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Spatial SPION Localization in Liposome Membranes

Bonnaud, Cecile
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Vanhecke, Dimitri
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Demurtas, Davide  
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2013
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Nanocarriers, including liposomes, offer great opportunities for targeted and controlled therapy. The development in this field has led to a large panel of drug delivery systems, which can be classified into 3 different nanovector generations. However, the success of such smart materials requires the control of a large variety of properties and parameters. Unfortunately, characterization at the nanoscale is often cumbersome and many methods are still being developed. Liposomes have been characterized by cryogenic electron microscopy (CryoTEM) for quite some time, also in combination with nanoparticles, in particular with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) incorporated inside the liposomal membrane. CryoTEM, unlike classical TEM, maintains the native state of the liposomes. The quick freezing of the sample immobilizes particles and liposomes exactly at their position in the suspension. Therefore, localization information can be extracted from the images. However, data must be treated extremely carefully keeping in mind that 2-D projections of a 3-D object are observed. In this paper, we discuss the analysis of cryoTEM images of liposome-particle hybrids, including the estimation of the contrast transfer function (CTF) and electron dose, as well as the correct positioning of the sample holder and tomography for accurate localization.

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DOI
10.1109/Tmag.2012.2219040
Web of Science ID

WOS:000312831500002

Author(s)
Bonnaud, Cecile
Vanhecke, Dimitri
Demurtas, Davide  
Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara
Petri-Fink, Alke
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Published in
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume

49

Issue

1

Start page

166

End page

171

Subjects

Cryo-EM

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iron oxide nanoparticles

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liposomes

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tomography

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REVIEWED

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March 28, 2013
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