Quantum dots (QDs) have size-dependent optical properties that make them uniquely
advantageous for in vivo targeted fluorescence imaging, traceable delivery, and therapy …

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 …

Conventional quantum dots have great potential in cancer-related imaging and diagnostic
applications; however, these applications are limited by concerns about the inherent toxicity …

Approximately 1.7 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United
States leading to 600 000 deaths. Patient survival rates are highly correlated with the stage …

The successful development of highly sensitive, water‐compatible, nontoxic nanoprobes
has allowed nanomaterials to be widely employed in various applications. The applicability …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are tiny light-emitting particles on the nanometer scale,
and are emerging as a new class of fluorescent labels for biology and medicine. In …

Nanoparticle-based materials, such as drug delivery vehicles and diagnostic probes,
currently under evaluation in oncology clinical trials are largely not tumor selective. To be …

Silicon nanomaterials are one of the most representative inorganic nanomedicines in
therapeutic biomedicine. Silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) have aroused wide attention in the …

Fluorescence bioimaging in the second near‐infrared spectral region (NIR‐II, 1000–1700
nm) can provide advantages of high spatial resolution and large penetration depth, due to …

Quantum dots (QDs), also named semiconductor nanocrystals, have initiated a new realm of
bioscience by combining nanomaterials with biology, which will profoundly influence future …