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1. Towards ultrasensitive biosensors based on virus-like particles and plasmonic surface lattice resonance

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Andrzejewska, Weronika, Khinevich, Nadzeya, Obstarczyk, Patryk, Murawka, Szymon, Tamulevičius, Tomas, Olesiak-Bańska, Joanna, Tamulevičius, Sigitas, and Lewandowski, Mikołaj

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Physics - Optics
Abstract

Plasmonic surface lattice resonance (SLR) is a phenomenon in which individual localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) excited in periodically-arranged plasmonic nanoparticles couple through the interaction with propagating diffracted incident light. The SLR optical absorption peak is by at least one order of magnitude more intense than the LSPR one, making SLR superior for applications in which LSPR is commonly used. Recently, we have developed a route for the fabrication of spherical virus-like particles (VLPs) with plasmonic cores and protein coronas, where the LSPR in the cores amplifies vibrational signals originating from protein-antibody bonding, showing the potential of VLPs in biodetection. However, the signals were not strong enough to detect antibodies at very low concentrations. Here, we show that by ordering the VLPs in periodic nanoarrays exhibiting SLR amplifies the signals by two orders of magnitude, revealing superior potential of SLR arrays in ultrasensitive biodetection.

Published
2024

2. Lasing in an Assembled Array of Silver Nanocubes

Author

Juodėnas, Mindaugas, Khinevich, Nadzeya, Klyvis, Gvidas, Henzie, Joel, Tamulevičius, Tomas, and Tamulevičius, Sigitas

Subjects
Physics - Optics
Abstract

We demonstrate a surface lattice resonance (SLR)-based plasmonic nanolaser that leverages bulk production of colloidal nanoparticles and assembly on templates with single particle resolution. SLRs emerge from the hybridization of the plasmonic and photonic modes when nanoparticles are arranged into periodic arrays and this can provide feedback for stimulated emission. It has been shown that perfect arrays are not a strict prerequisite for producing lasing. Here, we propose using high-quality colloids instead. Silver colloidal nanocubes feature excellent plasmonic properties due to their single-crystal nature and low facet roughness. We use capillarity-assisted nanoparticle assembly to produce substrates featuring SLR and comprising single nanocubes. Combined with the laser dye pyrromethene-597, the nanocube array lases at 574 nm with <1.2 nm linewidth, <100 uJ/cm2 lasing threshold, and produces a beam with <1 mrad divergence, despite less-than-perfect arrangement. Such plasmonic nanolasers can be produced on a large-scale and integrated in point-of-care diagnostics, photonic integrated circuits, and optical communications applications., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures

Published
2024
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3. Deep Learning Methods for Colloidal Silver Nanoparticle Concentration and Size Distribution Determination from UV-Vis Extinction Spectra

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Klinavičius, Tomas, Khinevich, Nadzeya, Tamulevičienė, Asta, Vidal, Loic, Tamulevičius, Sigitas, and Tamulevičius, Tomas

Subjects
Physics - Computational Physics, Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract

Electron microscopy, while reliable, is an expensive, slow, and inefficient technique for thorough size distribution characterization of both mono- and polydisperse colloidal nanoparticles. If rapid in-situ characterization of colloid samples is to be achieved, a different approach, based on fast, widely accessible, and inexpensive optical measurements such as UV-Vis spectroscopy in combination with spectra interpretation related to Mie scattering theory, is needed. In this article, we present a tandem deep neural network (DNN) for the size distribution and concentration prediction of close to spherical silver colloidal nanoparticle batches synthesized via the seeded growth method. The first DNN identified the dipole component of the localized surface plasmon resonance and the second one determined the size distribution from the isolated spectral component. The training data was engineered to be bias-free and generated numerically. High prediction accuracy with root mean square percentage error of mean size down to 1.2% was achieved, spanning the entire prediction range from 1 nm up to 150 nm in radius, suggesting the possible extension limits of the effective medium theory used for simulating the spectra. The DNN-predicted nanoparticle concentrations also were very close to the ones expected based on synthesis precursor contents as well as measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy., Comment: 23 pages, 6 figures, 9 supplementary figures, 5 supplementary tables, 1 graphical abstract

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2024
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4. Virucidal Efficacy of Laser-Generated Copper Nanoparticle Coatings Against Model Coronavirus and Herpesvirus

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Bakhet, Shahd, Mardosaitė, Rasa, Baba, Mohamed Ahmed, Tamulevičienė, Asta, Abakevičienė, Brigita, Klinavičius, Tomas, Dagilis, Kristupas, Račkauskas, Simas, Tamulevičius, Sigitas, Lelešius, Raimundas, Zienius, Dainius, Šalomskas, Algirdas, and Tamulevičius, Tomas

Subjects
Physics - Biological Physics, Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Abstract

High-efficiency antiviral surfaces can be effective means to fight against viral diseases such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Copper and copper oxides, as well as their nanoparticles (Cu NPs) and coatings, are among the effective antiviral materials having internal and external biocidal effects on viruses. In this work, stable Cu NP colloids were produced via femtosecond laser ablation of the metal target in water containing sodium citrate. Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies confirmed that the 32 nm mean size nanoparticles are mixtures of mainly metallic copper and copper (I) oxide Cu2O. Polyvinyl butyral was utilized as the binding agent for the spray-coated Cu NPs. The virucidal efficacy of such coatings containing different Cu content ranging from 2.9 at.% to 11.2 at.%. was confirmed against animal-origin coronavirus containing RNA, the agent of avian infectious bronchitis (IBV), and herpesvirus containing DNA, the agent of bovine herpesvirus (BoHV-1) infection. It was demonstrated that after a short time of exposure, the Cu NPs-based coatings do not have a toxic effect on the cell cultures while demonstrating a negative effect on the biological activity of both model viruses that was confirmed by quantification of the viruses via the determination of tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) virus titre and their viral nucleic acids via determination of threshold cycle (Ct) employing real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. The assays showed that the decrease in TCID50 virus titre and increase in Ct values correlated with Cu content in Cu NPs-based coatings for both investigated viruses. Contact with coatings decreased IBV and BoHV-1 numbers from 99.42% to 100.00% and from 98.65% to 99.96% respectively. These findings suggest that Cu NPs show inhibitory effects leading to the inactivation of viruses and their nuclei regardless of the presence of a viral envelope., Comment: 23 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, 3 supplementary figures, 6 supplementary tables, 4 highlights, 1 graphical abstract

Published
2023

6. 2D-reduced graphene oxide induced bi-functional plasmonic CuBi2O4/RGO/BiVO4/Au heterostructure for visible light driven photoelectrochemical water splitting

Author

Haris, Muhammad, Midveris, Klaudijus, Shabbir, Syeda Ammara, Nawaz, Shahid, Tamulevičius, Tomas, Klyvis, Gvidas, Mikalkevičius, Mantas, Monshi, Marjan, Lazauskas, Algirdas, O'Connor, Robert, Brandon, Michael, Selskis, Algirdas, Balčiūnaitė, Aldona, Tamulevičienė, Asta, and Tamulevičius, Sigitas

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2024
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