EP4179300A1 - Procede pour caracteriser des particules biologiques sous forme d'aerosol par spectrometrie de plasma induit par laser et systeme associe - Google Patents
Procede pour caracteriser des particules biologiques sous forme d'aerosol par spectrometrie de plasma induit par laser et systeme associeInfo
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- TITLE PROCESS FOR CHARACTERIZING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN AEROSOL FORM BY LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM.
- the present invention relates to the field of the characterization of biological particles in the form of aerosols in an ambient gas.
- the ambient gas can in particular be the surrounding air, inside a building or outside.
- An objective of the invention is to propose a solution for characterizing the biological particles present in the form of an aerosol in a surrounding gas that is more efficient than the existing solutions.
- the invention proposes a solution capable of providing characterization of biological particles in real time and in situ.
- the invention proposes a method for characterizing biological particles in the form of an aerosol, namely in suspension in an ambient gas, by laser-induced plasma spectrometry, said method comprising the following steps: a) taking gas ambient, which comprises the biological particles that it is sought to characterize; b) generating a jet of said particles in a vacuum chamber; c) emitting a laser beam in the form of pulses and focusing said laser beam in said vacuum chamber, transverse to a direction of propagation of the jet of particles, for creating, in a focal volume, a plasma by the interaction between the laser beam and at most one individual particle of the jet, said plasma emitting other particles , characteristics of the interaction between the laser beam and said individual particle of the jet; d) collecting said particles emitted by the plasma; and e) performing spectrometric analysis of these particles to ultimately characterize said biological particles.
- the method according to the invention may comprise at least one of the following characteristics, taken alone or in combination:
- step a) introducing the ambient gas into a so-called mixing chamber (CHM), ab) introducing into the mixing chamber, under the form of an aerosol, at least one type of receptor for a specific molecule of the biological particles that it is desired to characterize, said at least one type of receptor being moreover labeled, ac) mixing, in the mixing chamber , the aerosol comprising said at least one type of receptor labeled with a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is desired to characterize with the sampled ambient gas and comprising said biological particles to be characterized;
- CHM mixing chamber
- the aerosol comprising said at least one type of receptor marked with a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is desired to characterize;
- the mixture formed is dried before implementing step b);
- the only particles comprising this magnetic material are selected, by any appropriate magnetic means, before implementing step b);
- said at least one type of receptor marked with a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is desired to characterize is obtained from a sprayed solution of said marked receptors;
- the solution is alcohol-based, for example ethanol
- step ab) consists in introducing into the mixing chamber, in the form of an aerosol, several distinct types of receptor for a specific molecule of the biological particles that it is desired to characterize, each type of receptor being elsewhere marked;
- the invention proposes a system for implementing a method according to the invention, said system comprising:
- a mixing chamber comprising: a first inlet for the gas to be sampled, a second inlet for the aerosol generated by said means for generating an aerosol of said at least one type of receptor labeled with a specific molecule of the biological particles that the it is sought to characterize, and an outlet for the mixture between said aerosol comprising said at least one type of receptor labeled with a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is sought to characterize with the ambient gas sampled and comprising said biological particles to be characterized ;
- a device for characterizing said particles by laser-induced plasma spectrometry comprising: a system for generating, from the gas issuing from the mixing chamber, the jet of said particles in a chamber with which is associated a means for pumping the gas present in the chamber in order to create a vacuum in this chamber, a laser capable of emitting the laser beam in the form of pulses, with which is associated an optical device arranged to focus said laser beam in the chamber, transversely to the direction of propagation of the jet of particles, and creating, in the focal volume, said plasma by the interaction between the laser beam and the particles of the jet, said plasma emitting other particles, characteristics of the interaction between the laser beam and said particles of the jet, at least one detection device comprising a means for collecting the particles emitted by the plasma and a means for carrying out a spectrometric analysis of e these particles.
