Microwave-assisted aqueous synthesis of highly luminescent carboxymethyl chitosan-coated CdTe/CdS quantum dots as fluorescent probe for live cell imaging

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-199

  He, Zhenyu ^a,b   Zhu, Honghao ^b   Zhou, Peijiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous synthesis; Biological fluorescent labeling; Carboxymethyl chitosan; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; AVERAGE SIZE; CARBOXYMETHYL; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CDS; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; FLUORESCENT LABELING; FLUORESCENT PROBES; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; MADIN-DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; MOLAR RATIO; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; QUANTUM DOT; RAPID METHOD; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHITOSAN; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CARBOXYMETHYL-CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE; TELLURIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DOG; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHITOSAN; DOGS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFIDES; TELLURIUM; WATER;

EID: 84857644571     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-011-0946-8     Document Type: Article

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