title: An overview of recent advances in quantum dots for biomedical applications.
abstract: During the past ten years significant advances have been achieved in quantum dot (QD) research field. The new synthetic methods and the discovery of new types of QDs have enabled a variety of new applications of QDs for bioimaging and biosensing. This review will focus on the most recent progress of QDs for biomedical applications. Ample examples will be given in this review on newly developed synthetic methods of QDs, non-toxic QDs, QDs for biomolecule detection, cell and animal imaging, and disease therapy.
authors: The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
authors: Xuewen
authors: X
authors: He
authors: The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China. Electronic address: nan.ma@suda.edu.cn.
authors: Nan
authors: N
authors: Ma
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D045663:Quantum Dots
keywords: Bioimaging; Biosensing; Quantum dot; Synthesis; Therapy