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

Due to the high surface: volume ratio and the extraordinary properties arising from the
nanoscale (optical, electric, magnetic, etc.), nanoparticles (NPs) are excellent candidates for …

This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

One of the current challenges in the monitoring of drug nanocarriers lies in the difficulties in
discriminating the carrier-bound signals from the bulk signals of probes. Environment …

The demand for clean energy technologies has spurred academic interest in new and
efficient ways to capture and store sunlight. 1-6 Concerted efforts are now being directed …

The photoluminescence in carbon dots (surface-passivated small carbon nanoparticles)
could be quenched efficiently by electron acceptor or donor molecules in solution, namely …

Quantum dot (QD) surface chemistry is an emerging field in semiconductor nanocrystal
related research. Along with size manipulation, the careful control of QD surface chemistry …

The synthesis of quantum dot semiconductors is now an established science and a large
amount of work has been carried out into the chemistry and physics of the interface between …

Quantum-dot-tagged reduced graphene oxide (QD-rGO) nanocomposites (left) internalized
into targeted tumor cells display bright fluorescence from the QDs (right); by absorbing NIR …

The simultaneous detection and remediation of highly toxic mercury-ion are urgently needed
for environmental benefits. However, most of the fluorescence probes for mercury-ion exhibit …