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 …

Doped quantum dots for chemo/biosensing and bioimaging

P Wu, XP Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) have received great interest for diverse applications due to their distinct
advantages, such as narrow and symmetric emission with tunable colors, broad and strong …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum dots and their multimodal applications: a review

D Bera, L Qian, TK Tseng, PH Holloway - Materials, 2010 - mdpi.com
Semiconducting quantum dots, whose particle sizes are in the nanometer range, have very
unusual properties. The quantum dots have band gaps that depend in a complicated fashion …

Nanomaterials: applications in cancer imaging and therapy

JA Barreto, W O'Malley, M Kubeil, B Graham… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The application of nanomaterials (NMs) in biomedicine is increasing rapidly and offers
excellent prospects for the development of new non‐invasive strategies for the diagnosis …

Multimodality imaging probes: design and challenges

A Louie - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The conundrum of modality selection in clinical diagnostic imaging is that modalities with the
highest sensitivity have relatively poor resolution, while those with high resolution have …

Recent progress on silica coating of nanoparticles and related nanomaterials

A Guerrero‐Martínez, J Pérez‐Juste… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, new strategies for silica coating of inorganic nanoparticles and organic
nanomaterials, which differ from the classical methodologies, have emerged at the forefront …

Multifunctional nanostructured materials for multimodal imaging, and simultaneous imaging and therapy

J Kim, Y Piao, T Hyeon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology offers tremendous potential for future biomedical technology. Due to their
unique characteristics including superparamagnetic or fluorescent properties, and small size …

Laser-processed nanosilicon: A multifunctional nanomaterial for energy and healthcare

AV Kabashin, A Singh, MT Swihart, IN Zavestovskaya… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This review describes promising laser-based approaches to produce silicon nanostructures,
including laser ablation of solid Si targets in residual gases and liquids and laser pyrolysis of …

Nanotechnology, nanotoxicology, and neuroscience

WH Suh, KS Suslick, GD Stucky, YH Suh - Progress in neurobiology, 2009 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology, which deals with features as small as a 1 billionth of a meter, began to
enter into mainstream physical sciences and engineering some 20 years ago. Recent …

A high‐performance ytterbium‐based nanoparticulate contrast agent for in vivo X‐ray computed tomography imaging

Y Liu, K Ai, J Liu, Q Yuan, Y He, L Lu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2012 - infona.pl
Enlightening particles: A contrast agent for in vivo X‐ray computed tomography (CT) imaging
is composed of an Yb‐based nanoparticle (NP) that is stabilized with oleic acid and modified …