Microfluidic device for continuous single cells analysis via Raman spectroscopy enhanced by integrated plasmonic nanodimers

Perozziello, Gerardo; Candeloro, Patrizio; De Grazia, Antonio; Esposito, Francesco; Allione, Marco; Coluccio, Maria Laura; Tallerico, Rossana; Valpapuram, Immanuel; Tirinato, Luca; Das, Gobind; Giugni, Andrea; Torre, Bruno; Veltri, Pierangelo; Kruhne, Ulrich; Della Valle, Giuseppe; Di Fabrizio, Enzo M.

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KAUST Department

Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2015-12-11

Online Publication Date

2015-12-11

Print Publication Date

2016-01-25

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Abstract

In this work a Raman flow cytometer is presented. It consists of a microfluidic device that takes advantages of the basic principles of Raman spectroscopy and flow cytometry. The microfluidic device integrates calibrated microfluidic channels- where the cells can flow one-by-one -, allowing single cell Raman analysis. The microfluidic channel integrates plasmonic nanodimers in a fluidic trapping region. In this way it is possible to perform Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on single cell. These allow a label-free analysis, providing information about the biochemical content of membrane and cytoplasm of the each cell. Experiments are performed on red blood cells (RBCs), peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and myelogenous leukemia tumor cells (K562). © 2015 Optical Society of America.

Citation

Perozziello G, Candeloro P, De Grazia A, Esposito F, Allione M, et al. (2015) Microfluidic device for continuous single cells analysis via Raman spectroscopy enhanced by integrated plasmonic nanodimers. Optics Express 24: A180. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.24.00a180.

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This work was partially supported by the European project EUROMBR (grant no. 608104), Cariplo Foundation under the project "New Frontiers in Plasmonic Nanosensing" (Grant no. 2011-0338), the project for Young researchers financed from the Ministry of Health "High Throughput analysis of cancer cells for therapy evaluation by microfluidic platforms integrating plasmonic nanodevices" (CUP J65C13001350001, project no. GR-2010-2311677) granted to the nanotechnology laboratory of the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of the University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro.