Mercaptoethanol capped CdSe quantum dots and CdSe/ZnS core/shell: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-266

  Painuly, Diksha ^a   Bhatt, Anugya ^a   Krishnan, V Kalliyana ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Core Shell; Cytotoxicity; Photoluminescence; Photoluminescence Excitation; Quantum Dot

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CORE/SHELL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

DIALYSIS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CYTOTOXICITY;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; MACROGOL; MERCAPTOETHANOL; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM DOTS; RATS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SULFIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84876535657     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1488     Document Type: Article

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