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 …

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 …

Nanomaterials-based sensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensing

Y Chen, S Zhou, L Li, J Zhu - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials with wonderful optical, electrical and chemical properties are widely studied
in recent decades. In electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing area, nanomaterials have …

Electrochemically generated versus photoexcited luminescence from semiconductor nanomaterials: bridging the valley between two worlds

P Wu, X Hou, JJ Xu, HY Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots (QDs) are monodisperse crystalline
clusters with physical dimensions smaller than the bulk-exciton Bohr radius, ie, the distance …

Resonance energy transfer to gold nanoparticles: NSET defeats FRET

C Chen, N Hildebrandt - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely applied as highly efficient luminescence
quenchers in combination with a large variety of donor fluorophores. While the application of …

Current trends in the development of the electrochemiluminescent immunosensors

K Muzyka - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2014 - Elsevier
This review presents a general picture of the current trends and developments (2008–2013)
related to electrochemiluminescence-based immunosensors. It briefly covers the milestones …

Metal ions optical sensing by semiconductor quantum dots

Y Lou, Y Zhao, J Chen, JJ Zhu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots (QDs) have been facilitating the
development of sensitive fluorescence sensors over the past decade, due to their unique …

Unraveling mechanisms of highly efficient yet stable electrochemiluminescence from quantum dots

Z Cao, C Li, Y Shu, M Zhu, B Su, H Qin… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell quantum dots (QDs) as the model system, time-and
potential-resolved spectroelectrochemical measurements are successfully applied for …

Near-infrared dual-emission quantum dots–gold nanoclusters nanohybrid via co-template synthesis for ratiometric fluorescent detection and bioimaging of ascorbic …

P Zhao, K He, Y Han, Z Zhang, M Yu, H Wang… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Near-infrared (NIR) quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as an attractive bioimaging toolkit for
exploring biological events because they can provide deep imaging penetration and low …

One‐step synthesis of superbright water‐soluble silicon nanoparticles with photoluminescence quantum yield exceeding 80%

FG Wu, X Zhang, S Kai, M Zhang… - Advanced Materials …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) have shown potential applications in bioimaging/
biolabelling, sensing, and nanomedicine/cancer therapy due to their superior properties …