Photothermal nanoblade for large cargo delivery into mammalian cells

  • T. H. Wu
  • , T. Teslaa
  • , S. Kalim
  • , C. T. French
  • , S. Moghadam
  • , R. Wall
  • , J. F. Miller
  • , O. N. Witte
  • , M. A. Teitell
  • , P. Y. Chiou

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report a photothermal nanoblade that utilizes a metallic nanostructure to harvest laser pulse energy and convert it into a localized explosive vapor bubble, which rapidly punctures a lightly-contacting cell membrane via high-speed fluidic flows and induced transient shear stress. Integrating the metallic nanostructure with a micropipette, the nanoblade generates a micron-sized membrane access port for delivering concentrated cargo (5×108 bacteria/ml) with high efficiency (46%) and cell viability (>90%) into mammalian cells. Additional biologic and inanimate cargo over 3-orders of magnitude in size including DNA, 200 nm polystyrene beads to 2 μm bacteria have been delivered into multiple cell types.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11
Pages1813-1816
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11 - Beijing, China
Duration: Jun 5 2011Jun 9 2011

Publication series

Name2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Conference

Conference2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period6/5/116/9/11

Keywords

  • Photothermal
  • cell surgery
  • pulsed laser
  • transfection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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