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Highly Luminescent-Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High-Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells

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Title Highly Luminescent-Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High-Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells
 
Creator Gupta, Bipin Kumar
Narayanan, Tharangattu N.
Vithayathil, Sajna Antony
Lee, Yean
Koshy, Shyny
Reddy, Arava Leela Mohana
Saha, Avishek
Shanker, V.
Singh, V. N.
Kaipparettu, Benny Abraham
Marti, Angel A.
Ajayan, Pulickel M.
 
Subject Chemistry
Materials Science
Applied Physics/Condensed Matter
Nanoscience/ Nanotechnology
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
 
Description Highly luminescentparamagnetic nanophosphors have a seminal role in biotechnology and biomedical research due to their potential applications in biolabeling, bioimaging, and drug delivery. Herein, the synthesis of high-quality, ultrafine, europium-doped yttrium oxide nanophosphors (Y1.9O3:Eu0.13+) using a modified solgel technique is reported and in vitro fluorescence imaging studies are demonstrated in human breast cancer cells. These highly luminescent nanophosphors with an average particle size of 6 nm provide high-contrast optical imaging and decreased light scattering. In vitro cellular uptake is shown by fluorescence microscopy, which visualizes the characteristic intense hypersensitive red emission of Eu3+ peaking at 610 nm (5D07F2) upon 246 nm UV light excitation. No apparent cytotoxicity is observed. Subsequently, time-resolved emission spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry measurements demonstrate a photoluminescence decay time in milliseconds and paramagnetic behavior, which assure applications of the nanophosphors in biomedical studies.
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Date 2012-10-08
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://npl.csircentral.net/3545/1/Highly%20Luminescent%E2%80%93Paramagnetic.pdf
Gupta, Bipin Kumar and Narayanan, Tharangattu N. and Vithayathil, Sajna Antony and Lee, Yean and Koshy, Shyny and Reddy, Arava Leela Mohana and Saha, Avishek and Shanker, V. and Singh, V. N. and Kaipparettu, Benny Abraham and Marti, Angel A. and Ajayan, Pulickel M. (2012) Highly Luminescent-Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High-Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells. Small, 8 (19). pp. 3028-3034. ISSN 1613-6810
 
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