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ul Gani Mir T, Malik AQ, Singh J, Shukla S, Kumar D. An Overview of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Embedded with Quantum Dots and Their Implementation as an Alternative Approach for Extraction and Detection of Crocin. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Tahir ul Gani Mir
- Department of Forensic Science School of Bioengineering & Biosciences Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab India- 144411
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- Department of Chemistry School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab India- 144411
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- Department of Forensic Science University Institute of Applied Health Sciences Chandigarh University Mohali Punjab India- 140413
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- Department of Forensic Science School of Bioengineering & Biosciences Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab India- 144411
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- Department of Chemistry School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab India- 144411
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Manna S, Ghosh M, Chakraborty R, Ghosh S, Mandal SM. A Review on Quantum Dots: Synthesis to In- silico Analysis as Next Generation Antibacterial Agents. Curr Drug Targets 2018; 20:255-262. [PMID: 30062964 DOI: 10.2174/1389450119666180731142423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Succumbing to Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) bacteria is a great distress to the recent health care system. Out of the several attempts that have been made to kill MDR pathogens, a few gained short-lived success. The failures, of the discovered or innovated antimicrobials, were mostly due to their high level of toxicity to hosts and the phenomenal rate of developing resistance by the pathogens against the new arsenal. Recently, a few quantum dots were tested against the pathogenic bacteria and therefore, justified for potential stockpiling of next-generation antibacterial agents. The key players for antimicrobial properties of quantum dots are considered to be Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). The mechanism of reaction between bacteria and quantum dots needs to be better understood. They are generally targeted towards the cell wall and membrane components as lipoteichoic acid and phosphatidyl glycerol of bacteria have been documented here. In this paper, we have attempted to simulate ZnS quantum dots and have analysed their mechanism of reaction as well as binding potential to the above bacterial membrane components using CDOCKER. Results have shown a high level of antibacterial activity towards several pathogenic bacteria which specify their potentiality for future generation antibacterial drug development.
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- Sounik Manna
- Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India.,OMICS Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal, Siliguri 734013, WB, India
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- Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- OMICS Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal, Siliguri 734013, WB, India
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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Zheng Y, Chen WJ. Characteristics and controllability of vortices in ferromagnetics, ferroelectrics, and multiferroics. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2017; 80:086501. [PMID: 28155849 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa5e03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Topological defects in condensed matter are attracting e significant attention due to their important role in phase transition and their fascinating characteristics. Among the various types of matter, ferroics which possess a switchable physical characteristic and form domain structure are ideal systems to form topological defects. In particular, a special class of topological defects-vortices-have been found to commonly exist in ferroics. They often manifest themselves as singular regions where domains merge in large systems, or stabilize as novel order states instead of forming domain structures in small enough systems. Understanding the characteristics and controllability of vortices in ferroics can provide us with deeper insight into the phase transition of condensed matter and also exciting opportunities in designing novel functional devices such as nano-memories, sensors, and transducers based on topological defects. In this review, we summarize the recent experimental and theoretical progress in ferroic vortices, with emphasis on those spin/dipole vortices formed in nanoscale ferromagnetics and ferroelectrics, and those structural domain vortices formed in multiferroic hexagonal manganites. We begin with an overview of this field. The fundamental concepts of ferroic vortices, followed by the theoretical simulation and experimental methods to explore ferroic vortices, are then introduced. The various characteristics of vortices (e.g. formation mechanisms, static/dynamic features, and electronic properties) and their controllability (e.g. by size, geometry, external thermal, electrical, magnetic, or mechanical fields) in ferromagnetics, ferroelectrics, and multiferroics are discussed in detail in individual sections. Finally, we conclude this review with an outlook on this rapidly developing field.
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- Yue Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Micro&Nano Physics and Mechanics Research Laboratory, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Conde J, Dias JT, Grazú V, Moros M, Baptista PV, de la Fuente JM. Revisiting 30 years of biofunctionalization and surface chemistry of inorganic nanoparticles for nanomedicine. Front Chem 2014; 2:48. [PMID: 25077142 PMCID: PMC4097105 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In the last 30 years we have assisted to a massive advance of nanomaterials in material science. Nanomaterials and structures, in addition to their small size, have properties that differ from those of larger bulk materials, making them ideal for a host of novel applications. The spread of nanotechnology in the last years has been due to the improvement of synthesis and characterization methods on the nanoscale, a field rich in new physical phenomena and synthetic opportunities. In fact, the development of functional nanoparticles has progressed exponentially over the past two decades. This work aims to extensively review 30 years of different strategies of surface modification and functionalization of noble metal (gold) nanoparticles, magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor nanoparticles, such as quantum dots. The aim of this review is not only to provide in-depth insights into the different biofunctionalization and characterization methods, but also to give an overview of possibilities and limitations of the available nanoparticles.
