| Literature DB >> 17212460 |
Aihua Fu1, Weiwei Gu, Benjamin Boussert, Kristie Koski, Daniele Gerion, Liberato Manna, Mark Le Gros, Carolyn A Larabell, A Paul Alivisatos.
Abstract
In this paper, we report the development of rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum rods) as fluorescent biological labels. Water-soluble biocompatible quantum rods have been prepared by surface silanization and applied for nonspecific cell tracking as well as specific cellular targeting. Quantum rods are brighter single molecule probes as compared to quantum dots. They have many potential applications as biological labels in situations where their properties offer advantages over quantum dots.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17212460 PMCID: PMC3984543 DOI: 10.1021/nl0626434
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189