NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future

HM Gil, TW Price, K Chelani, JSG Bouillard… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Fluorescence imaging has gathered interest over the recent years for its real-time response
and high sensitivity. Develo** probes for this modality has proven to be a challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Smart magnetic resonance imaging-based theranostics for cancer

B Brito, TW Price, J Gallo, M Bañobre-López… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Smart theranostics are dynamic platforms that integrate multiple functions, including at least
imaging, therapy, and responsiveness, in a single agent. This review showcases a variety of …

Near infrared quantum dots for biosensing and bioimaging

KD Wegner, N Hildebrandt - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) possess unique optoelectronic properties, which make them very
attractive to be used as optical probes in biosensing and bioimaging applications. The …

Synthesis, properties and bioimaging applications of silver-based quantum dots

M Borovaya, I Horiunova, S Plokhovska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ag-based quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanomaterials with exclusive
electrooptical properties ideally adaptable for various biotechnological, chemical, and …

Synthesis and surface engineering of Ag chalcogenide quantum dots for near-infrared biophotonic applications

SK Arumugasamy, G Chellasamy, N Murugan… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs), a novel category of semiconductor materials, exhibit extraordinary
capabilities in tuning optical characteristics. Their emergence in biophotonics has been …

Transition metal complex-based smart AIEgens explored for cancer diagnosis and theranostics

L Ma, Y Wang, X Wang, Q Zhu, Y Wang, L Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioimaging plays an important role in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Fluorescence
imaging (FI) is one of the most widely applied bioimaging technologies. However, the …

Effect of the surface coverage of an alkyl carboxylic acid monolayer on waterborne and cellular uptake behaviors for silicon quantum dots

N Shirahata - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This article reports the development of highly waterborne silicon quantum dots (Si QDs)
terminated with a reactive group for grafting of biomolecules. Hydrogen-terminated QDs …

Ultra-bright near-infrared-IIb emitting Zn-doped Ag2Te quantum dots for noninvasive monitoring of traumatic brain injury

Y Zhou, B Huang, SH Chen, SL Liu, M Zhang, R Cui - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
The long-wavelength region of the near-infrared-IIb (NIR-IIb, 1,500–1,700 nm) imaging
window has become an ideal window for in vivo imaging due to the suppressed photon …

PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation

L Naylor-Adamson, TW Price, Z Booth… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting inorganic nanocrystals, that have garnered interest
in biological and medical spheres due, to their potential benefits in biomedical imaging and …

Multimodal molecular imaging in the second near-infrared window

M Wu, X Li, X Mu, X Zhang, H Wang, XD Zhang - Nanomedicine, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Near-infrared-II (NIR-II) fluorescence imaging has rapidly developed for the noninvasive
investigation of physiological and pathological activities in living organisms with high …