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- João Conde
- Harvard-MIT Division for Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA, USA
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- Nanotherapy and Nanodiagnostics Group, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Nanotherapy and Nanodiagnostics Group, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Nanotherapy and Nanodiagnostics Group, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- CIGMH, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de LisboaCaparica, Portugal
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- Nanotherapy and Nanodiagnostics Group, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
- Fundacion ARAIDZaragoza, Spain
- Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Bio-Nano Science and Engineering, Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Research Institute of Translation Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
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Wang J, Duan G, Li Y, Liu G, Cai W. Wet etching-assisted colloidal lithography: a general strategy toward nanodisk and nanohole arrays on arbitrary substrates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:9207-9213. [PMID: 24858013 DOI: 10.1021/am501326w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A simple and facile strategy is presented to fabricate the metal nanodisk and nanohole arrays based on a wet etching-assisted polystyrene colloidal lithography. Gold is chosen to demonstrate the validity of such a strategy. The hexagonally arranged Au nanodisk and nanohole arrays are thus fabricated with large area and good uniformity. The structural parameters of the arrays, such as thicknesses, diameters, and spacings of the nanodisks or nanoholes, are facilely tunable and controllable by predeposition conditions, etching conditions and colloidal monolayer structure. More importantly, these arrays can be produced on any supporting substrates, such as conductive or nonconductive and even flexible substrates with flat, rough, or even curved surfaces. In general, the presented strategy is low in cost, simple in operation and arbitrary in substrate, and the as-prepared arrays could find potential devices' applications with nice compatibility in the fields of optics, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, biosensing, and so forth.
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- Jingjing Wang
- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, Anhui, P. R China
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Gonçales VR, Gaitán MH, Bragatto ADO, Soler-Illia GJ, Baraldo LM, Córdoba de Torresi SI. Correlation between pore size and reactivity of macro/mesoporous iron and copper hexacyanoferrates for H2O2 electrocatalysis. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Aalinkeel R, Nair B, Reynolds JL, Sykes DE, Law WC, Mahajan SD, Prasad PN, Schwartz SA. Quantum rods as nanocarriers of gene therapy. Drug Deliv 2012; 19:220-31. [DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2012.690001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Wickman B, Fredriksson H, Gustafsson S, Olsson E, Kasemo B. Fabrication of poly- and single-crystalline platinum nanostructures using hole-mask colloidal lithography, electrodeposition and annealing. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2011; 22:345302. [PMID: 21811012 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/34/345302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Colloidal lithography (CL) is a generic name for a collection of nanolithographic techniques, based on using colloidal nanoparticles as pattern (mask)-defining entities to produce various nanostructures. A key step in CL processes is the deposition, usually by evaporation or sputtering, of the material that makes up the final nanostructures. We have for the first time combined a special version of CL, called hole-mask colloidal lithography (HCL), with electrodeposition. We demonstrate how electrodeposition of Pt onto Au and carbon substrates, through a lithographic mask, can be used to prepare well-defined nanostructured surfaces. The results are compared with evaporated structures and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and cyclic voltammetry. Specific results are: (i) electrodeposition generates structures with very good adhesion, (ii) due to differences in the deposition mechanism, structures with much larger aspect (height/width) ratio can be made with electrodeposition than with evaporation and (iii) the originally deposited polycrystalline nanoparticles can be annealed into single crystals, as demonstrated by electron diffraction, SEM and TEM, before and after annealing, which is of great value for fundamental (electro)catalysis studies.
