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JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 296-303Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsid.650
Keywords
flexible quantum dot light-emitting devices; photomedicine
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- American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS)
- Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
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Quantum dot light-emitting devices (QLEDs), originally developed for displays, were recently demonstrated to be promising light sources for various photomedical applications, including photodynamic therapy cancer cell treatment and photobimodulation cell metabolism enhancement. With exceptional emission wavelength tunability and potential flexibility, QLEDs could enable wearable, targeted photomedicine with maximized absorption of different medical photosensitizers. In this paper, we report, for the first time, the in vitro study to demonstrate that QLEDs-based photodynamic therapy can effectively kill Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium. We then present successful synthesis of highly efficient quantum dots with narrow spectra and specific peak wavelengths to match the absorption peaks of different photosensitizers for targeted photomedicine. Flexible QLEDs with a peak external quantum efficiency of 8.2% and a luminance of over 20,000cd/m(2) at a low driving voltage of 6V were achieved. The tunable, flexible QLEDs could be employed for oral cancer treatment or diabetic wound repairs in the near future. These results represent one fresh stride toward realizing QLEDs' long-term goal to enable the wide clinical adoption of photomedicine.
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