Nanomushrooms Study Cells in Real-Time

Mar-05-18 A nanoplasmonic sensor able to detect single molecules could have applications ranging from food quality monitoring to disease diagnosis.

Developed by a team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, the sensor consists of a slide coated with millions of gold nanostructures able to accommodate and study living cells in real time. When light is shone through the slide, the ‘nanomushrooms’ function as optical antennae, detecting interactions at the molecular level as the light is scattered through them.

According to the team, studying the way the light is altered as it emerges from the other side of the slide allows cell processes to be monitored without the need for additional labels, like dyes or molecules.

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