Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

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

The understanding of biological systems at the molecular scale is increasingly reliant on the
capability of tracking miscellaneous biomolecules and their events with improved spatial …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Inorganic colloidal nanoparticles are very small, nanoscale objects with inorganic cores that
are dispersed in a solvent. Depending on the material they consist of, nanoparticles can …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are light-emitting particles on the nanometer scale that
have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for chemical analysis, molecular …

A comprehensive review of the development of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors using
quantum dots (QDs) as integrated components is presented. In contrast to a QD that is …

Interest in developing diverse nanoparticle (NP)-biological composite materials continues to
grow almost unabated. This is motivated primarily by the desire to simultaneously exploit the …

The use of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for bioimaging and sensing has
progressively matured over the past decade. QDs are highly sensitive to charge-transfer …

In this report we review some of the recent progress made for enhancing the biocompatibility
of luminescent quantum dots (QDs) and for developing targeted bio-inspired applications …