Toxicity of quantum dots on respiratory system

T Wu, M Tang - Inhalation toxicology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum dots (QDs), as advanced nanotechnology products, are widely used in the bio-
medical field for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes due to their unique properties …

A multi‐synergistic platform for sequential irradiation‐activated high‐performance apoptotic cancer therapy

Z Chen, Z Li, J Wang, E Ju, L Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial hyperthermia is an emerging technique to induce apoptotic cancer cell death.
However, achieving effective hyperthermic apoptosis is often difficult, as cells typically …

Incidence of the core composition on the stability, the ROS production and the toxicity of CdSe quantum dots

FA Kauffer, C Merlin, L Balan, R Schneider - Journal of hazardous materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Mercaptosuccinic acid-capped CdSe and alloyed CdSe (S) QDs were prepared in aqueous
solution at 100 and 170° C, respectively. These dots were characterized by transmission …

Size-dependent photoluminescence of zinc oxide quantum dots through organosilane functionalization

V Muşat, A Tăbăcaru, BŞ Vasile, VA Surdu - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Organosilane grafting on the surface of ZnO nanoparticles is a possible means of fabricating
hybrid nanomaterials with tuned optical and physico-chemical properties. We report here the …

Synthesis of highly luminescent water stable ZnO quantum dots as photoluminescent sensor for picric acid

K Singh, GR Chaudhary, S Singh, SK Mehta - Journal of luminescence, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Highly luminescent, water stable (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane capped ZnO
quantum dots (QDs) have been synthesized using a simple solution route. The synthesized …

Size-controlled synthesis of ZnO quantum dots in microreactors

A Schejn, M Frégnaux, JM Commenge, L Balan… - …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we report on a continuous-flow microreactor process to prepare ZnO quantum
dots (QDs) with widely tunable particle size and photoluminescence emission wavelengths …

Is the effect of surface modifying molecules on antibacterial activity universal for a given material?

A Hsu, F Liu, YH Leung, APY Ma, AB Djurišić… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibacterial activity of nanomaterials is strongly dependent on their properties, and their
stability and toxicity can be varied using surface coatings. We investigated the effect of …

Hepatotoxicity induced by ZnO quantum dots in mice

Y Yang, T Zhao, T Cheng, J Shen, X Liu, B Yu, S Lv… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
ZnO quantum dots (QDs) with unique optical properties are potential useful tools for
biological labeling and biosensing. With the increasing use of ZnO QDs, the toxicity …

[PDF][PDF] Docteur de l'Université de Lorraine

FA Kauffer - 2014 - docnum.univ-lorraine.fr
I. 1.6. QDs à structure cœur/coquille 62 I. 1.6. 1. Types de structure cœur/coquille 63 I. 1.6. 2.
Choix des semi-conducteurs 65 I. 1.6. 3. Structures cœur/double coquille 66 I. 1.7. QDs à …

Synthesis of biocompatible SiO2 coated ZnO quantum dots for cell imaging

M Zhang, Q Wang, H Chen… - … Conference on Photonics …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Quantum dots (QDs) is a promising candidate for biomedical imaging. However, the bio-
toxicity of traditional quantum dots obstructed their further application seriously. In this work …