Surface modifications of nanoparticles for stability in biological fluids

L Guerrini, RA Alvarez-Puebla, N Pazos-Perez - Materials, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Due to the high surface: volume ratio and the extraordinary properties arising from the
nanoscale (optical, electric, magnetic, etc.), nanoparticles (NPs) are excellent candidates for …

Energy transfer with semiconductor quantum dot bioconjugates: a versatile platform for biosensing, energy harvesting, and other develo** applications

N Hildebrandt, CM Spillmann, WR Algar, T Pons… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

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

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
(5aR, 11bS)-4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopent-1-ena [c]
phenanthrene-9, 10-diol (A-86929): a potent and selective dopamine D1 agonist that …

Revisiting 30 years of biofunctionalization and surface chemistry of inorganic nanoparticles for nanomedicine

J Conde, JT Dias, V Grazú, M Moros… - Frontiers in …, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
In the last 30 years we have assisted to a massive advance of nanomaterials in material
science. Nanomaterials and structures, in addition to their small size, have properties that …

Carbon quantum dots: recent progresses on synthesis, surface modification and applications

M Farshbaf, S Davaran, F Rahimi… - Artificial cells …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Generally, carbon nanoparticles with a size of 10 nm (or less) are called carbon quantum
dots (CQDs, C-dots or CD), which have created huge excitement due to their advantages in …

[كتاب][B] Nanoparticles: from theory to application

G Schmid - 2011‏ - books.google.com
Very small particles are able to show astonishing properties. For example, gold atoms can
be combined like strings of pearls, while nanoparticles can form one-, two-and three …

Quantum dots-fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based nanosensors and their application

M Stanisavljevic, S Krizkova, M Vaculovicova… - Biosensors and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in combination with quantum dots (QDs)
and their superior properties has enabled designing of the new and improved sensors. In …

Beyond labels: a review of the application of quantum dots as integrated components of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors utilizing optical transduction

WR Algar, AJ Tavares, UJ Krull - Analytica chimica acta, 2010‏ - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of the development of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors using
quantum dots (QDs) as integrated components is presented. In contrast to a QD that is …

Smartphone fluorescence spectroscopy

H Yu, Y Tan, BT Cunningham - Analytical chemistry, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the first use of smartphone spectrophotometry for readout of fluorescence-
based biological assays. We evaluated the smartphone fluorimeter in the context of a …

Nanoparticles and DNA–a powerful and growing functional combination in bionanotechnology

A Samanta, IL Medintz - Nanoscale, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Functionally integrating DNA and other nucleic acids with nanoparticles in all their different
physicochemical forms has produced a rich variety of composite nanomaterials which, in …