Journal article
Live-cell SERS endoscopy using plasmonic nanowire waveguides
G Lu, H De Keersmaecker, L Su, B Kenens, S Rocha, E Fron, C Chen, P Van Dorpe, H Mizuno, J Hofkens, JA Hutchison, H Uji-I
Advanced Materials | Published : 2014
Abstract
Live-cell surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) endoscopy is developed by using plasmonic nanowire waveguides as endoscopic probes. It is demonstrated that the probe insertion does not stress the cell. Opposed to conventional SERS endoscopy, with excitation at the hotspot within the cell, the remote excitation method yields low-background SERS spectra from specific cell compartments with minimal associated photodamage. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Grants
Awarded by European Commission
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by ITN-SUPERIOR (PITN-GA-2009-238177) funding. H. U. acknowledges financial support from the Japan Science and Technology Agency PRESTO program and a European Research Council starting grant (PLASMHACAT grant # 280064). Support from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) (G.0B55.14, G.0259.12, G.0459.10, G.0197.11), the KU Leuven Research Fund (GOA 2011/03, CREA2009, OT/12/059) and funding from the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (IAP-VI/27) are gratefully acknowledged. G. L. and C. C. acknowledge the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO, PDO/13).