title: Imaging dynamic cellular events with quantum dots The bright future.
abstract: Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are tiny light-emitting particles that have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for biology and medicine. Compared with traditional fluorescent probes, QDs have unique optical and electronic properties such as size-tuneable light emission, narrow and symmetric emission spectra, and broad absorption spectra that enable the simultaneous excitation of multiple fluorescence colours.
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authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mary M
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authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Shuming
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authors.lastname: Nie
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