Surface-Active Fluorinated Quantum Dots for Enhanced Cellular Uptake.

Pablo G ArgudoMónica CarrilMaría T Martín-RomeroJuan J Giner-CasaresCarolina Carrillo-Carrión

Published in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2018)

Fluorescent nanoparticles, such as quantum dots, hold great potential for biomedical applications, mainly sensing and bioimaging. However, the inefficient cell uptake of some nanoparticles hampers their application in clinical practice. Here, the effect of the modification of the quantum dot surface with fluorinated ligands to increase their surface activity and, thus, enhance their cellular uptake was explored.

Keyphrases

quantum dots
sensitive detection
clinical practice
energy transfer
single cell
stem cells
cell therapy
climate change
single molecule
fluorescent probe