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Tuning the interactions between chiral plasmonic films and living cells

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  • Xueli Zhao

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Liguang Xu

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Maozhong Sun

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Wei Ma

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Xiaoling Wu

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Chuanlai Xu

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

  • Hua Kuang

    (Jiangnan University
    Jiangnan University)

Abstract

Designing chiral materials to manipulate the biological activities of cells has been an important area not only in chemistry and material science, but also in cell biology and biomedicine. Here, we introduce monolayer plasmonic chiral Au nanoparticle (NP) films modified with l- or d-penicillamine (Pen) to be developed for cell growth, differentiation, and retrieval. The monolayer films display high chiroptical activity, with circular dichroism values of 3.5 mdeg at 550 nm and 26.8 mdeg at 775 nm. The l-Pen-NP films accelerate cell proliferation, whereas the d -Pen-NP films have the opposite effect. Remote irradiation with light is chosen to noninvasively collect the cells. The results demonstrate that left circularly polarized light improves the efficiency of cell detachment up to 91.2% for l-Pen-NP films. These findings will facilitate the development of cell culture in biomedical application and help to understand natural homochirality.

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  • Xueli Zhao & Liguang Xu & Maozhong Sun & Wei Ma & Xiaoling Wu & Chuanlai Xu & Hua Kuang, 2017. "Tuning the interactions between chiral plasmonic films and living cells," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-02268-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02268-8
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