The Impact of Bacteria Exposure on the Plasmonic Response of Silver Nanostructured Surfaces
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| author | Paternò, Giuseppe M. Ross, Aaron M. Pietralunga, Silvia M. Normani, Simone Vedova, Nicholas Dalla Limwongyut, Jakkarin Bondelli, Gaia Moscardi, Liliana Bazan, Guillermo C. Scotognella, Francesco Lanzani, Guglielmo |
| author_facet | Paternò, Giuseppe M. Ross, Aaron M. Pietralunga, Silvia M. Normani, Simone Vedova, Nicholas Dalla Limwongyut, Jakkarin Bondelli, Gaia Moscardi, Liliana Bazan, Guillermo C. Scotognella, Francesco Lanzani, Guglielmo |
| contents | Silver, especially in the form of nanostructures, is widely employed as an antimicrobial agent in a large range of commercial products. The origin of the biocidal mechanism has been elucidated in the last decades, and most likely originates from silver cation release due to oxidative dissolution followed by cellular uptake of silver ions, a process that causes a severe disruption of bacterial metabolism and eventually leads to eradication. Despite the large number of works dealing with the effects of nanosilver shape/size on the antibacterial mechanism and on the (bio)physical chemistry pathways that drive bacterial eradication, little effort has been devoted to the investigation of the silver NPs plasmon response upon interaction with bacteria. Here we present a detailed investigation of the bacteria-induced changes of the plasmon spectral and dynamical features after exposure to one of the most studied bacterial models, Escherichia Coli. Ultrafast pump-probe measurements indicate that the dramatic changes on particle size/shape and crystallinity, which stem from a bacteria-induced oxidative dissolution process, translate into a clear modification of the plasmon spectral and dynamical features. This study may open innovative new avenues in the field of biophysics of bio-responsive materials, with the aim of providing new and reliable biophysical signatures of the interaction of these materials with complex biological environments. |
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| spellingShingle | The Impact of Bacteria Exposure on the Plasmonic Response of Silver Nanostructured Surfaces Paternò, Giuseppe M. Ross, Aaron M. Pietralunga, Silvia M. Normani, Simone Vedova, Nicholas Dalla Limwongyut, Jakkarin Bondelli, Gaia Moscardi, Liliana Bazan, Guillermo C. Scotognella, Francesco Lanzani, Guglielmo Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Biological Physics Optics Silver, especially in the form of nanostructures, is widely employed as an antimicrobial agent in a large range of commercial products. The origin of the biocidal mechanism has been elucidated in the last decades, and most likely originates from silver cation release due to oxidative dissolution followed by cellular uptake of silver ions, a process that causes a severe disruption of bacterial metabolism and eventually leads to eradication. Despite the large number of works dealing with the effects of nanosilver shape/size on the antibacterial mechanism and on the (bio)physical chemistry pathways that drive bacterial eradication, little effort has been devoted to the investigation of the silver NPs plasmon response upon interaction with bacteria. Here we present a detailed investigation of the bacteria-induced changes of the plasmon spectral and dynamical features after exposure to one of the most studied bacterial models, Escherichia Coli. Ultrafast pump-probe measurements indicate that the dramatic changes on particle size/shape and crystallinity, which stem from a bacteria-induced oxidative dissolution process, translate into a clear modification of the plasmon spectral and dynamical features. This study may open innovative new avenues in the field of biophysics of bio-responsive materials, with the aim of providing new and reliable biophysical signatures of the interaction of these materials with complex biological environments. |
| title | The Impact of Bacteria Exposure on the Plasmonic Response of Silver Nanostructured Surfaces |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Biological Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.02926 |