Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap

We present a new technique for the study of model membranes on the length-scale of a single nanosized liposome. Silver decahedral nanoparticles have been encapsulated by a model unilamellar lipid bilayer creating nano-sized lipid vesicles. The metal core has two roles (i) increasing the polarizabili...

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Main Authors: Wright, Amanda J., Richens, Joanna L., Bramble, J.P., Cathcart, N., Kitaev, V., O'Shea, Paul, Hudson, A.J.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37282/
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author Wright, Amanda J.
Richens, Joanna L.
Bramble, J.P.
Cathcart, N.
Kitaev, V.
O'Shea, Paul
Hudson, A.J.
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Richens, Joanna L.
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Cathcart, N.
Kitaev, V.
O'Shea, Paul
Hudson, A.J.
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description We present a new technique for the study of model membranes on the length-scale of a single nanosized liposome. Silver decahedral nanoparticles have been encapsulated by a model unilamellar lipid bilayer creating nano-sized lipid vesicles. The metal core has two roles (i) increasing the polarizability of vesicles, enabling a single vesicle to be isolated and confined in an optical trap, and (ii) enhancing Raman scattering from the bilayer, via the high surface-plasmon field at the sharp vertices of the decahedral particles. Combined this has allowed us to measure a Raman fingerprint from a single vesicle of 50 nmdiameter, containing just ∼104 lipid molecules in a bilayer membrane over a surface area of <0.01 µm2, equivalent to a volume of approximately 1 zepto-litre. Raman scattering is a weak and inefficient process and previous studies have required either a substantially larger bilayer area in order to obtain a detectable signal, or the tagging of lipid molecules with a chromophore to provide an indirect probe of the bilayer. Our approach is fully label-free and bio-compatible and, in the future, it will enable much more localized studies of the heterogeneous structure of lipid bilayers and of membrane-bound components than is currently possible.
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spelling nottingham-372822024-08-15T15:20:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37282/ Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap Wright, Amanda J. Richens, Joanna L. Bramble, J.P. Cathcart, N. Kitaev, V. O'Shea, Paul Hudson, A.J. We present a new technique for the study of model membranes on the length-scale of a single nanosized liposome. Silver decahedral nanoparticles have been encapsulated by a model unilamellar lipid bilayer creating nano-sized lipid vesicles. The metal core has two roles (i) increasing the polarizability of vesicles, enabling a single vesicle to be isolated and confined in an optical trap, and (ii) enhancing Raman scattering from the bilayer, via the high surface-plasmon field at the sharp vertices of the decahedral particles. Combined this has allowed us to measure a Raman fingerprint from a single vesicle of 50 nmdiameter, containing just ∼104 lipid molecules in a bilayer membrane over a surface area of <0.01 µm2, equivalent to a volume of approximately 1 zepto-litre. Raman scattering is a weak and inefficient process and previous studies have required either a substantially larger bilayer area in order to obtain a detectable signal, or the tagging of lipid molecules with a chromophore to provide an indirect probe of the bilayer. Our approach is fully label-free and bio-compatible and, in the future, it will enable much more localized studies of the heterogeneous structure of lipid bilayers and of membrane-bound components than is currently possible. Royal Society of Chemistry 2016-09-02 Article PeerReviewed Wright, Amanda J., Richens, Joanna L., Bramble, J.P., Cathcart, N., Kitaev, V., O'Shea, Paul and Hudson, A.J. (2016) Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap. Nanoscale, 8 (36). pp. 16395-16404. ISSN 2040-3364 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/NR/C6NR05616D#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/C6NR05616D doi:10.1039/C6NR05616D
spellingShingle Wright, Amanda J.
Richens, Joanna L.
Bramble, J.P.
Cathcart, N.
Kitaev, V.
O'Shea, Paul
Hudson, A.J.
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title_full Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title_fullStr Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title_full_unstemmed Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title_short Surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
title_sort surface-enhanced raman scattering measurement from a lipid bilayer encapsulating a single decahedral nanoparticle mediated by an optical trap
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