A novel polymer quantum dot derived from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and its application for sensing and optical imaging

The conventional commercially available flurophores play a significant role in complex and dynamic biological processes these years. However, they suffer from several intrinsic drawbacks like rapid photo-bleaching making it difficult to carry out long-term imaging. Semiconductor quantum dots (semi-Q...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Xu, Qian
مؤلفون آخرون: Chen Peng
التنسيق: Theses and Dissertations
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2014
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61110
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الملخص:The conventional commercially available flurophores play a significant role in complex and dynamic biological processes these years. However, they suffer from several intrinsic drawbacks like rapid photo-bleaching making it difficult to carry out long-term imaging. Semiconductor quantum dots (semi-QDs) have been regarded as alternatives, but they may possess some limitations, including cytotoxicity, carcinogenicity, and too-large size. Alternatively, the novel quantum dots derived from polymers possess certain advantages such as superior photo-stability, high biocompatibility, small size and tunable optical properties, thereby, promising them as superior substitutes for semiconductor QDs.