Quantum dots for biomedical applications
| Autor: | P. Rodríguez-Fragoso, D.A. Granada-Ramírez, Juan Pedro Luna-Arias, J. L. Herrera-Pérez, F. Vázquez-Hernández, J.S. Arias-Cerón, J.G. Mendoza-Alvarez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Low toxicity Biocompatibility business.industry Semiconductor materials Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Semiconductor Quantum dot Live cell imaging Metallic materials Optoelectronics 0210 nano-technology Luminescence business |
| DOI: | 10.1016/b978-0-08-100716-7.00016-7 |
| Popis: | Quantum dots (QD's) have generated great scientific interest in the last decades mainly due to their unique optical and electrical properties, generating a great potential of new applications. In particular, there have been developed many different biomedical applications of these QD's in medicine and biology. In this paper we present a review on quantum dots based on semiconductor materials (III–V and II–VI semiconductors), metallic materials (Au, Ag), showing their main synthesis processes and their applications in the medical and biological areas. Due to their characteristics in terms of high luminescence efficiency, low toxicity, biocompatibility, and being biologically inert, it has been emphasized their use as biological markers, live imaging, inmunosensors, and as carrier and drug-delivering agents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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