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 …

Aqueous based semiconductor nanocrystals

L **g, SV Kershaw, Y Li, X Huang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Fluorescence detection of pesticides using quantum dot materials–a review

SA Nsibande, PBC Forbes - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
High pesticide use, especially in agriculture, can lead to environmental pollution and
potentially adverse health effects. As result, pesticide residues end up in different media …

FRET-based aptamer biosensor for selective and sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 in peanut and rice

FS Sabet, M Hosseini, H Khabbaz, M Dadmehr… - Food Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are potential food pollutants produced by fungi. Among them, Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)
is the most toxic. Therefore, a great deal of concern is associated with AFB1 toxicity. In this …

Ratiometric fluorescence sensor for Fe3+ ions detection based on quantum dot-doped hydrogel optical fiber

M Zhou, J Guo, C Yang - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018 - Elsevier
We develop a novel ratiometric fluorescence sensor based on CdTe quantum dots (QDs)
doped hydrogel optical fiber for selective and on-site detection of Fe 3+ ions in real time. The …

TiO2 Nanotubes Decorated with CdSe Quantum Dots: A Bifunctional Electrochemiluminescent Platform for Chiral Discrimination and Chiral Sensing

Q Zhao, W Zhu, W Cai, J Li, D Wu, Y Kong - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chiral analysis is of significant importance for living organisms since chirality is the
fundamental phenomenon in nature. In this work, a bifunctional electrochemiluminescent …

Engineered inorganic core/shell nanoparticles

P Mélinon, S Begin-Colin, JL Duvail, F Gauffre… - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
It has been for a long time recognized that nanoparticles are of great scientific interest as
they are effectively a bridge between bulk materials and atomic structures. At first, size …

Cellulose-based hydrogel on quantum dots with molecularly imprinted polymers for the detection of CA19-9 protein cancer biomarker

AML Piloto, DSM Ribeiro, SSM Rodrigues… - Microchimica Acta, 2022 - Springer
Molecularly imprinted polymers MIPs were successfully assembled around quantum dots
(QDs), for the detection of the protein biomarker CA19-9 associated to pancreatic cancer …

Thioglycolic Acid FTIR Spectra on Ag2S Quantum Dots Interfaces

T Kondratenko, O Ovchinnikov, I Grevtseva, M Smirnov… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mechanism features of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) passivation with thioglycolic acid
molecules (TGA) for cases of different luminescent properties is considered using FTIR. This …

Highly luminescent colloidal CdS quantum dots with efficient near-infrared electroluminescence in light-emitting diodes

AK Bansal, F Antolini, S Zhang, L Stroea… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Quantum dots are of growing interest as emissive materials in light-emitting devices. Here
first we report the formation of highly luminescent organic capped colloidal cadmium sulfide …