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Plasmonic Nanoprobes for Real‐Time Optical Monitoring of Nitric Oxide inside Living Cells
Author(s) -
Rivera_Gil Pilar,
VazquezVazquez Carmen,
Giannini Vincenzo,
Callao M. Pilar,
Parak Wolfgang J.,
CorreaDuarte Miguel A.,
AlvarezPuebla Ramon A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201306390
Subject(s) - plasmon , mesoporous silica , materials science , nanotechnology , nitric oxide , coating , mesoporous material , colloidal gold , oxide , optoelectronics , nanoparticle , chemistry , metallurgy , catalysis , biochemistry , organic chemistry
An optical sensor was developed for the quantitative determination of intracellular nitric oxide. The sensor consists of plasmonic nanoprobes (see picture, left) that have a coating of mesoporous silica and an inner gold island film functionalized with a chemoreceptor for NO.