Quantum Dots

Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites

Murray, C. B., Norris, D. J., & Bawendi, M. G. (1993) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00072a025 · Cited by 9,334

Understanding biophysicochemical interactions at the nano–bio interface

Nel, A. E., Mädler, L., Velegol, D., Xia, T., Hoek, E. M. V., Somasundaran, P., Klaessig, F., Castranova, V., & Thompson, M. (2009) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat2442 · Cited by 7,083

Quantum dot bioconjugates for imaging, labelling and sensing

Medintz, I. L., Uyeda, H. T., Goldman, E. R., & Mattoussi, H. M. (2005) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1390 · Cited by 6,314

Electron–electron and electron-hole interactions in small semiconductor crystallites: The size dependence of the lowest excited electronic state

Brus, L. E. (1984) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.447218 · Cited by 5,151

Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

Resch‐Genger, U., Grabolle, M., Cavaliere-Jaricot, S., Nitschke, R., & Nann, T. (2008) · Nature Methods · doi:10.1038/nmeth.1248 · Cited by 3,911

Probing the Cytotoxicity of Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Derfus, A. M., Chan, W. C. W., & Bhatia, S. N. (2004) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl0347334 · Cited by 3,391

In Vivo Imaging of Quantum Dots Encapsulated in Phospholipid Micelles

Dubertret, B., Skourides, P., Norris, D. J., Noireaux, V., Brivanlou, A. H., & Libchaber, A. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1077194 · Cited by 3,019

Quantum Dots and Their Multimodal Applications: A Review

Bera, D., Qian, L., Tseng, T.-K., & Holloway, P. H. (2010) · Materials · doi:10.3390/ma3042260 · Cited by 1,365

Microwave synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles with electrochemiluminescence properties

Zhu, H., Wang, X., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, F., & Yang, X. (2009) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b907612c · Cited by 1,362

Bioconjugated quantum dots for in vivo molecular and cellular imaging☆

SMITH, A., DUAN, H., MOHS, A., & NIE, S. (2008) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2008.03.015 · Cited by 1,193

Single-quantum-dot-based DNA nanosensor

Zhang, C., Yeh, H., Kuroki, M. T., & Wang, T. (2005) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1508 · Cited by 952

Nitrogen-doped, carbon-rich, highly photoluminescent carbon dots from ammonium citrate

Yang, Z., Xu, M., Liu, Y., He, F., Gao, F., Su, Y., Wei, H., & Zhang, Y. (2014) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c3nr05380f · Cited by 939

Surface Functionalized Carbogenic Quantum Dots

Bourlinos, A. B., Stassinopoulos, A., Anglos, D., Zbořil, R., Karakassides, M. A., & Giannelis, E. P. (2008) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.200700578 · Cited by 939

Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Inorganic Nanostructures in Liquid Phase

Zhu, Y.-J., & Chen, F. (2014) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr400366s · Cited by 912

Nucleation and Growth of CdSe on ZnS Quantum Crystallite Seeds, and Vice Versa, in Inverse Micelle Media

Kortan, A. R., Hull, R., Opila, R. L., Bawendi, M. G., Steigerwald, M. L., Carroll, P. J., & Brus, L. E. (1990) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00160a005 · Cited by 885

CdSe/CdS/ZnS and CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS Core−Shell−Shell Nanocrystals

Talapin, D. V., Mekis, I., Götzinger, S., Kornowski, A., Benson, O., & Weller, H. (2004) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · doi:10.1021/jp046481g · Cited by 757

Doped quantum dots for chemo/biosensing and bioimaging

Wu, P., & Yan, X.-P. (2013) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c3cs60017c · Cited by 667

Quantifying the Ligand-Coated Nanoparticle Delivery to Cancer Cells in Solid Tumors

Dai, Q., Wilhelm, S., Ding, D., Syed, A. M., Sindhwani, S., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y. Y., MacMillan, P., & Chan, W. C. W. (2018) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b03900 · Cited by 658

Microemulsion method: A novel route to synthesize organic and inorganic nanomaterials

