Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity

J Sobhanan, JV Rival, A Anas, ES Shibu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Synthesis and Bioapplications of Ag2S Quantum Dots with Near‐Infrared Fluorescence

C Ding, Y Huang, Z Shen, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs) with near‐infrared fluorescence (NIR) are an emerging class of QDs
with unique capabilities owing to the deeper tissue penetrability of NIR light compared with …

Energy transfer with semiconductor quantum dot bioconjugates: a versatile platform for biosensing, energy harvesting, and other developing applications

N Hildebrandt, CM Spillmann, WR Algar, T Pons… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

Infrared quantum dots: progress, challenges, and opportunities

H Lu, GM Carroll, NR Neale, MC Beard - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Infrared technologies provide tremendous value to our modern-day society. The need for
easy-to-fabricate, solution-processable, tunable infrared active optoelectronic materials has …

Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, focusing on nontoxic and earth-abundant materials

P Reiss, M Carriere, C Lincheneau, L Vaure… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

New generation cadmium-free quantum dots for biophotonics and nanomedicine

G Xu, S Zeng, B Zhang, MT Swihart, KT Yong… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes recent progress in the design and applications of cadmium-free
quantum dots (Cd-free QDs), with an emphasis on their role in biophotonics and …

Toward biocompatible semiconductor quantum dots: from biosynthesis and bioconjugation to biomedical application

J Zhou, Y Yang, C Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Aqueous based semiconductor nanocrystals

L Jing, SV Kershaw, Y Li, X Huang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Biocompatible semiconductor quantum dots as cancer imaging agents

KJ McHugh, L Jing, AM Behrens… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 1.7 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United
States leading to 600 000 deaths. Patient survival rates are highly correlated with the stage …