Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: develo** chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, focusing on nontoxic and earth-abundant materials

P Reiss, M Carriere, C Lincheneau, L Vaure… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Nonthermal plasma synthesis of nanocrystals: fundamental principles, materials, and applications

UR Kortshagen, RM Sankaran, RN Pereira… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

Biocompatible and biodegradable inorganic nanostructures for nanomedicine: silicon and black phosphorus

M Qiu, A Singh, D Wang, J Qu, M Swihart, H Zhang… - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has made great progress toward the diagnosis and treatment of diseases by
exploiting physicochemical properties and biological interactions of nanomaterials that differ …

Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots

JCGE da Silva, HMR Gonçalves - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) comprise a recently discovered class of strongly fluorescent, emission-
color-tuning and non-blinking nanoparticles with great analytical and bioanalytical potential …

Silicon nanomaterials platform for bioimaging, biosensing, and cancer therapy

F Peng, Y Su, Y Zhong, C Fan, ST Lee… - Accounts of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanomaterials are an important class of nanomaterials with great potential for
technologies including energy, catalysis, and biotechnology, because of their many unique …

Colloidal silicon quantum dots: from preparation to the modification of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for bio-applications

X Cheng, SB Lowe, PJ Reece… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Concerns over possible toxicities of conventional metal-containing quantum dots have
inspired growing research interests in colloidal silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs), or silicon …

Large-scale aqueous synthesis of fluorescent and biocompatible silicon nanoparticles and their use as highly photostable biological probes

Y Zhong, F Peng, F Bao, S Wang, X Ji… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A large-scale synthetic strategy is developed for facile one-pot aqueous synthesis of silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) yielding∼ 0.1 g SiNPs of small sizes (∼ 2.2 nm) in 10 min. The as …

Size vs Surface: Tuning the Photoluminescence of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals Across the Visible Spectrum via Surface Groups

M Dasog, GB De los Reyes, LV Titova, FA Hegmann… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The syntheses of colloidal silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) with dimensions in the 3–4 nm size
regime as well as effective methodologies for their functionalization with alkyl, amine …