Fluorescent nanoparticle probes for cancer imaging

S Santra, D Dutta, GA Walter… - Technology in cancer …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Optical imaging technique has strong potential for sensitive cancer diagnosis, particularly at
the early stage of cancer development. This is a sensitive, non-invasive, non-ionizing …

Coating aqueous quantum dots with silica via reverse microemulsion method: toward size-controllable and robust fluorescent nanoparticles

Y Yang, L Jing, X Yu, D Yan, M Gao - Chemistry of materials, 2007 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent core− shell CdTe@ SiO2 particles with controllable particle sizes were prepared
via a reverse microemulsion method by hydrolyzing tetraethyl orthosilicate within microwater …

Incorporating fluorescent CdTe nanocrystals into a hydrogel via hydrogen bonding: toward fluorescent microspheres with temperature-responsive properties

Y Gong, M Gao, D Wang, H Möhwald - Chemistry of materials, 2005 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent microspheres were constructed by incorporating CdTe nanocrastals (NCs),
costabilized by both thioglycerol and thioglycolic acid, into poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) …

Core/shell fluorescent magnetic silica-coated composite nanoparticles for bioconjugation

R He, X You, J Shao, F Gao, B Pan, D Cui - Nanotechnology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A new class of highly fluorescent, photostable, and magnetic core/shell nanoparticles has
been synthesized from a reverse microemulsion method. The obtained bifunctional …

Aqueous synthesis of CdTe nanocrystals: progresses and perspectives

Y Li, L Jing, R Qiao, M Gao - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alternative choice to CdSe nanocrystals synthesized in organic phase, CdTe
nanocrystals synthesized in aqueous solution, have attracted increasing research interests …

Nanoparticles as scaffolds for FRET-based ratiometric detection of mercury ions in water with QDs as donors

B Liu, F Zeng, G Wu, S Wu - Analyst, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The quenching of quantum dots' emission by some analytes (Hg2+, Pb2+, etc.) has long
been hindering the fabrication of QD-based 'turn-on'or ratiometric fluorescent sensors for …

Preparation and photoluminescence of water-dispersible ZnSe nanocrystals

N Murase, M Gao - Materials Letters, 2004 - Elsevier
Water-dispersible ZnSe nanocrystals (2–3 nm in diameter) producing photoluminescence
(PL) in a blue region were prepared using several thiol-stabilizers. Thioglycerol (TG) gives …

Silica-coated Mn-doped ZnS nanocrystals for cancer theranostics

EH Ang, J Zeng, GS Subramanian… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Doped nanocrystals such as manganese-doped zinc sulfide (ZnS: Mn) are useful
nanomedicine probes for cancer cell labeling and anticancer drug delivery. However, the …

Preparation‐Condition Dependence of Hybrid SiO2‐Coated CdTe Nanocrystals with Intense and Tunable Photoluminescence

P Yang, N Murase - Advanced Functional Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
When aqueously prepared CdTe nanocrystals (NCs) are coated with a SiO2 shell containing
Cd ions and a sulfur source, they show a drastic increase in photoluminescence (PL) …

Magnetic interactions: a tool to modify the magnetic properties of materials based on nanoparticles

D Peddis, PE Jönsson, S Laureti, G Varvaro - Frontiers of nanoscience, 2014 - Elsevier
The magnetic behaviour of ensembles of magnetic entities depends on their intrinsic
magnetic properties and many other factors, including short-and long-range magnetic …