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One-pot preparation of highly fluorescent cadmium telluride/cadmium sulfide quantum dots under neutral-pH condition for biological applications.
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The effective protection from CdS shell and MSA enables CdTe QDs to be chemically stable in a pH range of 6-9 and less toxic, which makes them very promising for bio-imaging applications.About:
This article is published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.The article was published on 2013-01-15. It has received 53 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cadmium sulfide & Quantum dot.read more
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One-pot aqueous synthesis of cysteine-capped CdTe/CdS core-shell nanowires
TL;DR: In this article, high fluorescent cysteine-capped CdTe/CdS core-shell nanowires were successfully synthesized by reacting CdCl2 with NaHTe in aqueous solution under refluxing at 100°C for 140min.
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Meta-analysis of cellular toxicity for cadmium-containing quantum dots
Eunkeu Oh,Rong Liu,Andre E. Nel,Kelly Boeneman Gemill,Muhammad Bilal,Yoram Cohen,Igor L. Medintz +6 more
TL;DR: The approach of integrating quantitative and categorical data provides a roadmap for interrogating the wide-ranging toxicity data in the literature and suggests that meta-analysis can help develop methods for predicting the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials.
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Aqueous Based Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Lihong Jing,Stephen V. Kershaw,Yilin Li,Xiaodan Huang,Yingying Li,Andrey L. Rogach,Mingyuan Gao +6 more
TL;DR: This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and describes the considerable progress in some selected QD applications such as in bioimaging and theranostics.
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Ambient Aqueous Synthesis of Ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2−xSe Nanoparticles as a Multifunctional Theranostic Agent for Multimodal Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy of Cancer
Shaohua Zhang,Shaohua Zhang,Caixia Sun,Jianfeng Zeng,Qiao Sun,Guanglin Wang,Yong Wang,Yan Wu,Shi Xue Dou,Mingyuan Gao,Zhen Li,Zhen Li +11 more
TL;DR: Ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2-x Se nanoparticles with strong near-infrared absorption have been prepared by an ambient aqueous method and are demonstrated to be a novel nanotheranostic agent for effective deep-tissue photoacoustic imaging, computed tomography imaging, single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging, and photothermal therapy of cancer.
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Ultra-small fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles for bioimaging
TL;DR: This article comprehensively summarizes state-of-the-art fluorescence imaging using ultra-small nanoparticles as probes, including quantum dots, metal nanoclusters, carbon nanomaterials, up-conversion, and silicon nanmaterials.
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Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple route to the production of high-quality CdE (E=S, Se, Te) semiconductor nanocrystallites is presented, based on pyrolysis of organometallic reagents by injection into a hot coordinating solvent.
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In vivo cancer targeting and imaging with semiconductor quantum dots
TL;DR: Sensitive and multicolor fluorescence imaging of cancer cells under in vivo conditions are achieved and a whole-body macro-illumination system with wavelength-resolved spectral imaging is integrated for efficient background removal and precise delineation of weak spectral signatures.
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(CdSe)ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots - Synthesis and Characterization of a Size Series of Highly Luminescent Nanocrystallites
B. O. Dabbousi,Javier Rodríguez-Viejo,F. V. Mikulec,Jason Heine,Hedi Mattoussi,R. Ober,K. F. Jensen,‡,§ and,Moungi G. Bawendi +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a synthesis of highly luminescent (CdSe)ZnS composite quantum dots with CdSe cores ranging in diameter from 23 to 55 A was reported.
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Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels
TL;DR: This work compares and evaluates the differences in physicochemical properties of common fluorescent labels, focusing on traditional organic dyes and QDs, to provide a better understanding of the advantages and limitations of both classes of chromophores.
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Formation of high-quality CdTe, CdSe, and CdS nanocrystals using CdO as precursor.
Peng Za,Xiaogang Peng +1 more
TL;DR: This paper proves that Cd(CH3)2 can be replaced by CdO and develops a one-pot synthesis which does not require separated preparation of cadmium complex and is reproducible and simple and thus can be readily scaled up for industrial production.