Ultrabright fluorescent silica nanoparticles for dual ph and temperature measurements

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Abstract

The mesoporous nature of silica nanoparticles provides a novel platform for the development of ultrabright fluorescent particles, which have organic molecular fluorescent dyes physically encapsulated inside the silica pores. The close proximity of the dye molecules, which is possible without fluorescence quenching, gives an advantage of building sensors using FRET coupling be-tween the encapsulated dye molecules. Here we present the use of this approach to demonstrate the assembly of ultrabright fluorescent ratiometric sensors capable of simultaneous acidity (pH) and temperature measurements. FRET pairs of the temperature-responsive, pH-sensitive and reference dyes are physically encapsulated inside the silica matrix of ~50 nm particles. We demonstrate that the particles can be used to measure both the temperature in the biologically relevant range (20 to 50◦C) and pH within 4 to 7 range with the error (mean absolute deviation) of 0.54◦C and 0.09, respectively. Stability of the sensor is demonstrated. The sensitivity of the sensor ranges within 0.2–3%◦C−1 for the measurements of temperature and 2–6% pH−1 for acidity.

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Peerzade, S. A. M. A., Makarova, N., & Sokolov, I. (2021). Ultrabright fluorescent silica nanoparticles for dual ph and temperature measurements. Nanomaterials, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061524

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