Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

Nanotechnology is an emerging technology that deals with nanosized particles possessing
crucial research roles and application. Disciplines like chemistry, biology, physics …

2. INTRODUCTION The investigation of many fundamental processes in life sciences
requires straightforward tools for fast, sensitive, reliable, and reproducible detection of …

In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention
because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles …

The core objective of nanoparticles is to control and manipulate biomacromolecular
constructs and supramolecular assemblies that are critical to living cells in order to improve …

Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is one of the most
general and adaptable single-molecule techniques. Despite the explosive growth in the …

Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy are important
elements of the ongoing technical revolution to reveal biochemical and cellular processes in …

Quantum dots (QDs) are a novel class of inorganic fluorophore which are gaining
widespread recognition as a result of their exceptional photophysical properties. They are …

Development of DNA biosensors and DNA microarrays has increased tremendously over
the past few years as demonstrated by the large number of scientific publications in this area …

Semiconductor nanoparticles, or quantum dots (QDs), have unique photophysical
properties, such as size‐controlled fluorescence, have high fluorescence quantum yields …