Passive tumor targeting and imaging by using mercaptosuccinic acid-coated near-infrared quantum dots

• Main Authors: Lin, Guimiao, Wang, Xiaomei, Yin, Feng, Yong, Ken-Tye
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106645; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25000
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we demonstrate the preparation of monodispersed quantum dots (QDs) as near-infrared (NIR) optical probes for in vivo pancreatic cancer targeting and imaging. The design of these luminescent probes involves functionalizing NIR QDs with ligand mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA), which targets...