- the system according to the invention may comprise at least one of the following characteristics, taken alone or in combination:
- the mixing chamber comprises at least one dryer, arranged either between the means for generating the aerosol of said at least one type of marked receptor and the second inlet of the mixing chamber, or at the level of the outlet of the mixing chamber ;
- the mixing chamber is a rotating Goldberg drum;
- the means for collecting the particles emitted by the plasma comprises a plurality of N optical fibers, with N a natural integer strictly greater than unity, one end of each optical fiber being arranged around the focal volume and pointing towards this focal volume to ensuring the collection of particles emitted by the plasma;
- optical fibers are mounted on an outer wall, of spherical shape, of the chamber;
- the means for carrying out a spectrometric analysis of the particles emitted by the plasma comprises: a plurality of filters of the notch type, capable of providing filtering in a band of wavelengths distinct from each other, and a photodetector, for example of an electron photomultiplier type, associated with each notch filter.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a method for characterizing biological particles in accordance with the invention
- Figure 2 shows, in a sectional view, a device for characterizing biological particles of an aerosol, operating by laser-induced plasma spectrometry;
- FIG. 3 schematically represents an interaction zone, within the device represented in FIG. 2, between a laser beam and a jet of particles formed with the particles coming from a sample of ambient gas comprising biological particles ;
- FIG. 4a is a perspective, external view of part of the characterization device shown in FIG. 2, part on which a collection means has been shown, in the form of a plurality of optical fibers , of particles generated by an interaction between a laser beam of said device with the particles of the aerosol;
- Figure 4b is a view in a first sectional plane of Figure 4a;
- Figure 4c is a view in a second sectional plane of Figure 4a;
- FIG. 5a Figure 5a is a schematic representation of a sensing device, including the fiber optic collection means shown in Figures 4a to 4c;
- Figure 5b Figure 5b is a schematic representation of an alternative detection device, also comprising the fiber optic collection means shown in Figures 4a to 4c;
- Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view of part of the device shown in Figure 2;
- Figure 7 is an overall schematic view of a biological particle characterization system according to the invention comprising in particular the device of Figure 2;
- Figure 8 shows a mixing chamber employed with the device shown in Figure 2 to form the system shown in Figure 7.
- the invention relates in particular to a method, as illustrated schematically in FIG. 1, for characterizing biological particles in the form of an aerosol, namely in suspension in an ambient gas, by laser-induced plasma spectrometry.
- biological particle it should be understood particles including cells, subcellular components, microbes such as bacteria, viruses, but also non-living macromolecules of biological origin, such as DNA, proteins, l 'RNA.
- the method according to the invention is however particularly well suited for biological particles whose size is small, typically of the order of 100 nm. This is typically the size of viruses, for example.
- the method comprises the following steps: a) sampling ambient gas, which comprises the biological particles which it is desired to characterize (step Ea); b) generating a jet of said JAB particles in a vacuum CFI chamber (step Eb); c) emitting a laser beam FL in the form of pulses and focusing said laser beam in said vacuum chamber CFI, transversely to a direction of propagation of the jet of particles JP, to create, in a focal volume VF, a plasma by the interaction between the laser beam FL and at most one individual particle N P of the jet, said plasma emitting other particles, characteristics of the interaction between the laser beam and said individual particle of the jet (step Ec); d) collecting said particles emitted by the plasma (step Ed); and e) performing a spectrometric analysis of these particles to finally characterize said biological particles (step Ee).
- the laser beam FL may in particular be focused perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the direction of propagation of the particle jet JP.
- a device D for characterizing said particles by laser-induced plasma spectrometry is better known by the acronym LIBS for "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy” in the Anglo-Saxon terminology), as shown in Figure 2.
- the device D comprises a system SG for generating, from the gas issuing from the sampler E, a jet of particles JP in a chamber CH with which is associated a means of pumping MP of the gas present in the chamber in order to cause the empty in this room.
- the pressure prevailing in the CH chamber can be of the order of 1 mbar or less for the characterization of biological particles.
- the system SG can for example comprise an aerodynamic lens LA, a chamber CH′ placed under vacuum by means of a pumping means MP′ and advantageously a debarker ECO.
- the aerodynamic lens LA is supplied, at the input ENT', with the sampled gas, and possibly diluted, likely to contain particles in aerosol form and coming from the sampler E.
- a jet J G of particles in a carrier gas is then generated in the expansion chamber CH′ in particular thanks to the fact that it is under vacuum – typically the pressure can be of the order of 10 mbar or less for the characterization of biological particles.
- the J G P jet of particles in a carrier gas then passes through an ECO debarker which has the effect of removing most of the carrier gas so that after the debarker, namely in the CH chamber, only a JP particle jet.
