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Review: Biofunctionalized Quantum Dots in Biology and Medicine

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dc.contributor Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
dc.creator Mazumder, Sonal
dc.creator Dey, Rajib
dc.creator Mitra, M. K.
dc.creator Mukherjee, Saikat
dc.creator Das, G. C.
dc.date 2017-09-18T09:59:18Z
dc.date 2017-09-18T09:59:18Z
dc.date 2009-11-04
dc.date 2017-09-18T09:59:18Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:52:47Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:52:47Z
dc.identifier Sonal Mazumder, Rajib Dey, M. K. Mitra, S. Mukherjee, and G. C. Das, “Review: Biofunctionalized Quantum Dots in Biology and Medicine,” Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2009, Article ID 815734, 17 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/815734
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79047
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/815734
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281657
dc.description Quantum dot (QD) nanocrystals which have important optical properties, in particular, the wavelength of their fluorescence, depend strongly on their size. Colloidal QDs once dispersed in a solvent are quite interesting fluorescence probes for all types of labelling studies because of their reduced tendency to photo bleach. In this review, we will give an overview on how QDs have been used so far in cell biology. In particular, we will discuss the biologically relevant properties of QDs and focus on four topics: labeling of cellular structures and receptors with QDs, incorporation of QDs by living cells, tracking the path and the fate of individual cells using QD labels, and QDs as contrast agents. QDs are seen to be much better in terms of efficacy over radioisotopes in tracing medicine in vivo. They are rapidly being applied to existing and emerging technologies but here this review deals with a comprehensive compilation of the biological relevance of quantum dots. It covers important information from 1999 till 2008 with few from 1982 to 1997.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Hindawi
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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dc.rights Copyright © 2009 Sonal Mazumder et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.title Review: Biofunctionalized Quantum Dots in Biology and Medicine
dc.title Journal of Nanomaterials
dc.type Article - Refereed
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