کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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599030 | 1454261 | 2016 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Highly luminescent Ag2Te quantum dots (QDs) were prepared using glycerol as viscous solvent.
• Ag2Te QDs exhibited tunable near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) emission and high PL quantum yields.
• The QDs were favorably used for targeted PL imaging of tumor cells.
In this work, highly luminescent and emission tunable Ag2Te quantum dots (QDs) were facilely prepared by using water-dispersed glycerol as viscous solvent and CH3COOAg/Na2TeO3 as Ag/Te precursors. Viscous glycerol was utilized to slow the nucleation and growth of QDs at 200 °C, and enabled the isolation of QDs with different emission wavelengths. Experimental results revealed that the as-prepared Ag2Te QDs exhibited tunable near-infrared emission from 930 to 1084 nm, high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields (QYs, more than 20%), good photostability and low cytotoxicity. After surface coating of a thin silica shell (∼1.4 nm), the resulting NH2 terminated Ag2Te@SiO2-NH2 displayed enhanced PL QYs, higher photostability and biocompatibility when compared with the original Ag2Te QDs. Through a facile carboxy-amine coupling, folic acid (FA) was grafted with Ag2Te@SiO2-NH2 to form Ag2Te@SiO2-FA nanocomposites, which were used for targeted PL imaging of folate receptor over-expressed tumor cells.
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Journal: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces - Volume 143, 1 July 2016, Pages 118–123