Malik, M. A., Wani, M. Y., & Hashim, M. A. (2012) · Arabian Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2010.09.027 · Cited by 657

Preferential killing of cancer cells and activated human T cells using ZnO nanoparticles

Hanley, C., Layne, J., Punnoose, A., Reddy, K. M., Coombs, I., Coombs, A., Feris, K. P., & Wingett, D. (2008) · Nanotechnology · doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/29/295103 · Cited by 657

pH-Triggered Controlled Drug Release from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles via Intracelluar Dissolution of ZnO Nanolids

Muhammad, F., Guo, M., Qi, W., Sun, F., Wang, A., Guo, Y., & Zhu, G. (2011) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja200328s · Cited by 614

Facing the Truth about Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

Park, K. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn404501g · Cited by 555

Quantum Size Effect in Three-Dimensional Microscopic Semiconductor Crystals

Ekimov, A. I., & Onushchenko, A. A. (2023) · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters · doi:10.1134/s0021364023130040 · Cited by 536

Studies on antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles by ROS induced lipid peroxidation

Dutta, R. K., Nenavathu, B. P., Gangishetty, M. K., & Reddy, Α. V. R. (2012) · Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.01.046 · Cited by 516

A Ratiometric CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystal pH Sensor

Snee, P. T., Somers, R. C., Nair, G. P., Zimmer, J. P., Bawendi, M. G., & Nocera, D. G. (2006) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja0618999 · Cited by 513

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots against Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Enteritidis, and Escherichia coli O157:H7

Jin, T. Z., Sun, D., Su, J. Y., et al. (2008) · Journal of Food Science · doi:10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.01013.x · Cited by 489

N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide active esters: bis(N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide) esters of two dicarboxylic acids are hydrophilic, membrane-impermeant, protein cross-linkers

Staros, J. V. (1982) · Biochemistry · doi:10.1021/bi00260a008 · Cited by 485

Quantum-dot/dopamine bioconjugates function as redox coupled assemblies for in vitro and intracellular pH sensing

Medintz, I. L., Stewart, M. H., Trammell, S. A., Susumu, K., Delehanty, J. B., Mei, B. C., Melinger, J. S., Blanco-Canosa, J. B., Dawson, P. E., & Mattoussi, H. (2010) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat2811 · Cited by 473

A systematic examination of surface coatings on the optical and chemical properties of semiconductor quantum dots

Smith, A. M., Duan, H., Rhyner, M. N., Ruan, G., & Nie, S. (2006) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/b606572b · Cited by 462

Layer-by-Layer Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery

Elbakry, A., Zaky, A., Liebl, R., Rachel, R., Goepferich, A., & Breunig, M. (2009) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl9003865 · Cited by 425

Biosensing with Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Sapsford, K. E., Pons, T., Medintz, I. L., & Mattoussi, H. (2006) · Sensors · doi:10.3390/s6080925 · Cited by 420

Long-livedMn2+emission in nanocrystallineZnS:Mn2+

Bol, A. A., & Meijerink, A. (1998) · Physical Review B · doi:10.1103/physrevb.58.r15997 · Cited by 417

Conjugation of Luminescent Quantum Dots with Antibodies Using an Engineered Adaptor Protein To Provide New Reagents for Fluoroimmunoassays

Goldman, E. R., Anderson, G. P., Tran, P. T., Mattoussi, H., Charles, P. T., & Mauro, J. M. (2002) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac010662m · Cited by 411

Quantum dots in biology and medicine

Bailey, R. E., Smith, A. M., & Nie, S. (2004) · Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures · doi:10.1016/j.physe.2004.07.013 · Cited by 406

Targeted Quantum Dot Conjugates for siRNA Delivery

Derfus, A. M., Chen, A. A., Min, D., Ruoslahti, E. I., & Bhatia, S. N. (2007) · Bioconjugate Chemistry · doi:10.1021/bc060367e · Cited by 398

pH-Sensitive ZnO Quantum Dots–Doxorubicin Nanoparticles for Lung Cancer Targeted Drug Delivery

