Not exact matches
Independent control and tuning of the fluence: each excitation laser pulse provides maximal flexibility in manipulating the lifetime (i.e.
size) of the rainbow PNB in a wide range of
cluster size and composition, thus circumventing the problem of the heterogeneous formation and content of
NP clusters in cells.
The internalization and
clustering of
NPs in living cells (unlike the water model studied above), involves several biological processes that not only form such
clusters, but also create significant heterogeneity in their
size.
The
size of
NP clusters was quantified and compared through the amplitudes of their optical scattering images (obtained for individual
NP clusters).
This mechanism works through the selective formation of
NP clusters (tightly aggregated groups of 5 - 50
NPs) in specifically targeted cells and the
cluster size - dependent mechanism of optical activation of such
NP clusters through the generation of plasmonic nanobubbles (PNBs)[35 - 38].
PNB lifetime (ns)(measure of its maximal diameter) obtained for individual gold
NP clusters of similar
size for the different combinations of
NP types and the wavelengths of optical excitation (@optical fluence, mJ / cm2).