Microwave synthesis of nearly monodisperse core/multishell quantum dots with cell imaging applications

Huaipeng Su, Hengyi Xu, Shuai Gao, John David Dixon, Zoraida P. Aguilar, Andrew Y. Wang, Jian Xu, Jingkang Wang

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Abstract

We report in this article the microwave synthesis of relatively monodisperse, highly crystalline CdSe quantum dots (QDs) overcoated with Cd 0.5Zn 0.5S/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 0.5Zn 0.5S/ZnS core/multishell QDs have been successfully applied to the labeling and imaging of breast cancer cells (SK-BR3).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)625-630
Number of pages6
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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