Gold nanostructures have unique optical properties, such as localized surface plasmon resonance and two-photon luminescence, making them immediately useful as probes to understand the cell-nanomaterial interaction. The surface of gold nanostructures can also be easily and reproducibly functionalized with a variety of chemical moieties to engineer their interaction with cells. In this talk, I will show a set of examples to highlight the insights we have gained with regard to both endocytosis and exocytosis of nanomaterials by cells. I will also briefly discus how gold nanostructures are distrubuted during cell division both in vitro and in vivo.

Probing the cell-nanomaterial interaction with gold nanostructures

254th National Meeting (2017)

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