recognition.