title: Living Cell Multilifetime Encoding Based on Lifetime-Tunable Lattice-Strained Quantum Dots.
abstract: A series of functional quantum dots (QDs) with widely tunable near-infrared fluorescence emission (620-750 nm) and lifetime (30-160 ns) were synthesized via lattice strain and showed excellent photo, colloid, pH, and lifetime stabilities. The well-defined targeting QDs were first developed for a living cell multilifetime encoding strategy to track and recognize specified tumor cell clusters dependent on lifetime distribution using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guanhui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lintao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
keywords: codes; fluorescence lifetime imaging; living cells tracking; near-infrared-emitting; quantum dots