Sonication treatment of CdTe/CdS semiconductor nanocrystals and their bio-application

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Nov 21:(43):5574-6. doi: 10.1039/b812317a. Epub 2008 Sep 24.

Abstract

Ultrasonic irradiation of core/shell structures was shown to lead to low toxicity and high quantum yields relative to thermal methods for bio-application.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies / chemistry
  • Cadmium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Cadmium Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • HeLa Cells
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / enzymology
  • Humans
  • Luminescent Agents / chemistry
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Quantum Theory
  • Semiconductors*
  • Solubility
  • Sonication
  • Sulfides / chemistry*
  • Sulfides / pharmacology*
  • Tellurium / chemistry*
  • Tellurium / pharmacology*
  • Thioglycolates / chemistry
  • Thymidine Kinase / metabolism
  • Ultrasonics
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Cadmium Compounds
  • Luminescent Agents
  • Sulfides
  • Thioglycolates
  • cadmium sulfide
  • Thymidine Kinase
  • Tellurium
  • cadmium telluride