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- Björn Wickman
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Pernites RB, Felipe MJL, Foster EL, Advincula RC. Colloidally templated two-dimensional conducting polymer arrays and SAMs: binary composition patterning and chemistry. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2011; 3:817-827. [PMID: 21355551 DOI: 10.1021/am101168g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A facile approach and strategy toward binary-composition, two-dimensional (2D) patterned surfaces of conducting polymer periodic arrays, together with thiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) is described. The method involved a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)-like deposition of latex microsphere particles, electropolymerization via cyclic voltammetric (CV) techniques, and self-assembly of an amphiphile. The LB-like technique enabled the monolayer deposition of different sizes of polystyrene (PS) particles in hexagonal packing arrangement on planar substrates. Combining the LB-like method with CV electropolymerization is advantageous because it provides deposition control of a polymer interconnected network, controlled composition ratio of polymer and SAMs, and control of 2D size and spacing of the spherical void pattern. Electrochemical-quartz crystal microbalance (EC-QCM) in situ monitoring of the film deposition quantified a constant and linear growth rate, with varying viscoelastic behavior of the conducting polymer adsorption on planar and PS-templated substrates. The dual-patterned surface provided a good imaging contrast as observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Complementary analyses such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), attenuated total internal reflection infrared (ATR IR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, and static contact angle measurements were used to characterize the formation of the patterned surface. The versatility of the method enables the potential for making various types of quantitative binary compositions and patterned surfaces using different combinations of conducting polymer or functional SAMs, which can be extended in the future to polymer brushes and layer-by-layer assembly of various materials.
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- Roderick B Pernites
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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Johnson RP, Mahajan S, Abdelsalam ME, Cole RM, Baumberg JJ, Russell AE, Bartlett PN. SERS from two-tier sphere segment void substrates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:16661-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21126a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Johnson L, Walsh DA. Deposition of silver nanobowl arrays using polystyrene nanospheres both as reagents and as the templating material. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1jm00043h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Heinze J, Frontana-Uribe BA, Ludwigs S. Electrochemistry of conducting polymers--persistent models and new concepts. Chem Rev 2010; 110:4724-71. [PMID: 20557047 DOI: 10.1021/cr900226k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 632] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Jürgen Heinze
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Duan G, Lv F, Cai W, Luo Y, Li Y, Liu G. General synthesis of 2D ordered hollow sphere arrays based on nonshadow deposition dominated colloidal lithography. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:6295-302. [PMID: 20131831 DOI: 10.1021/la904116p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A general strategy, nonshadow deposition dominated colloidal lithography (NSCL), was proposed for the synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) ordered hollow sphere arrays of conductive materials. Gold, polypyrrole, CdS, and ZnO were taken as model materials to demonstrate the NSCL strategy, and built as 2D hollow sphere arrays successfully. In this strategy, a thin gold coating is first introduced on a polystyrene sphere (PS) colloidal monolayer via ion-sputtering deposition, and a hollow sphere array can thus be obtained by further electrochemical deposition on such a monolayer and by subsequent removal of PSs. The proposed strategy is flexible and facile to control the microstructure and size of the hollow sphere array, and the features are as follows: (i) controllable shell of the hollow sphere from single-layer to multilayer with single or multiple compositions, (ii) tunable morphology from simple structure to hierarchical micro/nanostructure, and (iii) changeable arrangement of hollow spheres from close-packing to non-close-packing. Besides these, the hollow sphere size and the shell thickness can also be controlled by changing the colloidal sphere and deposition time, respectively. Further investigation indicates that the success of NSCL should be owed to a key step, that is, an ion-sputtering induced nonshadow deposition surrounding the whole surfaces of colloidal spheres. This allows an equipotential face and thus homogeneous deposition surrounding the surfaces of PSs in an electrochemical deposition process, and final formation of hollow sphere structure. The 2D ordered hollow sphere arrays with controllable microstructure and size could exhibit importance both in fundamental research and in practical applications.
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- Guotao Duan
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, PR China.
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Polystyrene sphere monolayer assisted electrochemical deposition of ZnO nanorods with controlable surface density. Electrochim Acta 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Duan G, Cai W, Luo Y, Lv F, Yang J, Li Y. Design and electrochemical fabrication of gold binary ordered micro/nanostructured porous arrays via step-by-step colloidal lithography. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:2558-2562. [PMID: 19437740 DOI: 10.1021/la803794s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Colloidal lithography is a low-cost, high-throughput, facile nanofabrication technique capable of producing a large variety of nanostructured arrays. In this letter, we report a methodology, named step-by-step colloidal lithography, using electrochemical deposition as a fabrication technique to sculpture various hexagonally packed 2D-ordered gold binary micro/nanostructured porous arrays. By the designed fabrication routes, the structures of arrays and the morphology of the building blocks in the arrays can be easily controlled. Because of the feature of step-by-step fabrication, such a strategy will provide a versatile methodology not only for unitary components but also for binary and even multiplex materials, leading to heterostructured arrays with controlled compositions and block sizes. Such morphology and structure-controlled 2D binary porous arrays will exhibit the importance in building micro/nanostructured devices.
