Potentials and pitfalls of fluorescent quantum dots for biological imaging

JK Jaiswal, SM Simon - Trends in cell biology, 2004 - cell.com
Fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantum dots (QDs), have several
unique optical and chemical features. These features make them desirable fluorescent tags …

Quantum Dot Nanocrystals for In Vivo Molecular and Cellular Imaging

AM Smith, X Gao, S Nie - Photochemistry and photobiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor quantum dots (QD) are nanometer‐sized crystals with unique photochemical
and photophysical properties that are not available from either isolated molecules or bulk …

In vitro and in vivo imaging with quantum dots

C Wang, X Gao, X Su - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2010 - Springer
Quantum dots (QDs), also named semiconductor nanocrystals, have initiated a new realm of
bioscience by combining nanomaterials with biology, which will profoundly influence future …

Quantum dots for live cells, in vivo imaging, and diagnostics

X Michalet, FF Pinaud, LA Bentolila, JM Tsay, S Doose… - science, 2005 - science.org
Research on fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots or
qdots) has evolved over the past two decades from electronic materials science to biological …

Quantum Dots for Live Cell and In Vivo Imaging

MA Walling, JA Novak, JRE Shepard - International journal of molecular …, 2009 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, technology has made immeasurable strides to enable visualization,
identification, and quantitation in biological systems. Many of these technological …

Quantum dots as cellular probes

AP Alivisatos, W Gu, C Larabell - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Robust and bright light emitters, semiconductor nanocrystals [quantum dots (QDs)]
have been adopted as a new class of fluorescent labels. Six years after the first experiments …

Semiconductor quantum dots as fluorescent probes for in vitro and in vivo bio-molecular and cellular imaging

SB Rizvi, S Ghaderi, M Keshtgar, AM Seifalian - Nano reviews, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Over the years, biological imaging has seen many advances, allowing scientists to unfold
many of the mysteries surrounding biological processes. The ideal imaging resolution would …

Quantum dot bioconjugates for in vitro diagnostics & in vivo imaging

Y Xing, J Rao - Cancer Biomarkers, 2008 - content.iospress.com
Semiconductor quantum dots are tiny light-emitting nanocrystals (2–10 nm) that have
captivated researchers in the biomedical field in the last decade. Compared to organic dyes …

Semiconductor quantum dots for bioimaging and biodiagnostic applications

BA Kairdolf, AM Smith, TH Stokes… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are light-emitting particles on the nanometer scale that
have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for chemical analysis, molecular …

Quantum dots in biology and medicine

RE Bailey, AM Smith, S Nie - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are nanometer-sized crystals with unique
photochemical and photophysical properties that are not available from either isolated …