Iridium-complex modified CdSe/ZnS quantum dots; a conceptual design for bi-functionality toward imaging and photosensitization.
We report the design and synthesis of Ir-complex functionalized CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs), in which the QD plays a key role in imaging, while the Ir-complex acts as a sensitizer to produce singlet oxygen; this conceptual design presents a novel scheme in both bio-imaging and photodynamic therapy.
Hsieh
Jia-Ming
JM
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Ho
Mei-Lin
ML
Wu
Pei-Wen
PW
Chou
Pi-Tai
PT
Tsai
Tsai-Tsung
TT
Chi
Yun
Y