The capability of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) to enable translocation of cargos across
biological barriers shows promising pharmaceutical potential for the transport of drug …

The increasing availability of semiconductor-based nanostructures with novel and unique
properties has sparked widespread interest in their use in the field of biosensing. The …

Synthesis of biologically active antibody conjugated quantum dots (QDs) has been of great
importance in cellular imaging and diagnostics. Cetuximab (or Erbitux) is the first …

To advance the knowledge of environmental fate of nanomaterials, we systematically
investigated the dissolution of polymer-coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) under UV …

Colloidal nanoparticles, in particular gold nanoparticles and quantum dots, can be used in a
variety of different assays for optical sensing of small ions in solution. In this review, different …

By combining organometallic groups and peptides, a large number of conjugates with
interesting new biological properties can be prepared. Especially, attachment to cell …

Quantum dots (QDs) fluorescent probes based on oligonucleotide aptamers and peptides
with specific molecular recognition have attracted much attention. In this paper, CdSe/ZnS …

Applications of nanotechnology in food have rapidly increased in the past decades. Ultra-
small gold nanoclusters (Au NCs), composed of several to roughly a hundred atoms …

Self-assembly of small building blocks into functional supramolecular nanostructure has
opened prospects for the design of novel materials. With this molecular engineering …

A winning combination: Multifunctional hybrid nanoconjugates (HNCs) based on polymer
nanoparticles containing quantum dots (QDs) conjugated with CpG oligonucleotides (as a …