Photon induced quantum yield regeneration of cap-exchanged CdSe/CdS quantum rods for ratiometric biosensing and cellular imaging

Full water-dispersion of commercial hydrophobic CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum rods (QRs) was achieved by cap-exchange using a dihydrolipoic acid zwitterion ligand at a low ligand:QR molar ratio (LQMR) of 1000. However, this process almost completely quenched the QR fluorescence, greatly limiting its potential in downstream fluorescence based applications. Fortunately, we found that the QR fluorescence could be recovered by exposure to near ultra-violet to blue light radiation (e.g. 300-450 nm). These "reborn" QRs were found to be compact, bright, and stable, and were resistant to non-specific adsorption, which make them powerful fluorescent probes in broad biomedical applications. We demonstrated their potential in two model applications: first, the QRs were conjugated with His8-tagged small antibody mimetic proteins (also known as Affimers) for the sensitive detection of target proteins via a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) readout strategy and second, the QR surface was functionalized with biotins for targeted imaging of cancer cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Nanoscale - 12(2020), 16 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 8647-8655

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Weili [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Yifei [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Akshath, Uchangi Satyaprasad [VerfasserIn]
Tiede, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Hondow, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Anchi [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Dejian [VerfasserIn]

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Biotin
Cadmium Compounds
Cadmium selenide
Cadmium sulfide
Dihydrolipoic acid
Journal Article
Ligands
Selenium Compounds
Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins
Sulfides
Thioctic Acid

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Date Completed 09.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/c9nr08060k

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307360571