Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained
wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with nanometric resolution. Following the …

Over the years, click and bioorthogonal reactions have been the subject of considerable
research efforts. These high-performance chemical reactions have been developed to meet …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

In this review we present new concepts and recent progress in the application of
semiconductor quantum dots (QD) as labels in two important areas of biology, bioimaging …

Development of efficient biosensors for sensitive and selective detection of specific
biomolecules is crucial to both fundamental biomedical research and clinical diagnosis. Due …

Due to their intrinsic physical properties potentially useful for imaging and therapy as well as
their highly engineerable surface, biocompatible inorganic nanoparticles offer novel …

Nanomedicine technology is a rapidly developing field of research and application that uses
nanoparticles as a platform to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases …

Conspectus In the past three decades, interest in using nanoparticles as diagnostic tools to
interrogate various biosystems has witnessed remarkable growth. For instance, it has been …

Over the past decade, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have attracted remarkable attention
as metal-coordinating ligands because of their ability to strongly interact with transition metal …