Cai, X., Luo, Y., Zhang, W., Du, D., & Lin, Y. (2016) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.6b04933 · Cited by 359

InP/ZnS as a safer alternative to CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots: in vitro and in vivo toxicity assessment

Brunetti, V., Chibli, H., Fiammengo, R., Galeone, A., Malvindi, M. A., Vecchio, G., Cingolani, R., Nadeau, J. L., & Pompa, P. P. (2013) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c2nr33024e · Cited by 346

Quantum Dot–Fluorescent Protein FRET Probes for Sensing Intracellular pH

Dennis, A. M., Rhee, W. J., Sotto, D. C., et al. (2012) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn2038077 · Cited by 341

Stealth Properties to Improve Therapeutic Efficacy of Drug Nanocarriers

Salmaso, S., & Caliceti, P. (2013) · Journal of Drug Delivery · doi:10.1155/2013/374252 · Cited by 340

An oligonucleotide microarray for microRNA expression analysis based on labeling RNA with quantum dot and nanogold probe

Liang, R. (2005) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gni019 · Cited by 336

Manganese oxide-based multifunctionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for pH-responsive MRI, ultrasonography and circumvention of MDR in cancer cells

Chen, Y., Yin, Q., Ji, X., Zhang, S., Chen, H., Zheng, Y., Sun, Y., Qu, H., Wang, Z., Li, Y., et al. (2012) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.059 · Cited by 311

Quantum Dot Biosensors for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Diagnostics

Geißler, D., Charbonnière, L. J., Ziessel, R. F., Butlin, N. G., Löhmannsröben, H., & Hildebrandt, N. (2010) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200906399 · Cited by 293

Selective cytotoxic effect of ZnO nanoparticles on glioma cells

Ostrovsky, S., Kazimirsky, G., Gedanken, A., & Brodie, C. (2009) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-009-9089-5 · Cited by 291

Kinetics of Metal-Affinity Driven Self-Assembly between Proteins or Peptides and CdSe−ZnS Quantum Dots

Sapsford, K. E., Pons, T., Medintz, I. L., Higashiya, S., Brunel, F. M., Dawson, P. E., & Mattoussi, H. M. (2007) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp073550t · Cited by 278

Macromolecular Therapeutics

Greish, K. F., Fang, J. Q., Inutsuka, T., Nagamitsu, A., & Maeda, H. (2003) · Clinical Pharmacokinetics · doi:10.2165/00003088-200342130-00002 · Cited by 278

Quantum dots-fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based nanosensors and their application

Stanisavljević, M., Křížková, S., Vaculovičová, M., Kizek, R., & Adam, V. (2015) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2015.06.076 · Cited by 271

pH-Sensitive Photoluminescence of CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells

Liu, Y.-S., Sun, Y. H., Vernier, P. T., Liang, C.-H., Chong, S. Y., & Gundersen, M. A. (2007) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp0654718 · Cited by 245

Carbon Quantum Dots for Zebrafish Fluorescence Imaging

Kang, Y., Li, Y., Fang, Y., Xu, Y., Wei, X.-M., & Yin, X. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep11835 · Cited by 237

On the pH-Dependent Quenching of Quantum Dot Photoluminescence by Redox Active Dopamine

Ji, X., Palui, G., Avellini, T., Na, H. B., Yi, C., Knappenberger, K. L., & Mattoussi, H. M. (2012) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja300724x · Cited by 235

Detection of Single Bacterial Pathogens with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Hahn, M. A., Tabb, J. S., & Krauss, T. D. (2005) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac050641i · Cited by 231

Effects of Intermicellar Exchange Rate on the Formation of Silver Nanoparticles in Reverse Microemulsions of AOT

Bagwe, R. P., & Khilar, K. C. (1999) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/la980248q · Cited by 225

Biodegradable polymeric vesicles containing magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots and anticancer drugs for drug delivery and imaging

