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In vivo optical imaging with rare earth doped Ca_2Si_5N_8 persistent luminescence nanoparticles

2012; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ome.2.000261

2159-3930

Thomas Maldiney, Guillaume Sraiki, Bruno Viana, Didier Gourier, Cyrille Richard, Daniel Scherman, Michel Bessodes, Koen Van den Eeckhout, Dirk Poelman, Philippe F. Smet,

Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Ca 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu 2+ ,Tm 3+ presents outstanding long lasting luminescence at about 610 nm.However, to be useful for in vivo optical imaging, persistent luminescence materials should possess high optical performance combined with sizes in the nanoscale.With this aim, we investigated two different techniques for the preparation of nanoparticles from Ca 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu 2+ ,Tm 3+ bulk powder.First, nanoparticles were successfully prepared with the pulsed laser ablation method in liquid (abbreviated as PLAL).Secondly, nanoparticles obtained by selective sedimentation from the bulk compound resulted in satisfactory yield and allowed to perform the first real-time in vivo imaging with Ca 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu 2+ ,Tm 3+ host.Finally the influence of surface functionalization on the biodistribution of the probe after systemic injection is discussed.