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ArticleNano letters2025

Multiparametric Characterization of Individual Suspended Nanoparticles Using Confocal Fluorescence and Interferometric Scattering Microscopy with Microfluidic Confinement.

Eric Boateng, Erik Olsén, Albert Kamanzi, Yao Zhang, Bin Zhao, Pieter R Cullis, Sabrina Leslie

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Article in Nano letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Eric BoatengMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0009-0009-8889-382X
Erik OlsénMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4002-0917
Albert KamanziMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6790-1140
Yao ZhangMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2783-1317
Bin ZhaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z3, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0987-4586
Pieter R CullisDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z3, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9586-2508
Sabrina LeslieMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4336-0447

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Awardinternational Postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detailed characterization of the size, mass, payload, and structure of suspended mRNA-lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) is necessary to improve our understanding of how these heterogeneous properties influence therapeutic efficacy and potency. Methods currently in use face limitations in reporting ensemble-average particle properties or requiring dedicated home-built microscopes that are beyond the reach of nanoparticle developers. In this work, we overcome these limitations by combining a commercially available confocal microscope and a convex lens-induced confinement (CLiC) instrument to achieve simultaneous characterization and correlation of the size, mass, refractive index, and nucleic acid payload of individual LNPs. We established the accuracy and precision of our method using nanosized beads and used it to investigate the size, payload, and water content of LNPs in different solvent pH. By employing readily available microscopy tools, we open the door to widespread adoption of our quantitative, in-solution nanoparticle characterization method.

Indexed as

LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerInterferometryMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceParticle SizeLipidsRNA, Messengerconfocal microscopyconvex-lens induced confinementfluorescenceinterferometric scatteringlipid nanoparticlespayloadsize

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PMID40755002
PMCPMC12356074

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