Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Surfactants, whose existence has been recognized as early as 2800 BC, have had a long
history with the development of human civilization. With the rapid development of …

Recently, diverse functional materials that take subcellular structures as therapeutic targets
are playing increasingly important roles in cancer therapy. Here, particular emphasis is …

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 …

Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

To efficiently deliver therapeutics into cancer cells, a number of strategies have been
recently investigated. The toxicity associated with the administration of chemotherapeutic …

A variety of silicon-based nanostructures with dimensions in the 1–5 nm range now emit
tunable photoluminescence (PL) spanning the visible range. Achievement of high …

Semiconductor nanoparticles (or quantum dots, QDs) exhibit unique optical and electronic
properties such as size‐controlled fluorescence, high quantum yields, and stability against …

To maximize therapeutic effects and minimize unwanted effects, the interest in drug targeting
to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or Golgi apparatus (GA) has been recently growing …

Sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) are a new kind of functional nanomaterial, but several
challenges still exist in relation to their synthesis and application, such as low-yield and time …