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ArticleRoyal Society open science2018

Water-mediated green synthesis of PbS quantum dot and its glutathione and biotin conjugates for non-invasive live cell imaging.

M Vijaya Bharathi, Santanu Maiti, Bidisha Sarkar, Kaustab Ghosh, Priyankar Paira

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Vijaya BharathiDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India.
Santanu MaitiDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India.
Bidisha SarkarDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India.
Kaustab GhoshDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India.
Priyankar PairaDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1698-4895
Vellore Institute of Technology University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study addresses the cellular uptake of nanomaterials in the field of bio-applications. In the present study, we have synthesized water-soluble lead sulfide quantum dot (PbS QD) with glutathione and 3-MPA (mercaptopropionic acid) as the stabilizing ligand using a green approach. 3-MPA-capped QDs were further modified with streptavidin and then bound to biotin because of its high conjugation efficiency. Labelling and bio-imaging of cells with these bio-conjugated QDs were evaluated. The bright red fluorescence from these types of QDs in HeLa cells makes these materials suitable for deep tissue imaging.

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biotinfluorescence microscopyglutathionegreen synthesislive cell imagingPbS quantum dot

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PMID29657768
PMCPMC5882692
OpenAlexW2790160310

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