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- Guotao Duan
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, PR China.
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Quantum dots - characterization, preparation and usage in biological systems. Int J Mol Sci 2009; 10:656-73. [PMID: 19333427 PMCID: PMC2660652 DOI: 10.3390/ijms10020656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The use of fluorescent nanoparticles as probes for bioanalytical applications is a highly promising technique because fluorescence-based techniques are very sensitive. Quantum dots (QDs) seem to show the greatest promise as labels for tagging and imaging in biological systems owing to their impressive photostability, which allow long-term observations of biomolecules. The usage of QDs in practical applications has started only recently, therefore, the research on QDs is extremely important in order to provide safe and effective biosensing materials for medicine. This review reports on the recent methods for the preparation of quantum dots, their physical and chemical properties, surface modification as well as on some interesting examples of their experimental use.
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Kokonou M, Rebholz C, Giannakopoulos KP, Doumanidis CC. Fabrication of nanorods by metal evaporation inside the pores of ultra-thin porous alumina templates. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2007; 18:495604. [PMID: 20442478 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/49/495604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Porous alumina has attracted a great deal of attention as a template material for the growth of nanowires and nanodots. Typically, the pores have a high aspect ratio, which forbid the use of evaporation techniques for filling them, due to a pore closure effect. For this reason electrochemical methods are mainly used. However, there are materials, such as Al, which are very difficult to deposit electrochemically. In this work, the fabrication of Al nanorods by electron gun evaporation into low aspect-ratio pores of ultra-thin porous alumina templates is described. The thicknesses of the templates are in the range from 50 to 70 nm, while their pores have diameters from 20 to 40 nm, i.e. their diameter:height aspect ratios are very low, from 1:1.5 to 1:3. These properties make it possible to completely fill the pores with evaporation techniques. This method can be generalized to any target and substrate material.
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- M Kokonou
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia CY-1678, Cyprus.
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Duan G, Cai W, Luo Y, Li Z, Lei Y. Hierarchical Structured Ni Nanoring and Hollow Sphere Arrays by Morphology Inheritance Based on Ordered Through-Pore Template and Electrodeposition. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:15729-33. [PMID: 16898718 DOI: 10.1021/jp062255q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fabrication of micro/nano-hierarchical Ni ordered nanostructured arrays is demonstrated by electrochemical deposition on the ordered alumina through-pore template induced by solution-dipping the colloidal monolayer. The morphology of the Ni nanostructured arrays exhibits a ringlike or hollow spherical structure depending on the template geometry and appropriate deposition parameters. The skeletons of the arrays are of floc- or flakelet-like fine structure on the nanoscale. The formation of such morphologies is attributed to the preferential growth along the inner wall of the alumina pores, while the nanoflakelet fine structure originates from a morphology inheritance process or the transitional product Ni(OH)2 which leads to the final nanostructured Ni crystals. This morphology inherence could be useful in the field of nanofabrication. Such micro/nano-hierarchically structured arrays show good magnetic properties and will find applications in the fields of catalysis, magnetics, optoelectrics, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and new nanodevices.
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- Guotao Duan
- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031 Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Pintér E, Patakfalvi R, Fülei T, Gingl Z, Dékany I, Visy C. Characterization of Polypyrrole−Silver Nanocomposites Prepared in the Presence of Different Dopants. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:17474-8. [PMID: 16853234 DOI: 10.1021/jp0517652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Conducting polypyrrole (PPy) powder synthesized by using FeCl3 x 6 H2O and/or Fe(NO3)3 oxidants was impregnated in silver salt solutions. The stability and decomposition of the material was followed by thermogravimetric measurements. The total silver content was determined by atom absorption spectroscopy (ICP-AAS). The heat and electric conductivities of the composites were measured and correlated with the silver content. The incorporated silver was speciated and measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The spectra proved that the chemical state of the silver incorporated into the composite depends on the anion used in the polymerization process. In the case of the polymerization in a nitrate ion containing solution, the impregnation leads exclusively to the formation of metallic silver. The size distribution of the AgCl and Ag nanoparticles, determined from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) pictures in the different composites, proves the formation of a rather uniform species below 10 and 7 nm, respectively. The observations can be correlated with the different interactions in the PPy-chloride/nitrate-silver systems. The redox type interaction based conclusions can be considered as a guide during the preparation of other metal-conducting polymer composites.
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- Enikõ Pintér
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Nanostructured Materials Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Colloidal Chemistry, and Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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