title: Microwave Synthesis of Nearly Monodisperse Core/Multishell Quantum Dots with Cell Imaging Applications.
abstract: We report in this article the microwave synthesis of relatively monodisperse, highly crystalline CdSe quantum dots (QDs) overcoated with Cd(0.5)Zn(0.5)S/ZnS multishells. The as-prepared QDs exhibited narrow photoluminescence bandwidth as the consequence of homogeneous size distribution and uniform crystallinity, which was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. A high photoluminescence quantum yield up to 80% was measured for the core/multishell nanocrystals. Finally, the resulting CdSe/Cd(0.5)Zn(0.5)S/ZnS core/multishell QDs have been successfully applied to the labeling and imaging of breast cancer cells (SK-BR3).
authors.forename: Huaipeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Hengyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: John David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Zoraida P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Andrew Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jingkang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang