Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Spaser as a biological probe

  • Ekaterina I. Galanzha,
  • Robert Weingold,
  • Dmitry A. Nedosekin,
  • Mustafa Sarimollaoglu,
  • Jacqueline Nolan,
  • Walter Harrington,
  • Alexander S. Kuchyanov,
  • Roman G. Parkhomenko,
  • Fumiya Watanabe,
  • Zeid Nima,
  • Alexandru S. Biris,
  • Alexander I. Plekhanov,
  • Mark I. Stockman,
  • Vladimir P. Zharov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15528
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Advanced diagnostic probes are required for monitoring disease progression. Here Galanzhaet al. demonstrate a 22 nm plasmonic nanolaser to serve as a super-bright, biocompatible probe capable of generating stimulated emission directly inside living cells and animal tissue, while targeting cancer cells.