Highly fluorescent SiO2@ CdTe@ SiO2 (SQS) nanoparticles as a new nanoprobe in
biomedical imaging have been successfully synthesized by a novel approach. The size of …

Quantum dots (QD) of a CdSe–ZnS core–shell structure are coated with silica spheres to
improve their stability in biological buffers and biocompatibility in fluorescence imaging. We …

Highly fluorescent CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell QD@ SiO2 NPs have been synthesized
via a reverse microemulsion approach with a novel post-treatment process by combining …

Robust sandwich-like SiO2@ CdTe@ SiO2 nanoparticles containing multi-CdTe quantum
dots have been synthesized via a versatile three-step method. These nanoparticles show …

Silica coating is an effective approach for rendering luminescent quantum dots (QDs) with
water dispersibility and biocompatibility. However, it is still challenging to prepare silica …

We report on the synthesis of luminescent CdSe/CdS@ SiO2 nanoparticles and their
application to cell labeling. The main novelty of these nanoparticles is the use of newly …

In recent years, silica coating has been extensively investigated to fabricate the
biocompatible interface of quantum dots (QDs) for biomedical applications. We here …

Spherical silica nanoparticles coated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) dyes were
prepared by using an improved Stöber method. The nanoparticles were∼ 55nm in diameter …

This paper presents the synthesis of aqueous CdTe QDs embedded silica nanoparticles by
reverse microemulsion method and their applications as fluorescence probes in bioassay …

Core–shell structured quantum dot (QD)–silica fluorescent nanoparticles have attracted a
great deal of attention due to the excellent optical properties of QDs and the stability of silica …