Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

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

Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Research on fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots or
qdots) has evolved over the past two decades from electronic materials science to biological …

One of the fastest moving and most exciting interfaces of nanotechnology is the use of
quantum dots (QDs) in biology. The unique optical properties of QDs make them appealing …

Nucleic acids hold promise as biomolecules for future applications in biomedicine and
biotechnology. Their well-defined structures and compositions afford unique chemical …

In the coming decade, the ability to sense and detect the state of biological systems and
living organisms optically, electrically and magnetically will be radically transformed by …

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 …

Quantum dots (QDs) have been facilitating the development of sensitive fluorescence
biosensors over the past two decades due to their high quantum yield, narrow and tunable …

▪ Abstract Robust and bright light emitters, semiconductor nanocrystals [quantum dots (QDs)]
have been adopted as a new class of fluorescent labels. Six years after the first experiments …