Abstract
Photodeposition of silver nanoparticles onto chemically patterned lithium niobate having alternating lithium niobate and proton exchanged regions has been previously investigated. Here, the spatially defined photodeposition of gold nanoparticles onto periodically proton exchanged lithium niobate is demonstrated. It is shown that the location where the gold nanoparticles form can be tailored by altering the concentration of HAuCl4. This enables the possibility to sequentially deposit gold and silver in different locations to create bimetallic arrays. The cytocompatibility of photodeposited gold, silver, and bimetallic ferroelectric templates to osteoblast-like cells is also investigated. Gold samples provide significantly greater cell biocompatibility than silver samples. These results highlight a potential route for using photodeposited gold on lithium niobate as a template for applications in cellular biosensing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1351-1356 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 8 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was also supported by the Swedish Scientific Research Council (VR 622-2010-526 and 621-2011-4040) and the ADOPT Linnaeus Centre for Advanced Optics and Photonics in Stockholm. The AFM used for this work was funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI07/IN1/B931). An optical microscope in the UCD Conway Imaging Core Facility was used in this work.
Funders | Funder number |
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Swedish Scientific Research Council | 621-2011-4040, VR 622-2010-526 |
Science Foundation Ireland | SFI07/IN1/B931 |
University College Dublin |
Keywords
- atomic force microscopy
- biocompatibility
- ferroelectric
- metallic nanoparticles
- metallic nanostructures
- patterning
- photochemistry