Folic acid-conjugated core/shell ZnS: Mn/ZnS quantum dots as targeted probes for two photon fluorescence imaging of cancer cells

M Geszke, M Murias, L Balan, G Medjahdi… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel approach to producing water soluble manganese-doped
core/shell ZnS/ZnS quantum dots (ZnS: Mn/ZnS). The Mn-doped ZnS core was prepared …

Thioglycerol-capped Mn-doped ZnS quantum dot bioconjugates as efficient two-photon fluorescent nano-probes for bioimaging

M Geszke-Moritz, H Piotrowska, M Murias… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Water-dispersible 1-thioglycerol (TG)-capped Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots were prepared
in aqueous solution using the nucleation-doping strategy. Using 4% Mn relative to Zn and a …

Green synthesis of ZnS quantum dot/biopolymer photoluminescent nanoprobes for bioimaging brain cancer cells

AJ Caires, AAP Mansur, IC Carvalho… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the most interesting photoluminescent
nanomaterials with very promising applications in cancer nanomedicine. In this work, ZnS …

Bio-conjugated luminescent quantum dots of doped ZnS: a cyto-friendly system for targeted cancer imaging

K Manzoor, S Johny, D Thomas, S Setua… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
A heavy-metal-free luminescent quantum dot (QD) based on doped zinc sulfide (ZnS),
conjugated with a cancer-targeting ligand, folic acid (FA), is presented as a promising bio …

Silica-Coated S2–-Enriched Manganese-Doped ZnS Quantum Dots as a Photoluminescence Probe for Imaging Intracellular Zn2+ Ions

HB Ren, BY Wu, JT Chen, XP Yan - Analytical chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
Detection of intracellular Zn2+ has gained great attention because of its biological
significances. Here we show the fabrication of silica-coated S2–-enriched Mn-doped ZnS …

Folic acid targeted Mn: ZnS quantum dots for theranostic applications of cancer cell imaging and therapy

IB Bwatanglang, F Mohammad, NA Yusof… - International Journal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we synthesized a multifunctional nanoparticulate system with specific targeting,
imaging, and drug delivering functionalities by following a three-step protocol that operates …

Gadolinium-Based CuInS2/ZnS Nanoprobe for Dual-Modality Magnetic Resonance/Optical Imaging

CY Cheng, KL Ou, WT Huang, JK Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A new magnetic resonance/optical nanoprobe with specific cellular targeting capabilities
based on nontoxic CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with direct covalent attachment of a Gd …

Influence of doping ion, capping agent and pH on the fluorescence properties of zinc sulfide quantum dots: sensing of Cu2+ and Hg2+ ions and their biocompatibility …

ML Desai, B Deshmukh, N Lenka, V Haran… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Herein, a facile one-pot synthetic method was explored for the fabrication of glutathione
capped Mn 2+ doped‑zinc sulphide quantum dots (GSH-Mn 2+-ZnS QDs) for both …

Magnetically engineered Cd-free quantum dots as dual-modality probes for fluorescence/magnetic resonance imaging of tumors

K Ding, L Jing, C Liu, Y Hou, M Gao - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetically engineered Cd-free CuInS 2@ ZnS: Mn quantum dots (QDs) were
designed, synthesized, and evaluated as potential dual-modality probes for fluorescence …

Synthesis and characterization of Mn: ZnSe/ZnS/ZnMnS sandwiched QDs for multimodal imaging and theranostic applications

Y Wang, B Wu, C Yang, M Liu, TC Sum, KT Yong - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a facile aqueous synthesis method is optimized to produce Mn:
ZnSe/ZnS/ZnMnS sandwiched quantum dots (SQDs). In this core–shell co‐doped system …