- an aerodynamic lens on the other hand, it is typically possible to have a vacuum in the chamber CH defined by a pressure of between 10 ⁇ 3 mbar and 1 mbar. This ensures optimal operation.
- a nozzle (not shown) could be provided.
- a vacuum in the chamber CH defined by a pressure of between 10 3 mbar and 1 mbar.
- the device D also comprises a laser L capable of emitting a laser beam FL in the form of pulses.
- an optical device DO Associated with this laser L is an optical device DO arranged to focus the beam FL in the chamber CH, transversely to the direction DP of propagation of the jet of particles JP.
- the laser beam FL is perpendicular to the direction DP of propagation of the jet of particles JP. This makes it possible to create, in a focal volume VF, a plasma by the interaction between the laser beam FL and the particles N P of the jet JP of particles, plasma which emits other particles, characteristics of the interaction between the laser beam FL and jet particles.
- These other particles can be ions, electrons or photons.
- the density of particles in the particle jet depends on the density of particles in the surrounding gas. It also depends on the nature and size of the particles.
- biological particles eg viral particles
- a jet of well collimated particles with a diameter D of order of 100 ⁇ m is obtained, which makes it possible to observe in the jet, a density of biological particles of the order of 10 6 to 10 7 particles/cm 3 .
- the focal volume may typically have a volume of the order of 10 4 ⁇ m 3 .
- the Laser L can for example be a fiber laser.
- Its repetition frequency (of the pulses) can generally be between 1 kHz and 1 Mhz.
- a minimum repetition frequency is of interest in order to be able to characterize a certain number of aerosol particles sampled in a reasonable time.
- a much higher repetition frequency of the order of Mhz may be of interest when the concentration of particles in the gas sampled by the sampler is relatively low, in order to increase the probability, at each shot or laser pulse of encounter a particle in the focal volume VF.
- the minimum intensity to be implemented at the level of the focal volume is typically of the order of 10GW/cm 2 . This roughly corresponds to the intensity needed to produce a plasma in the VF focal volume. To obtain this, it is obviously possible to act on the intrinsic characteristics of the laser L, but also as a variant or in addition on the characteristics of the optical device DO.
- the optical device DO may in particular take the form of optical lenses or quite simply a microscope objective.
- a fiber L laser operating at 1065nm, with an energy per pulse of approximately 0.2mJ, associated with a DO microscope objective of x10 magnification, makes it possible to obtain the minimum intensity of 10GW/cm 2 in the focal volume VF.
- the laser beam FL is advantageously recollimated by an optical DOR device called recollimation, for example in the form of a set of lenses.
- recollimation for example in the form of a set of lenses.
- the laser beam FL thus recollimated can then be sent to a means (not shown in the appended figures) capable of measuring the power of the laser beam FL. This makes it possible to ensure, a posteriori, that the power theoretically injected by the laser L is indeed that provided by this laser L.
- the device D also comprises at least one detection device DD comprising a means MC for collecting the particles emitted by the plasma and a means MAS for carrying out a spectrometric analysis of these particles.
- the MC means for collecting the particles emitted by the plasma can be the subject of various designs.
- the advantage of providing a multitude of optical fibers is to be able, in particular with reference to the use of a single optical fiber for the collection of particles emitted by the plasma, to increase the number of particles collected. This then makes it possible to increase the sensitivity of the detection device DD. It will be understood that the greater the number of optical fibers, the more this sensitivity increases.
- each optical fiber FO1, FO2, FO 3 , ..., FON-I, FON may advantageously be located at a distance of a few millimeters from the center of the focal volume VF, the adjustment value the most appropriate depending in particular on the core diameter of the optical fibers used.
- N 158 optical fibers mounted on a spherical PEXT outer wall of the CH chamber. Each optical fiber has a core diameter of 1 mm. Such an assembly makes it possible, theoretically, to collect 44% of all the particles emitted by the plasma when the respective ends Ei, E 2 , E 3 , ... , E N -I , E N of the different optical fibers are arranged between 4mm and 6mm from the center of the focal volume VF.
- the quantity of particles emitted is theoretically multiplied by 317 by the plasma that are collected.
- MAS means of spectrometric analysis.
