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NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 21, 期 47, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/47/475102
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- Chinese 863 Program [2007AA06Z407]
- Chinese 973 Program [2011CB933600]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20873096, 20921062, 31000050]
- Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities [1103005, 3081001]
- PhD Research Foundation of Wuhan University [047]
The biological effect of CdTe quantum dots (QDs) on Halobacterium halobium R1 (H. halobium R1) growth was analyzed by a microcalorimetric technique. By using a TAM air eight channels microcalorimeter, the thermogenic curves of H. halobium R1 growth were obtained at 37 degrees C. To analyze the results, the maximum heat power (P-m) and the growth rate constants (k) were determined, which showed that they were correlated to the concentration of QDs. The addition of quantum dots caused a gradual increase of P-m and k at low concentrations of QDs, and a conspicuous decrease at high concentrations. For confirmation, the turbidity (OD600) and respiratory rate at different concentrations of QDs were studied. The morphology of H. halobium R1 cells both in the absence and presence of QDs was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results of these studies were corroborated with ones derived from microcalorimetry. In this work, the mechanism of cytotoxicity of QDs was explored through fluorescence spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and microcalorimetry. It was clear that metabolic mechanism of H. halobium R1 growth was changed by the addition of QDs. To the best of our knowledge, the thermokinetics and toxicology of CdTe QDs against H. halobium R1 were obtained for the first time by microcalorimetry.
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