Probing Protein-Membrane Interaction by Single Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Michael Berger over at Nanowerk has filed a report about a novel nanoscale sensor platform developed by investigators at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz in Germany. The most exciting thing for us about the platform, which is built upon membrane coated plasmonic particles, is in its ability to offer a local analysis of protein interaction with biological membranes, or as explained in the article, these nanoparticles “can serve as reporters for cellular reactions taking place on and within biological membranes.”
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Abstract: Protein–Membrane Interaction Probed by Single Plasmonic Nanoparticles ASAP Nano Lett., ASAP Article, 10.1021/nl080805l