Ye, F., Barrefelt, Å., Asem, H., Abedi‐Valugerdi, M., Serafi, I. E., Saghafian, M., Abu–Salah, K. M., Alrokayan, S., Muhammed, M. A., & Hassan, M. (2014) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.01.041 · Cited by 223

Synergistic cytotoxic effect of different sized ZnO nanoparticles and daunorubicin against leukemia cancer cells under UV irradiation

Guo, D., Wu, C., Jiang, H., Li, Q., Wang, X., & Chen, B. (2008) · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology · doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.07.009 · Cited by 223

Mechanism of Antimicrobial Activity of CdTe Quantum Dots

Lu, Z., Li, C. M., Bao, H., Qiao, Y., Toh, Y., & Yang, X. (2008) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/la704075r · Cited by 221

Simple Approach to Synthesize Amino-Functionalized Carbon Dots by Carbonization of Chitosan

Liu, X., Pang, J., Xu, F., & Zhang, X. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep31100 · Cited by 221

In-situ immobilization of quantum dots in polysaccharide-based nanogels for integration of optical pH-sensing, tumor cell imaging, and drug delivery

Wu, W., Aiello, M., Zhou, T., Berliner, A., Banerjee, P., & Zhou, S. (2010) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.011 · Cited by 219

Lipid tail protrusions mediate the insertion of nanoparticles into model cell membranes

Lehn, R. C. V., Ricci, M., Silva, P. H. J., Andreozzi, P., Reguera, J., Voïtchovsky, K., Stellacci, F., & Alexander‐Katz, A. (2014) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms5482 · Cited by 217

The contribution of lactic acid to acidification of tumours: studies of variant cells lacking lactate dehydrogenase

Yamagata, M., Hasuda, K., Stamato, T. D., & Tannock, I. (1998) · British Journal of Cancer · doi:10.1038/bjc.1998.289 · Cited by 211

Quantum Dot−Amphipol Nanocomplex for Intracellular Delivery and Real-Time Imaging of siRNA

Qi, L., & Gao, X. (2008) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn800280r · Cited by 208

Utilizing a CdTe Quantum Dots−Enzyme Hybrid System for the Determination of Both Phenolic Compounds and Hydrogen Peroxide

Yuan, J., Guo, W., & Wang, E. (2008) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac0713048 · Cited by 195

A Reactive Peptidic Linker for Self-Assembling Hybrid Quantum Dot−DNA Bioconjugates

Medintz, I. L., Berti, L., Pons, T., Grimes, A. F., English, D. S., Alessandrini, A., Facci, P., & Mattoussi, H. M. (2007) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl070782v · Cited by 195

Exploration of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as a Multitarget and Multifunctional Anticancer Nanomedicine

Wang, J., Lee, J. S., Kim, D., & Zhu, L. (2017) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.7b11219 · Cited by 194

Quantum dots to monitor RNAi delivery and improve gene silencing

Chen, A. A. (2005) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gni188 · Cited by 188

Ultrasmall targeted nanoparticles with engineered antibody fragments for imaging detection of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer

Chen, F., Ma, K., Madajewski, B., Zhuang, L., Zhang, L., Rickert, K. W., Marelli, M., Yoo, B., Turker, M. Z., Overholtzer, M., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06271-5 · Cited by 185

Cascaded FRET in Conjugated Polymer/Quantum Dot/Dye-Labeled DNA Complexes for DNA Hybridization Detection

Jiang, G., Susha, A. S., Lutich, A. A., Stefani, F. D., Feldmann, J., & Rogach, A. L. (2009) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn901324y · Cited by 183

Characterization of the Functional Binding Properties of Antibody Conjugated Quantum Dots

Pathak, S., Davidson, M. C., & Silva, G. A. (2007) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl062706i · Cited by 177

Synthesis, encapsulation, purification and coupling of single quantum dots in phospholipid micelles for their use in cellular and in vivo imaging

Carion, O., Mahler, B., Pons, T., & Dubertret, B. (2007) · Nature Protocols · doi:10.1038/nprot.2007.351 · Cited by 174

