Journal
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 87, Issue 2, Pages 346-352Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2011.05.038
Keywords
CdSe/ZnS quantum dots; Multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Hybrids; Cytotoxicity; Fluorescence property in living cell system
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20705008, 20905025, 20975037]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [09JJ6026]
- Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province
- Hunan Normal University [ET20804]
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CdSe/ZnS core shell quantum dots (QDs) were efficiently tethered onto polyamidoamine dendrimer-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by covalent linkage and mercapto-mediated assembly. The obtained MWCNT-QD hybrids were both photophysically and morphologically characterized. The QDs are well-distributed on single nanotube surface in high density and the assembly of QDs onto MWCNTs does not change the fluorescence emission wavelength of QDs but significantly decreases the emission density. Cytotoxicity of MWCNT-QD hybrids to HeLa cells and their fluorescence property in living cell system were evaluated in detail. The hybrids show a little effect on cell viability even at very high concentration (100 mu g mL(-1)). Moreover, they possess intense red fluorescence signal under optical fluorescence microscopy and good fluorescence stability over 72-h exposure in living cell system. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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