Bright, non-blinking, and less-cytotoxic SiO2 beads with multiple CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals.
A method including surface silanization, phase transfer and self-assembly, and SiO2 shell growth has been developed to incorporate multiple hydrophobic CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals into SiO2 beads where they are well suited for bio-application due to their high brightness, less-cytotoxic, and non-blinking nature.
Yang
Ping
P
Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Midorigaoka, Ikeda-city, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.
Murase
Norio
N
Suzuki
Mariko
M
Hosokawa
Chie
C
Kawasaki
Kazunori
K
Kato
Tomoki
T
Taguchi
Takahisa
T
D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D044367:Phase Transition; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C058667:cadmium selenide; C031238:zinc sulfide