DNA Microviscosity Converts Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes to Effective Photosensitizers

<div> <div> <div> <p>A unique radiative decay engineering strategy using DNA microviscosity for the generation of ruthenium polypyridyl complex (RPCs) mediated singlet oxygen for selective damage of DNA and killing cancer cells is reported. This investigation also demonstarte the effect of light-driven RPCs on bacterial growth arrest, through DNA nick, and differential localization in cancer and non-cancer cells. Moreover, upon binding with DNA, RPCs experience high local microviscosity, which causes significant enhancement of the excited state lifetime and thus generates singlet oxygen. The visible-light-triggered singlet-oxygen efficiently produce nick in DNA and inhibits bacterial growth. RPCs also localize inside the nucleus of the cancer cell and in the vicinity of the nuclear membrane of non-cancerous cells, confirmed by live-cell confocal microscopy. The results provide a facile platform for the novel antibiotic intended discovery combined with cancer therapy. </p> </div> </div> </div>

DNA Microviscosity Converts Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes to Effective Photosensitizers

<div> <div> <div> <p>A unique radiative decay engineering strategy using DNA microviscosity for the generation of ruthenium polypyridyl complex (RPCs) mediated singlet oxygen for selective damage of DNA and killing cancer cells is reported. This investigation also demonstarte the effect of light-driven RPCs on bacterial growth arrest, through DNA nick, and differential localization in cancer and non-cancer cells. Moreover, upon binding with DNA, RPCs experience high local microviscosity, which causes significant enhancement of the excited state lifetime and thus generates singlet oxygen. The visible-light-triggered singlet-oxygen efficiently produce nick in DNA and inhibits bacterial growth. RPCs also localize inside the nucleus of the cancer cell and in the vicinity of the nuclear membrane of non-cancerous cells, confirmed by live-cell confocal microscopy. The results provide a facile platform for the novel antibiotic intended discovery combined with cancer therapy. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Applications of Hyperbolic Metamaterial Substrates

We review the properties of hyperbolic metamaterials and show that they are promising candidates as substrates for nanoimaging, nanosensing, fluorescence engineering, and controlling thermal emission. Hyperbolic metamaterials can support unique bulk modes, tunable surface plasmon polaritons, and surface hyperbolic states (Dyakonov plasmons) that can be used for a variety of applications. We compare the effective medium predictions with practical realizations of hyperbolic metamaterials to show their potential for radiative decay engineering, bioimaging, subsurface sensing, metaplasmonics, and super-Planckian thermal emission.