Dual ROS and temperature sensing using luminescent rare earth vanadate nanoparticles

• Grant number: 19/23398-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 15, 2021
• End date: September 14, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Cesar de Sousa Filho
• Grantee: Rafael Vieira Perrella
• Supervisor: Thierry Gacoin
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: École Polytechnique, France
• Associated to the scholarship: 17/19909-0 - Multimodal luminescent nanoparticles for thermometry and oxygen reactive species sensing, BP.DR

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), mainly hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), are cellular secondary messengers that are responsible for signaling and regulating various cellular processes but are also involved in many diseases and disorders including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and many types of cancers. The metabolism of these species in the organism is accompanied by highly localized temperature changes, which are difficult to monitor using conventional contact thermometry. A multimodal approach to monitoring simultaneously ROS and temperature variations has not been investigated so far. To achieve such sensing, we propose to develop a methodology based on the redox and optical properties of different lanthanides (Ln3+) doped yttrium orthovanadates (YVO4) nanoparticles. This multimodal nanostructured material will combine the redox properties of Eu3+ and the thermometric features of Er3+. The nanoprobe-based ROS and temperature detection system will be designed using the simultaneous detection of the luminescence from the individual lanthanide nanoparticles (YVO4:Er3+ or YVO4:Yb3+,Er3+, and reduced YVO4:Eu3+ or YVO4:Dy3+,Eu3+). The responses will be evaluated using ratiometric luminescence intensities in single-nanoparticle detection system. The elaboration of such systems can contribute significantly to the understanding of intracellular signaling processes and in studies of processes associated with several pathologies. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PERRELLA, RAFAEL VIEIRA; MOHAMMEDI, RABEI; KUHNER, ROBIN; CARDONE, CHRISTOPHE; LARQUET, ERIC; ALEXANDROU, ANTIGONI; DE SOUSA FILHO, PAULO CESAR; GACOIN, THIERRY. Simple Postsynthesis Thermal Treatment toward High Luminescence Performance of Rare Earth Vanadate Nanoparticles. Crystal Growth & Design, v. 23, n. 8, p. 8-pg., 2023-06-30. (19/23398-6, 17/19909-0, 22/03442-3)