Bioconjugation of luminescent silicon quantum dots to gadolinium ions for bioimaging applications

• Main Authors: May, Jasmine L., Swihart, Mark T., Prasad, Paras N., Erogbogbo, Folarin, Chang, Ching-Wen, Liu, Liwei, Kumar, Rajiv, Law, Wing-Cheung, Ding, Hong, Yong, Ken-Tye, Roy, Indrajit, Sheshadri, Mukund
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97481; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10724
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Luminescent imaging agents and MRI contrast agents are desirable components in the rational design of multifunctional nanoconstructs for biological imaging applications. Luminescent biocompatible silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) and gadolinium chelates can be applied for fluorescence microscopy and MRI,...