Hydrophobin-Encapsulated Quantum Dots

The phase transfer of quantum dots to water is an important aspect of preparing nanomaterials that are suitable for biological applications, and although numerous reports describe ligand exchange, very few describe efficient ligand encapsulation techniques. In this report, we not only report a new m...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2016-02, Vol.8 (7), p.4887-4893
Main Authors: Taniguchi, Shohei, Sandiford, Lydia, Cooper, Maggie, Rosca, Elena V, Ahmad Khanbeigi, Raha, Fairclough, Simon M, Thanou, Maya, Dailey, Lea Ann, Wohlleben, Wendel, von Vacano, Bernhard, T. M. de Rosales, Rafael, Dobson, Peter J, Owen, Dylan M, Green, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cell Tracking - methods
Humans
Ligands
Nanostructures - chemistry
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Proteins - chemistry
Quantum Dots - chemistry
Water - chemistry
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Summary:The phase transfer of quantum dots to water is an important aspect of preparing nanomaterials that are suitable for biological applications, and although numerous reports describe ligand exchange, very few describe efficient ligand encapsulation techniques. In this report, we not only report a new method of phase transferring quantum dots (QDs) using an amphiphilic protein (hydrophobin) but also describe the advantages of using a biological molecule with available functional groups and their use in imaging cancer cells in vivo and other imaging applications.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b11354