- a means of spectroscopic analysis MAS comprising at least one FCB filter of the notch type, able to provide filtering in a band of wavelengths data and at least one PDT photodetector, for example of the electron photomultiplier type.
- the PMT H12775 offered by the Hamamatsu company can be used: https://www.hamamatsu.com/eu/en/product/tvpe/H12775/index.html.
- the notch filter thus selects a specific spectral domain and the intensity of the light (among the particles emitted by the plasma, there are photons) in this spectral domain is determined by the photodetector PDT.
- the number of events N E I can be related to the number of particles of the jet of particles which are detected. It is thus possible to determine the number of particles in the sampled ambient gas, namely a concentration in number (ie or volume) of the particles in the sampled gas.
- the overall IG intensity is proportional to the number of atoms present in the individual particle analyzed. It is thus possible, by this means, to determine a mass concentration of particles in the gas sampled by the sampler E.
- a means of spectroscopic analysis MAS’ comprising an optical spectrograph SO equipped with a camera of the intensified charge transfer device type ICCD.
- This second option allows a complete spectral analysis in a very wide range of wavelengths.
- the I G intensity can be obtained by selecting a mode called “accumulation” on the ICCD camera.
- the response time of this type of camera is of the order of a hundred milliseconds, a time which is not necessarily compatible with the use of a pulsed laser operating at a high repetition frequency.
- the accumulation time of the ICCD camera must be kept less than the time separating two successive laser pulses, taking due account of the delay time between a laser pulse and the start of acquisition by the ICCD camera, the width of the gate, namely the time during which the ICCD camera accumulates the signal and the reading time of the ICCD camera, namely the time during which the electronics associated with the camera read the information contained on the pixels of the ICCD camera.
- the device D for characterizing the particles by laser-induced plasma spectrometry analyzes only one individual particle at a time in the focal volume VF. From a statistical point of view, it can be shown that the focal volume VF of the device D will present only an individual particle of the jet of particles (cf. figure 3) only if the presence of a particle is detected for, at the more, 1 laser shot out of 10.
- biological particles such as viruses or bacteria
- this condition will in practice be fulfilled, due to the concentration levels expected for such particles. Indeed, typically, the virus concentrations in the air can be very low, for example less than 100 viruses/cm 3 . However, such a concentration is often sufficient to infect a person.
- the device D it is useful for the device D to provide a TEM substrate holder, which may comprise on the one hand a substrate (the deposit can then be used to make fluorescence X for example) and on either side of it, grids (to carry out electron microscopy of transmission).
- the substrate holder is advantageously mounted for rotation around its main axis in order to be able to expose the grids to the jet of particles over relatively short periods of time. Indeed, with the aim of performing transmission electron microscopy, it is then possible to study the actual state of agglomeration of the particles in the jet (if layers of particles were deposited on these grids, as is done on the substrate, this could not be envisaged).
- the measurement technique used makes it possible to obtain a certain amount of information on the biological particles that one seeks to detect.
- the measurement technique described above does not necessarily make it possible to detect any type of biological particle unequivocally.
- the respective proportions of each of these four types of chemical elements define biological particles that are actually quite distinct. It is certainly possible, in certain cases, to add a very specific spectral band to detect a very particular chemical element found exclusively in the biological particle sought, but this does not nevertheless make it possible to identify unequivocally all the biological particles. .
- the method according to the invention provides, between step a) and step b), the following sub-steps: aa) introducing the ambient gas into a so-called mixing chamber CHM, ab) introducing into the mixing chamber, in the form of an aerosol, at least one type of receptor for a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is desired to characterize, said at least one type of receptor being moreover labeled, ac) mixing, in the mixing chamber, the aerosol comprising said at least one type of receptor marked with a specific molecule of the biological particles which it is sought to characterize with the sampled ambient gas and comprising the said biological particles to be characterized.
- a system S capable of implementing steps aa), ab) and ac) is represented in FIG. 7, in position relative to the device D for characterizing said particles by laser-induced plasma spectrometry represented in the preceding figures.
- a more precise diagram of the CHM mixing chamber and the various elements making it possible to supply it with various components is shown in figure 8.
- the system S comprises a means M for generating the aerosol of said at least one type of receptor labeled with a molecule specific to the biological particles which it is desired to characterize.
