Toward functional nanocomposites: taking the best of nanoparticles, polymers, and small molecules

J Kao, K Thorkelsson, P Bai, BJ Rancatore… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocomposites, composed of organic and inorganic building blocks, can combine the
properties from the parent constituents and generate new properties to meet current and …

Nanostructure-based photoelectrochemical sensing platforms for biomedical applications

Z Qiu, D Tang - Journal of materials chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As a newly developed and powerful analytical method, the use of photoelectrochemical
(PEC) biosensors opens up new opportunities to provide wide applications in the early …

Exciton-plasmon interactions between CdS quantum dots and Ag nanoparticles in photoelectrochemical system and its biosensing application

WW Zhao, PP Yu, Y Shan, J Wang, JJ Xu… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
With DNA as a rigid spacer, Ag nanoparticles (NPs) were bridged to CdS quantum dots
(QDs) for the stimulation of exciton-plasmon interactions (EPI) in a photoelectrochemical …

Controllable metal-enhanced fluorescence in organized films and colloidal system

Q Cui, F He, L Li, H Möhwald - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2014 - Elsevier
In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to better understand the unique
emission properties of fluorophores enhanced by the localized surface plasmon resonance …

Block Copolymer-Templated Au@ CdSe Core-Satellite Nanostructures with Solvent-Dependent Optical Properties

S Singh, L Kumar, A Horechyy, O Aftenieva, M Mittal… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the present work, we report the fabrication and characterization of well-defined core-
satellite nanostructures. These nanostructures comprise block copolymer (BCP) micelles …

Preparation and properties of plasmonic-excitonic nanoparticle assemblies

B Szychowski, M Pelton, MC Daniel - Nanophotonics, 2019 - degruyter.com
The assembly of inorganic nanoparticles often leads to collective properties that are different
from the combined properties of the individual components. In particular, coupling plasmonic …

Enhanced photoluminescence from micellar assemblies of cadmium sulfide quantum dots and gold nanoparticles

T Ribeiro, TJV Prazeres, M Moffitt… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation and characterization of well-defined hierarchically structured
colloidal assemblies, consisting of a block copolymer micelle with a single photoluminescent …

Cd/Se/Te-based quantum dot 705 modulated redox homeostasis with hepatotoxicity in mice

CH Lin, MH Yang, LW Chang, CS Yang, H Chang… - …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to investigate whether quantum dot 705 (QD705) disrupts the
cellular antioxidant systems leading to hepatotoxicity in mice. Mice were intravenously …

From static to active photoluminescence tuning: functional spacer materials for plasmon–fluorophore interaction

M Moradi, M Jäger, GR Newkome… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmon-triggered modulation of fluorophores' photoluminescence has introduced
tremendous opportunities for diverse applications, such as: sensing, biolabeling, novel light …

Emission enhancement in nanoassemblies with extremely small metal nanoparticles: Nonmonotonic effect of temperature and the non-Markovian interactions

R Dutta, K Jain, K Sharma, M Venkatapathi… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Compact light-emitting quantum dot monolayers find wide-ranging applications in
photovoltaics to display technology. A key aspect of display technology is the light extraction …