All-in-one superparamagnetic and SERS-active niosomes for dual-targeted <i>in vitro</i> detection of breast cancer cells
Viktor Maurer, Ajmal Zarinwall, Zunhao Wang, Stefan Wundrack, Nicole Wundrack, Didem Ag Seleci, Vivien Helm, Daniil Otenko, Claudia Frank, Fred Schaper, Rainer Stosch, Georg Garnweitner
Abstract
Encapsulation of iron oxide and gold nanoparticles into the bilayer structure of transferrin-modified niosomes enables greatly enhanced and contamination-free SERS-signals in vitro as well as a dual-targeting functionality towards cancer cells.
Topics & Concepts
NiosomeIn vitroNanotechnologySuperparamagnetismBilayerTransferrinNanoparticleChemistryMaterials scienceCancer researchBiophysicsMedicineBiochemistryMembraneBiologyVesicleMagnetic fieldMagnetizationQuantum mechanicsPhysicsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryBiosensors and Analytical Detection