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Multilevel Nanoarchitecture Exhibiting Biosensing for Cancer Diagnostics by Dual-Modal Switching of Optical and Magnetic Resonance Signals

  • Ruichan Lv*
  • , Miao Feng
  • , Liyang Xiao
  • , Jossana A. Damasco
  • , Jie Tian
  • , Paras N. Prasad
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this research, the fabrication and application of a multifunctional core-shell nanoarchitecture are proposed. NaYF4:Yb,Er@NaYF4:Yb,Nd exhibits upconversion luminescence (UCL) of erbium ions but has quenched UCL emission when it is coated with MnO2 nanosheets. This hierarchical multilevel UCNP-MnO2 exhibits restoration of UCL and generation of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal when it is exposed to a microenvironment containing glutathione (GSH)/H2O2, which strips the MnO2 sheets by converting them to paramagnetic Mn2+ ions. This dual-modal switching feature of the optical emission and MRI signals provides a platform for stimuli-responsive biosensing of GSH/H2O2. Our new formulation as a dual-modal biosensor for detecting aberrant levels of intracellular GSH/H2O2 associated in cancer cells could be a potential diagnostic probe to distinguish tumor cells from normal cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1505-1511
Number of pages7
JournalACS Applied Bio Materials
Volume1
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Nov 2018
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • MRI signal
  • biosensing
  • stimuli responsive
  • upconversion

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