Interacciones entre complejos redox y puntos cuánticos de semiconductores acoplados a través de un puente peptídico.

Igor L Medintz1, Thomas Pons, Scott A Trammell

  • 1Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering and Division of Optical Sciences, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.

Resumen

Los péptidos sirven de puente entre los puntos cuánticos (QD) y los complejos metálicos, permitiendo la transferencia de carga. Esta interacción permite una detección sensible de la actividad de la enzima proteolítica mediante el monitoreo de los cambios en la emisión de QD.

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