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Nashaat Rasheed

Alan L Huston

Igor L Medintz

Jeffrey R Deschamps

James B Delehanty

Kimihiro Susumu

Philip E Dawson

Michael H Stewart

Eunkeu Oh

Alexander L Efros

Okhil Nag

Lauren D Field

Parag Chitnis

John R Cressman

A construct for detecting cellular membrane potential includes a nanoparticle operable as an electron donor; a modular peptide attached to the nanoparticle, the peptide comprising a nanoparticle association domain, a motif configured to mediate peptide insertion into the plasma membrane, and at least one attachment point for an electron acceptor positioned at a controlled distance from the nanoparticle; and an electron acceptor. The nanoparticle can be a quantum dot and the electron acceptor can be Cfullerene. Photoacoustic emission from the construct correlates with cellular membrane potential.

Multifunctional nanoparticle bioconjugates for photoacoustic-based recording of cellular membrane potential

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Nashaat Rasheed