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 …

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 …

Camera-based ratiometric fluorescence transduction of nucleic acid hybridization with reagentless signal amplification on a paper-based platform using immobilized …

MO Noor, UJ Krull - Analytical chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
Paper-based diagnostic assays are gaining increasing popularity for their potential
application in resource-limited settings and for point-of-care screening. Achievement of high …

A paper-based resonance energy transfer nucleic acid hybridization assay using upconversion nanoparticles as donors and quantum dots as acceptors

S Doughan, U Uddayasankar, UJ Krull - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Monodisperse aqueous upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) were covalently immobilized
on aldehyde modified cellulose paper via reduction amination to develop a luminescence …

Fluorogenic PNA probes

T Vilaivan - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
Fluorogenic oligonucleotide probes that can produce a change in fluorescence signal upon
binding to specific biomolecular targets, including nucleic acids as well as non-nucleic acid …

Cancer biomarker determination by resonance energy transfer using functional fluorescent nanoprobes

P Das, A Sedighi, UJ Krull - Analytica chimica acta, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of bioanalytical methods that provide early detection of the presence of
cancer by sensitive and specific determination of biomarkers such as small biomolecules …

Conformational details of quantum dot-DNA resolved by forster resonance energy transfer lifetime nanoruler

J Guo, X Qiu, C Mingoes, JR Deschamps, K Susumu… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
DNA-nanoparticle conjugates are important tools in nanobiotechnology. Knowing the
orientation, function, and length of DNA on nanoparticle surfaces at low nanomolar …

Detection of a cancer biomarker protein on modified cellulose paper by fluorescence using aptamer-linked quantum dots

P Das, UJ Krull - Analyst, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of point-of-care bioassays for sensitive screening of protein-based cancer
biomarkers would improve the opportunity for early stage diagnosis. A strategy for a …

A novel CdTe quantum dots probe amplified resonance light scattering signals to detect microRNA-122

S Lv, F Chen, C Chen, X Chen, H Gong, C Cai - Talanta, 2017 - Elsevier
We report a rapid and facile resonance light scattering (RLS) technique that utilizes CdTe
quantum dots (CdTe QDs) probe to detect microRNA-122. The RLS sensor is ingeniously …

A paper-based multiplexed resonance energy transfer nucleic acid hybridization assay using a single form of upconversion nanoparticle as donor and three quantum …

S Doughan, U Uddayasankar, A Peri, UJ Krull - Analytica chimica acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Monodisperse aqueous upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) were covalently immobilized
on aldehyde modified cellulose paper via reductive amination to evaluate the multiplexing …