Ultrasensitive NIR-SERRS Probes with Multiplexed Ratiometric Quantification for In Vivo Antibody Leads Validation

Immunotargeting ability of antibodies may show significant difference between in vitro and in vivo. To select antibody leads with high affinity and specificity, it is necessary to perform in vivo validation of antibody candidates following in vitro antibody screening. Herein, a robust in vivo validation of anti-tetraspanin-8 antibody candidates against human colon cancer using ratiometric quantification method is reported. The validation is performed on a single mouse and analyzed by multiplexed surface-enhanced Raman scattering using ultrasensitive and near infrared (NIR)-active surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering nanoprobes (NIR-SERRS dots). The NIR-SERRS dots are composed of NIR-active labels and Au/Ag hollow-shell assembled silica nanospheres. A 93% of NIR-SERRS dots is detectable at a single-particle level and signal intensity is 100-fold stronger than that from nonresonant molecule-labeled spherical Au NPs (80 nm). The result of SERRS-based antibody validation is comparable to that of the conventional method using single-photon-emission computed tomography. The NIR-SERRS-based strategy is an alternate validation method which provides cost-effective and accurate multiplexing measurements for antibody-based drug development.11sciescopu

Differentiation of polymorphs by Ionoluminescence

Polymorph minerals are natural materials that share the same composition but have a different structure. Traditionally, the characterization of polymorphs has been done using different techniques of microscopy, X-ray diffraction Raman or IR Spectroscopy for instance. In this work we propose the use of a new technique as an alternative to characterise polymorphs: Ion Beam Induced Luminescence (IBIL). As an advantage to the other techniques, IBIL can be carried out simultaneously with the PIXE technique or other Ion Beam Analysis techniques and the combination will yield results on elemental composition and luminescence properties at the same time. Different minerals have been analysed with IBIL as an example of application to the characterization of polymorphs and its correspondent spectra are explained in this paper