Silicon quantum dot supraparticles for fluorescence bioimaging

M Fujii, R Fujii, M Takada… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We developed a self-limited self-assembly process to produce red-to-near-infrared
luminescent supraparticles made from biocompatible silicon (Si) quantum dots (QDs) for …

Biocompatible luminescent silicon quantum dots for imaging of cancer cells

F Erogbogbo, KT Yong, I Roy, GX Xu, PN Prasad… - ACS …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Luminescent silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) have great potential for use in biological
imaging and diagnostic applications. To exploit this potential, they must remain luminescent …

Ultrasensitive, Biocompatible, Quantum‐Dot‐Embedded Silica Nanoparticles for Bioimaging

BH Jun, DW Hwang, HS Jung, J Jang… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The successful development of highly sensitive, water‐compatible, nontoxic nanoprobes
has allowed nanomaterials to be widely employed in various applications. The applicability …

Highly bright silica-coated InP/ZnS quantum dot-embedded silica nanoparticles as biocompatible nanoprobes

KM Ham, M Kim, S Bock, J Kim, W Kim… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantum dots (QDs) have outstanding optical properties such as strong fluorescence,
excellent photostability, broad absorption spectra, and narrow emission bands, which make …

Tuning the optical properties of silicon quantum dots via surface functionalization with conjugated aromatic fluorophores

M Abdelhameed, DR Martir, S Chen, WZ Xu… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Silicon Quantum Dots (SQDs) have recently attracted great interest due to their
excellent optical properties, low cytotoxicity, and ease of surface modification. The size of …

Fully self-assembled silica nanoparticle–semiconductor quantum dot supra-nanoparticles and immunoconjugates for enhanced cellular imaging by microscopy and …

GH Darwish, J Asselin, MV Tran, R Gupta… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is a growing need for brighter luminescent materials to improve the detection and
imaging of biomarkers. Relevant contexts include low-abundance biomarkers and …

Photoluminescence of silicon quantum dots in nanospheres

Y Zhang, X Han, J Zhang, Y Liu, H Huang, H Ming… - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Si quantum dots (SiQDs) based nanospheres (SiNSs) were prepared via a novel synthetic
strategy. These SiNSs were demonstrated to possess unique dot spacing dependent …

Size-and surface chemistry-dependent intracellular localization of luminescent silicon quantum dot aggregates

S Ohta, P Shen, S Inasawa… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Aggregates of luminescent silicon quantum dots (Si-QDs) selectively label certain
organelles, such as lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, cytosol and nuclei, depending upon …

Silicon quantum dot nanoparticles with antifouling coatings for immunostaining on live cancer cells

CC Tu, KP Chen, TA Yang, MY Chou… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) have shown a great potential as
antiphotobleaching, nontoxic and biodegradable labels for various in vitro and in vivo …

A novel method to enhance quantum yield of silica-coated quantum dots for biodetection

B Zhang, X Gong, L Hao, J Cheng, Y Han… - …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, based on selecting the appropriate type of quantum dots (QDs), a novel
method is developed to enhance the quantum yield (QY) of silica-coated QD nanoparticles …