Formation of transition metal–doxorubicin complexes inside liposomes

Abraham, S. A., Edwards, K., Karlsson, G., MacIntosh, S., Mayer, L. D., McKenzie, C., & Bally, M. B. (2002) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · doi:10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00507-2 · Cited by 168

Novel S, N-doped carbon quantum dot-based "off-on" fluorescent sensor for silver ion and cysteine

Liao, S., Zhao, X., Zhu, F., Chen, M., Wu, Z., Song, X., Yang, H., & Chen, X. (2017) · Talanta · doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2017.12.040 · Cited by 164

Enhanced antibacterial activity of carbon dots functionalized with ampicillin combined with visible light triggered photodynamic effects

Jijie, R., Barras, A., Bouckaert, J. M. J., Dumitraşcu, N., Szunerits, S., & Boukherroub, R. (2018) · Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.06.040 · Cited by 162

Cytotoxicity of InP/ZnS quantum dots related to reactive oxygen species generation

Chibli, H., Carlini, L., Park, S., Dimitrijević, N. M., & Nadeau, J. (2011) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c1nr10131e · Cited by 158

Solid-state synthesis of self-functional carbon quantum dots for detection of bacteria and tumor cells

Lai, I. P.-J., Harroun, S. G., Chen, S., Unnikrishnan, B., Li, Y., & Huang, C. (2016) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2016.01.062 · Cited by 153

A quantum dot-based ratiometric pH sensor

Jin, T., Sasaki, A., Kinjo, M., & Miyazaki, J. (2010) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b921602b · Cited by 150

Nanoscale assembly of mesoporous ZnO: A potential drug carrier

Barick, K. C., Nigam, S., & Bahadur, D. (2010) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c0jm00022a · Cited by 149

Azamacrocycle Activated Quantum Dot for Zinc Ion Detection

Ruedas-Rama, M. J., & Hall, E. A. H. (2008) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac801396y · Cited by 147

Biodegradable ZnO@polymer Core–Shell Nanocarriers: pH‐Triggered Release of Doxorubicin In Vitro

Zhang, Z., Xu, Y., Ma, Y., et al. (2013) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201300431 · Cited by 144

pH and Glutathione Dual-Responsive Dynamic Cross-Linked Supramolecular Network on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Controlled Anticancer Drug Release

Li, Q., Xu, S., Zhou, H., Wang, X., Dong, B., Gao, H., Tang, J., & Yang, Y. (2015) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.5b10534 · Cited by 140

Near-infrared mediated quantum dots and paclitaxel co-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers for cancer theragnostic

Olerile, L. D., Liu, Y., Zhang, B., Wang, T., Mu, S., Zhang, J., Selotlegeng, L., & Zhang, N. (2016) · Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.11.032 · Cited by 140

Lanthanum-doped ZnO quantum dots with greatly enhanced fluorescent quantum yield

Sun, L., Shi, H., Li, W., Xiao, H., Fu, S., Cao, X., & Li, Z. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm00040g · Cited by 138

Quantum-Dot-Based Theranostic Micelles Conjugated with an Anti-EGFR Nanobody for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapy

Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, G., Li, Y., Xu, W., & Gong, S. (2017) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.7b05654 · Cited by 133

Acid degradable ZnO quantum dots as a platform for targeted delivery of an anticancer drug

Muhammad, F., Guo, M., Guo, Y., Qi, W., Qu, F., Sun, F., Zhao, H., & Zhu, G. (2011) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c1jm12119g · Cited by 129

Raman spectroscopic study of the effects of Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ ions on calf thymus DNA: Binding sites and conformational changes

Langlais, M., Tajmir-Riahi, H. A., & Savoie, R. (1990) · Biopolymers · doi:10.1002/bip.360300709 · Cited by 129

Rapid fabrication of carbon quantum dots as multifunctional nanovehicles for dual-modal targeted imaging and chemotherapy

Chiu, S.-H., Gedda, G., Girma, W. M., Chen, J.-K., Ling, Y., Ghule, A. V., Ou, K., & Chang, J. (2016) · Acta Biomaterialia · doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2016.09.027 · Cited by 128

