Biomimetic, mild chemical synthesis of Cdte-GSH quantum dots with improved biocompatibility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pérez Donoso, José M ^a,b   Monrás, Juan P ^a,b   Bravo, Denisse ^c   Aguirre, Adam ^c   Quest, Andrew F ^c   Osorio Román, Igor O ^d   Aroca, Ricardo F ^e   Chasteen, Thomas G ^f   Vásquez, Claudio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOFECTAMINE; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM; BIOMATERIAL; CADMIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOMIMETICS; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; QUANTUM YIELD; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

EUKARYOTA;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CADMIUM; CHEMISTRY, BIOINORGANIC; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TELLURIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856097414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030741     Document Type: Article

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