- CHM mixing chamber comprising:
- the surrounding gas comprising two types of particles, namely the biological particles PB which one seeks to characterize and all the other particles AP. All these particles then enter inside the CHM mixing chamber through the inlet E1.
- a SOL solution of labeled receptors is sprayed, by a PUL sprayer, in the form of droplets G (aerosol) containing the labeled receptors. Passing through a SECH1 dryer (optional), the RM-labeled receptors are dried. Receivers marked RM then enter the mixing chamber through inlet E2.
- the labeled receptors bind to the specific molecules of the biological particle that we are trying to characterize to form a labeled biological particle PBM.
- the objective of the mixing chamber is of course to obtain a maximum of labeled biological particles.
- RM-labeled receptors which have not been able to bind to biological particles PB as well as said other particles AP present in the surrounding gas sampled at the inlet E1 of the CHM mixing chamber.
- the CHM mixing chamber may comprise at least one dryer SECH1, SECH2.
- the dryer SECH1 can be arranged between the means M for generating the aerosol of said at least one type of receiver and the second inlet DE of the mixing chamber CHM. This therefore makes it possible to dry, before the implementation of step ab), the aerosol comprising said at least one type of labeled receptor.
- This drying step can be of interest when the specific molecule in question of the biological particle sought and/or its receptor can bind in a dry medium. Drying is necessary to use device D located after the CHM mixing chamber.
- the SECH2 dryer can be located at the OUT output of the CHM mixing chamber - thus in the absence of any SECH1 dryer. This therefore makes it possible to dry, after sub-step ac), the mixture formed before implementing step b).
- This drying step can be considered when the specific molecule in question of the biological particle sought and/or its receptor can only bind in an aqueous medium. Drying is then only carried out at the outlet of the mixing chamber, after the bonding has been carried out.
- the CHM mixing chamber may be a rotating Goldberg drum.
- a rotating Goldberg drum makes it possible to increase the stability of the aerosols over time (this greatly prevents the deposit of aerosols on the walls).
- the marking of the receiver can be carried out with a magnetic material (eg nanoparticles comprising Cobalt).
- any suitable magnetic means for example disposed at the outlet OUT of the mixing chamber CHM, the only particles comprising this magnetic material, before implementing the step b).
- only the particles comprising the magnetic material can then enter the device D for characterization by laser-induced plasma spectrometry, the others remaining in the mixing chamber CHM.
- step ab) may consist of introducing into the CHM mixing chamber, in the form of an aerosol, several distinct types of receptors for a specific molecule of different types of biological particles which it is desired to characterize, each type of receptor being further labeled.
- first type of receptor capable of binding to a first type of biological molecule for example SARS-CoV 1
- second type of receptor capable of binding to a second type of biological molecule for example SARS-CoV 2.
- the labeling for the receptor of a specific molecule of SARS-CoV 1 may consist of silver nanoparticles and the labeling for the receptor of a specific molecule of SARS-CoV 2 may consist of by gold nanoparticles.
- the receptor/specific molecule pair can be diverse. In particular, it may be an antibody/antigen, avidin/biotin, lectin/polysaccharide or DNA-PNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid-Peptidic Nucleic Acid) pair.
- the labeling will allow any type of biological particle to carry out an unequivocal characterization, for example to unequivocally characterize SARS-CoV 2 bound to a receptor labeled with gold nanoparticles.
- an unequivocal characterization for example to unequivocally characterize SARS-CoV 2 bound to a receptor labeled with gold nanoparticles.
- a laser shot can in fact result in not detecting any particle. This is in practice the most frequent case since it will concern at least 9 out of 10 laser shots.
- RM-labeled receptors not bound to the biological particles PB which it is sought to detect (and this despite the presence of a mixing chamber), are capable of enter device D running by LIBS. It is therefore necessary in fact, to ensure unambiguous detection of the biological particle, to detect the signal characteristic of the labeling and at the same time a signal characteristic of the biological particle in question.
- a preliminary calibration in the laboratory (with which the number of detections per unit of time of a given biological particle is counted and for a concentration this time known of the said biological particle) then makes it possible, in use, to associate with this counting , a number concentration (number per unit volume) of the biological particle in question (e.g. virus). If we take the example of SARS-CoV2, we are thus able to determine its concentration and consequently the probability, for an individual, of being infected.
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