Title :
Interfacing nanodiamonds for single molecular optical-biomedical imaging
Author :
Sreenivasan, Varun K A ; Ivukina, Ekaterina A. ; Keif, T.A. ; Stremovskiy, Oleg A. ; Goodchild, Ann ; Connor, Mark ; Deyev, Sergey M. ; Zvyagin, Andrei V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
Luminescent nanodiamond is attractive for targeted drug-delivery and biolabelling due to its unique optical and chemical properties. A versatile bioconjugation protocol to dock biomolecules on the colloidal diamond and demonstration of cellular internalization is presented.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; colloids; diamond; luminescence; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; nanostructured materials; C; bioconjugation protocol; biolabelling; cellular internalization; colloidal diamond; drug delivery; luminescent nanodiamond; nanodiamond interface; single molecular optical biomedical imaging; Diamond-like carbon; Fluorescence; Nanobioscience; Protein engineering; Surface treatment; Transmission electron microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193740
