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pmid: 36479741
handle: 20.500.12105/18931 , 10261/348411 , 20.500.12105/25534 , 20.500.14243/511007 , 11577/3505449 , 11587/493626
pmid: 36479741
handle: 20.500.12105/18931 , 10261/348411 , 20.500.12105/25534 , 20.500.14243/511007 , 11577/3505449 , 11587/493626
AbstractIntegration of plasmonic nanostructures with fiber‐optics‐based neural probes enables label‐free detection of molecular fingerprints via surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and it represents a fascinating technological horizon to investigate brain function. However, developing neuroplasmonic probes that can interface with deep brain regions with minimal invasiveness while providing the sensitivity to detect biomolecular signatures in a physiological environment is challenging, in particular because the same waveguide must be employed for both delivering excitation light and collecting the resulting scattered photons. Here, a SERS‐active neural probe based on a tapered optical fiber (TF) decorated with gold nanoislands (NIs) that can detect neurotransmitters down to the micromolar range is presented. To do this, a novel, nonplanar repeated dewetting technique to fabricate gold NIs with sub‐10 nm gaps, uniformly distributed on the wide (square millimeter scale in surface area), highly curved surface of TF is developed. It is experimentally and numerically shown that the amplified broadband near‐field enhancement of the high‐density NIs layer allows for achieving a limit of detection in aqueous solution of 10−7 m for rhodamine 6G and 10−5 m for serotonin and dopamine through SERS at near‐infrared wavelengths. The NIs‐TF technology is envisioned as a first step toward the unexplored frontier of in vivo label‐free plasmonic neural interfaces.
Neurotransmitter Agents, Mechanical Engineering, Metal Nanoparticles, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, neurotransmitters, plasmonics, gold nanoislands; gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers; label-free detection; neurotransmitters; plasmonics; solid-state dewetting; tapered fibers, Nanostructures, gold nanoislands, gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers, label-free detection, neurotransmitters, plasmonics, solid-state dewetting, tapered fibers, tapered fibers., Mechanics of Materials, label-free detection, gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers, gold nanoislands, General Materials Science, Gold, solid-state dewetting, Optical Fibers, tapered fibers
Neurotransmitter Agents, Mechanical Engineering, Metal Nanoparticles, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, neurotransmitters, plasmonics, gold nanoislands; gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers; label-free detection; neurotransmitters; plasmonics; solid-state dewetting; tapered fibers, Nanostructures, gold nanoislands, gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers, label-free detection, neurotransmitters, plasmonics, solid-state dewetting, tapered fibers, tapered fibers., Mechanics of Materials, label-free detection, gold-nanoparticles-decorated tapered fibers, gold nanoislands, General Materials Science, Gold, solid-state dewetting, Optical Fibers, tapered fibers
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