Quantum dot/antibody conjugates for in vivo cytometric imaging in mice

Han, H., Niemeyer, E., Huang, Y., Kamoun, W. S., Martin, J. D., Bhaumik, J., Chen, Y., Roberge, S., Cui, J., Martin, M. R., et al. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1421632111 · Cited by 127

Labeling and Intracellular Tracking of Functionally Active Plasmid DNA with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Srinivasan, C., Lee, J., Papadimitrakopoulos, F., Silbart, L. K., Zhao, M., & Burgess, D. J. (2006) · Molecular Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.ymthe.2006.03.010 · Cited by 127

Photoluminescence of ZnO quantum dots produced by a sol–gel process

Bera, D., Qian, L., Sabui, S., Santra, S., & Holloway, P. H. (2007) · Optical Materials · doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2007.06.001 · Cited by 126

High-Power Genuine Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes Based On Colloidal Nanocrystal Quantum Dots

Kwak, J., Lim, J., Park, M., Lee, S., Char, K., & Lee, C. (2015) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00392 · Cited by 122

Quantum dots–DNA bioconjugates: synthesis to applications

Banerjee, A., Pons, T., Lequeux, N., & Dubertret, B. (2016) · Interface Focus · doi:10.1098/rsfs.2016.0064 · Cited by 119

Effect of shell thickness and composition on blinking suppression and the blinking mechanism in ‘giant’ CdSe/CdS nanocrystal quantum dots

Vela, J., Htoon, H., Chen, Y., Park, Y., Ghosh, Y., Goodwin, P. M., Werner, J. H., Wells, N. P., Casson, J. L., & Hollingsworth, J. A. (2010) · Journal of Biophotonics · doi:10.1002/jbio.201000058 · Cited by 116

ZnO-Based Nanoplatforms for Labeling and Treatment of Mouse Tumors without Detectable Toxic Side Effects

Ye, D.-X., Ma, Y., Zhao, W., Cao, H., Kong, J., Xiong, H., & Möhwald, H. (2016) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b07846 · Cited by 115

Quantum Dot-Based OFF/ON Probe for Detection of Glutathione

Banerjee, S., Kar, S., Perez, J. M., & Santra, S. (2009) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp9019574 · Cited by 113

Formation of targeted monovalent quantum dots by steric exclusion

Farlow, J., Seo, D., Broaders, K. E., Taylor, M. J., Gartner, Z. J., & Jun, Y. (2013) · Nature Methods · doi:10.1038/nmeth.2682 · Cited by 113

Clinical studies of reversal of drug resistance based on glutathione

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Adsorption and Hybridization of Oligonucleotides on Mercaptoacetic Acid-Capped CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot−Oligonucleotide Conjugates

Algar, W. R., & Krull, U. J. (2006) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/la062217y · Cited by 110

Versatile antimicrobial peptide-based ZnO quantum dots for in vivo bacteria diagnosis and treatment with high specificity

Chen, H., Zhang, M., Li, B., Chen, D., Dong, X., Wang, Y., & Gu, Y. (2015) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.02.105 · Cited by 107

Highly Sensitive Single Domain Antibody–Quantum Dot Conjugates for Detection of HER2 Biomarker in Lung and Breast Cancer Cells

Rakovich, T. Y., Mahfoud, O. K., Mohamed, B. M., Prina‐Mello, A., Crosbie-Staunton, K., Broeck, T. V. D., Kimpe, L. D., Sukhanova, A. V., Baty, D., Rakovich, A., et al. (2014) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn500212h · Cited by 103

Aqueous Synthesis of Glutathione-Capped CdTe/CdS/ZnS and CdTe/CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell/Shell Nanocrystal Heterostructures

Samanta, A., Deng, Z., & Liu, Y. (2012) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/la300515a · Cited by 102

Fluorescence quenching data interpretation in biological systems

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Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Adjuvant To Facilitate Doxorubicin Intracellular Accumulation and Visualize pH-Responsive Release for Overcoming Drug Resistance

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