Water-soluble mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA)-coated CdTe quantum dots: One-step microwave synthesis, characterization and cancer cell imaging

Luminescence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Dong, Chaoqing ^a   Ren, Jicun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aqueous synthesis; luminescence; microwave irradiation; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; CANCER CELLS; CELL IMAGING; LONG CHAINS; MERCAPTOUNDECANOIC ACID; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE- IRRADIATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACE LIGANDS; WATERSOLUBLE;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

11 MERCAPTOUNDECANOIC ACID; 11-MERCAPTOUNDECANOIC ACID; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; FATTY ACID; LIGAND; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEOPLASM; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACIDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; WATER;

EID: 84862527150     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.1330     Document Type: Article

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