TY - CHAP
T1 - Synthesis and Biological Applications of Quantum Dots
AU - Hatipoglu, Manolya Kukut
AU - Kelestemur, Seda
AU - Culha, Mustafa
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge Yeditepe University and TUBİTAK for their financial support.
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© 2016, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - One of the fastest moving fields in nanotechnology is the application of quantum dots (QDs) in biology. These light-emitting materials are a new class of fluorescent labels in biomedical field. The superior properties such as resistance to photobleaching, a broad range of excitation and size-tunable light emission facilitate the applications of QDs in nanodiagnostics, imaging and targeted delivery. In addition, new synthesis approaches and modification strategies with several biodegradable polymers and biomolecules bring in water solubility features to QDs, which lead the way to the applications including cellular labelling, deep-tissue imaging and assay labelling. Here we discuss the synthesis, surface modification strategies and in vivo /in vitro biological applications of QDs.
AB - One of the fastest moving fields in nanotechnology is the application of quantum dots (QDs) in biology. These light-emitting materials are a new class of fluorescent labels in biomedical field. The superior properties such as resistance to photobleaching, a broad range of excitation and size-tunable light emission facilitate the applications of QDs in nanodiagnostics, imaging and targeted delivery. In addition, new synthesis approaches and modification strategies with several biodegradable polymers and biomolecules bring in water solubility features to QDs, which lead the way to the applications including cellular labelling, deep-tissue imaging and assay labelling. Here we discuss the synthesis, surface modification strategies and in vivo /in vitro biological applications of QDs.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-25340-4_20
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-25340-4_20
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85144311497
T3 - NanoScience and Technology
SP - 505
EP - 534
BT - NanoScience and Technology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -