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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between Quantum Dot Donors and Quantum Dot Acceptors.

Kenny F Chou, Allison M Dennis

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Inter-Nanoparticle FRET for Biosensing: Photophysics Versus Size.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  12. A water-soluble small molecular fluorescent sensor based on phosphazene platform for selective detection of nitroaromatic compounds.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kenny F ChouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. kfchou@bu.edu.
Allison M DennisDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. aldennis@bu.edu.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYT32GM008764 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI WHITE, JOHN A. · 2001 to 2021
$5.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008764NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM008764
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer amongst semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) is reviewed, with particular interest in biosensing applications. The unique optical properties of QDs provide certain advantages and also specific challenges with regards to sensor design, compared to other FRET systems. The brightness and photostability of QDs make them attractive for highly sensitive sensing and long-term, repetitive imaging applications, respectively, but the overlapping donor and acceptor excitation signals that arise when QDs serve as both the donor and acceptor lead to high background signals from direct excitation of the acceptor. The fundamentals of FRET within a nominally homogeneous QD population as well as energy transfer between two distinct colors of QDs are discussed. Examples of successful sensors are highlighted, as is cascading FRET, which can be used for solar harvesting.

Indexed as

Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferQuantum DotsSemiconductorsBiosensing TechniquesNanoparticlesSurface PropertiesbiosensingcrosstalkFörster resonance energy transferFRETresonance energy transfersemiconductor quantum dotssolar harvesting

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PMID26057041
PMCPMC4507609

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