Quantification of particle number concentration in liposomal suspensions by Laser Transmission Spectroscopy (LTS).
Counting technique
Extinction coefficient
Laser Transmission Spectroscopy
Liposomes
Particle number concentration
Journal
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
ISSN: 1873-4367
Titre abrégé: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9315133
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
04
11
2022
revised:
20
12
2022
accepted:
06
01
2023
pubmed:
15
1
2023
medline:
8
2
2023
entrez:
14
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Laser Transmission Spectroscopy (LTS) is an experimental technique able to determine the particle number concentration and the size of colloidal suspensions by a single measurement of the transmittance of a laser beam through the suspension of particles as a function of the wavelength. In this protocol, we show that LTS represents a unique and powerful tool to investigate suspensions of liposomes, where the precise quantification of the number concentration is particularly relevant for the complete definition of the colloidal properties of the suspension. We study a model formulation of Soy-PC:Chol liposomes and we validate LTS results by comparison with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography determination of lipid mass. Then LTS protocols is applied to state-of-art liposomal nanocarrier suspensions. We explain details of data analysis to obtain the particle number concentration by using the Lambert-Beer law and by calculating the extinction cross section, within the framework of Mie theory for spherical vesicles. We also determine the liposome radius and compare it with the hydrodynamic radius measured by Dynamic Light Scattering. As future perspective, we aim to extend LTS analysis to other nanostructures with different geometries and to contribute to the development of new quantitative strategies for the accurate characterization of nanocarriers and other nanoparticles.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36640540
pii: S0927-7765(23)00015-2
doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113137
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Liposomes
0
Suspensions
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113137Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.