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Production and Targeting of Monovalent Quantum Dots
Published on: October 23, 2014
Basics for the preparation of quantum dots and their interactions with living cells
Xiue Jiang1, Jing Bai, Tiantian Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Ren Min Street, Changchun, 130022, China, jiangxiue@ciac.ac.cn.
Abstract:
A study of the interactions between nanoparticles and living cells is invaluable in understanding the nano-biological effect and the mechanism of cellular endocytosis. Here we describe two methods for the preparation of semiconductor quantum dots with different physiochemical properties. Furthermore, we describe how to study the interaction of the two quantum dots with living HeLa cells and red blood cells with confocal microscopy.
