Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity

J Sobhanan, JV Rival, A Anas, ES Shibu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Controlled drug delivery vehicles for cancer treatment and their performance

S Senapati, AK Mahanta, S Kumar… - Signal transduction and …, 2018 - nature.com
Although conventional chemotherapy has been successful to some extent, the main
drawbacks of chemotherapy are its poor bioavailability, high-dose requirements, adverse …

InP quantum dots: synthesis and lighting applications

B Chen, D Li, F Wang - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
InP quantum dots (QDs) are typical III–V group semiconductor nanocrystals that feature
large excitonic Bohr radius and high carrier mobility. The merits of InP QDs include large …

Nanoparticle-mediated targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment

PY Liyanage, SD Hettiarachchi, Y Zhou, A Ouhtit… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and one of the
deadliest after lung cancer. Currently, standard methods for cancer therapy including BC are …

Health concerns of various nanoparticles: A review of their in vitro and in vivo toxicity

M Ajdary, MA Moosavi, M Rahmati, M Falahati… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) are currently used in diagnosis and treatment of many human diseases,
including autoimmune diseases and cancer. However, cytotoxic effects of NPs on normal …

New generation cadmium-free quantum dots for biophotonics and nanomedicine

G Xu, S Zeng, B Zhang, MT Swihart, KT Yong… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes recent progress in the design and applications of cadmium-free
quantum dots (Cd-free QDs), with an emphasis on their role in biophotonics and …

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 …

AIE macromolecules: syntheses, structures and functionalities

R Hu, NLC Leung, BZ Tang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Macromolecules with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) attributes are a class of
luminescent materials that display enhanced emission when they are aggregated. They …

Semiconductor and carbon-based fluorescent nanodots: the need for consistency

A Cayuela, ML Soriano, C Carrillo-Carrión… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent nanodots have become increasingly prevalent in a wide variety of applications
with special interest in analytical and biomedical fields. The present overview focuses on …

Near‐infrared‐II quantum dots for in vivo imaging and cancer therapy

LL Chen, L Zhao, ZG Wang, SL Liu, DW Pang - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo fluorescence imaging can perform real‐time, noninvasive, and high spatiotemporal
resolution imaging to accurately obtain the dynamic biological information in vivo, which …