Flow cytometry with gold nanoparticles and their clusters as scattering contrast agents: FDTD simulation of light-cell interaction

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 505-520

  Tanev, Stoyan ^a   Sun, Wenbo ^b   Pond, James ^c   Tuchin, Valery V ^d,e   Zharov, Vladimir P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c Lumerical Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^d SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRECISION MECHANICS AND CONTROL   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytometry; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Gold nanoparticle; Image contrast enhancement; Light scattering; Nanoscale cell imaging; Optical phase contrast microscopy; Refractive index matching

Indexed keywords

CELL IMAGING; CYTOMETRY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; NANO SCALE; OPTICAL PHASE; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHING;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW SIMULATION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME;

CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOLD; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73349142721     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910039     Document Type: Article

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