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Ibrahim Hocaoglu1, Fatma Demir, Ozgur Birer
1Koc University, Graduate School of Materials Science and Engineering, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sarıyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey. fyagci@ku.edu.tr.
Nanoscale
|September 2, 2014
Abstract:
Size tunable aqueous Ag2S quantum dots emitting in the near-infrared region were synthesized through decomposition of meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) in water. The resulting NIR QDs are highly cyto- and hemocompatible, have quantum yields as high as 6.5% and are effective optical imaging agents based on in vitro evaluation.
