Quantum dots: a review from concept to clinic

S Kargozar, SJ Hoseini, PB Milan… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor materials that have gained great interest due to their
unique characteristics like optical properties. They are extensively being used in different …

Quantum dots for cancer-related miRNA monitoring

CSM Martins, AP LaGrow, JAV Prior - Acs Sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
Quantum dots (QDs) possess exceptional optoelectronic properties that enable their use in
the most diverse applications, namely, in the medical field. The prevalence of cancer has …

Arsenic trioxide: insights into its evolution to an anticancer agent

M Hoonjan, V Jadhav, P Bhatt - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic …, 2018 - Springer
Arsenic and its various forms have been in use in ancient Chinese medicine for more than
2000 years. Arsenicals have gained importance for having remedial effects for various …

Nanoparticles for cell labeling

A Bhirde, J Xie, M Swierczewska, X Chen - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell based therapeutics are emerging as powerful regimens. To better understand the
migration and proliferation mechanisms of implanted cells, a means to track cells in living …

Quantum dots in nanomedicine: recent trends, advances and unresolved issues

Y Volkov - Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2015 - Elsevier
The review addresses the current state of progress in the use of ultra-small nanoparticles
from the category of quantum dots (QDs), which presently embraces a widening range of …

ZnO nanostructures based biosensors for cancer and infectious disease applications: Perspectives, prospects and promises

SS Bhat, A Qurashi, FA Khanday - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
ZnO nanostructures have attracted great attention from researchers due to their fascinating
properties that include high surface-area, better crystallinity, and improved optical and …

Near-infrared quantum dots for HER2 localization and imaging of cancer cells

SB Rizvi, S Rouhi, S Taniguchi, SY Yang… - International journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Quantum dots are fluorescent nanoparticles with unique photophysical
properties that allow them to be used as diagnostic, therapeutic, and theranostic agents …

Electrochemiluminescence based on quantum dots and their analytical application

H Huang, J Li, JJ Zhu - Analytical Methods, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents a general description of the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) related
to quantum dots (QDs) and their analytical application. It briefly overviews the synthetic route …

Single-and two-photon imaging of human micrometastases and disseminated tumour cells with conjugates of nanobodies and quantum dots

F Ramos-Gomes, J Bode, A Sukhanova, SV Bozrova… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Early detection of malignant tumours and, especially, micrometastases and disseminated
tumour cells is still a challenge. In order to implement highly sensitive diagnostic tools we …

Quantum dots for molecular diagnostics of tumors

TA Zdobnova, EN Lebedenko… - Acta Naturae …, 2011 - cyberleninka.ru
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are a new class of fluorophores with unique physical
and chemical properties, which allow to appreciably expand the possibilities for the current …