Quantum dots: a review from concept to clinic

S Kargozar, SJ Hoseini, PB Milan… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor materials that have gained great interest due to their
unique characteristics like optical properties. They are extensively being used in different …

Forging colloidal nanostructures via cation exchange reactions

L De Trizio, L Manna - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Among the various postsynthesis treatments of colloidal nanocrystals that have been
developed to date, transformations by cation exchange have recently emerged as an …

Toward biocompatible semiconductor quantum dots: from biosynthesis and bioconjugation to biomedical application

J Zhou, Y Yang, C Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The understanding of biological systems at the molecular scale is increasingly reliant on the
capability of tracking miscellaneous biomolecules and their events with improved spatial …

Strategies for interfacing inorganic nanocrystals with biological systems based on polymer-coating

G Palui, F Aldeek, W Wang, H Mattoussi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacing inorganic nanoparticles and biological systems with the aim of developing novel
imaging and sensing platforms has generated great interest and much activity. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Surface ligands engineering of semiconductor quantum dots for chemosensory and biological applications

J Zhou, Y Liu, J Tang, W Tang - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Featuring size-tunable electrical and optical properties, semiconductor quantum dots (QDs)
are appealing intensive interests in developing ingenious luminescent materials for …

Micelle-Encapsulated Quantum Dot-Porphyrin Assemblies as in Vivo Two-Photon Oxygen Sensors

CM Lemon, E Karnas, X Han, OT Bruns… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Micelles have been employed to encapsulate the supramolecular assembly of quantum dots
with palladium (II) porphyrins for the quantification of O2 levels in aqueous media and in …

Quantitative particle uptake by cells as analyzed by different methods

S Ashraf, A Hassan Said, R Hartmann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a large number of two‐dimensional static in vitro studies about the uptake of
colloidal nano‐and microparticles, which has been published in the last decade. In this …

Quantum dots in an amphiphilic polyethyleneimine derivative platform for cellular labeling, targeting, gene delivery, and ratiometric oxygen sensing

J Park, J Lee, J Kwag, Y Baek, B Kim, CJ Yoon, S Bok… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic polyethyleneimine derivatives (amPEIs) were synthesized and used to
encapsulate dozens of quantum dots (QDs). The QD–amPEI composite was∼ 100 nm in …

Excitation wavelength dependence of the photoluminescence quantum yield and decay behavior of CdSe/CdS quantum dot/quantum rods with different aspect ratios

D Geißler, C Würth, C Wolter, H Weller… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The excitation wavelength (λexc) dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield
(ΦPL) and decay behavior (τPL) of a series of CdSe/CdS quantum dot/quantum rods …

Solid state effective luminescent probe based on CdSe@ CdS/amphiphilic co-polyarylene ether nitrile core-shell superparticles for Ag+ detection and optical strain …

K Jia, X He, X Zhou, D Zhang, P Wang, Y Huang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel amphiphilic copolymer named polyarylene ether nitrile (amPEN) was
synthesized and further employed to encapsulate oleic acid (OA) capped CdSe@ CdS QD …