• DocumentCode
    1769402
  • Title

    Approximating the concentration of lipids on the surface of virus-like particles through plasmon coupling

  • Author

    Feizpour, A. ; Reinhard, B.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Chem. & the Photonics Center, Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The superior optical properties of gold nanoparticles were used to estimate the concentration of two crucial lipids on virus surface. This is a novel high-throughput and rapid surface characterization approach for viruses in low-concentration samples.
  • Keywords
    biochemistry; cellular biophysics; chemical variables measurement; lipid bilayers; microorganisms; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; surface plasmons; gold nanoparticles; lipid concentration; low-concentration samples; optical properties; plasmon coupling; surface characterization approach; virus-like particle surface; Couplings; Lipidomics; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Scattering; Surface waves; Viruses (medical);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988314