Design of Surface-Coatable NIR-Responsive Fluorescent Nanoparticles with PEI Passivation for Bacterial Detection and Killing.
Zihnil Adha Islamy MazradCheong A ChoiYong Min KwonInsik InKang Dae LeeSung Young ParkPublished in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2017)
The ability to quickly detect and kill bacteria is crucial in the realm of antibiotic resistance. In this study, we synthesized a detection probe consisting of polyethylenimine (PEI)-passivated polydopamine-based fluorescent carbon (FDA:PEI) nanoparticles, generating a cationic adhesive material for bacterial detection that is surface-coatable, photothermal, and antibacterial. The cationic FDA:PEI nanoparticles effectively bound to the anionic bacterial cell wall, resulting in a dramatic quenching effect visible in fluorescence spectra and confocal images. In this fluorescence on/off system, FDA:PEI nanoparticles showed similar bacterial detection abilities between aqueous- and solid-phase assays. Scanning electron microscopy clearly showed the attachment of FDA:PEI nanoparticles to the surface of bacteria, both in solution and as a coating on the surface of a polypropylene film. In addition to detection, this versatile material was found to have an antibacterial potential, via near-infrared irradiation to induce a heat release, killing bacteria by thermolysis. Thus, by exploiting the cationic and catechol moieties on the surface of polydopamine carbon dots, we developed a novel bacterial-detection platform that can be used in a broad range of conditions.
Keyphrases
- label free
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr
- photodynamic therapy
- quantum dots
- electron microscopy
- risk assessment
- living cells
- cancer therapy
- cell wall
- radiation therapy
- single molecule
- gold nanoparticles
- high resolution
- molecular dynamics
- drug delivery
- silver nanoparticles
- density functional theory
- climate change
- human health
- radiation induced