The bright future: Imaging dynamic cellular events with quantum dots

Andrew M. Smith; Mary M. Wen; Shuming Nie

doi:10.1042/bio03203012

The bright future: Imaging dynamic cellular events with quantum dots

Andrew M. Smith, Mary M. Wen, Shuming Nie

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	12-17
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biochemist
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1042/bio03203012
State	Published - Jun 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cellular dynamics
Fluorescent probe
Molecular imaging
Quantum dots
Tagging strategies

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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