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ReviewBiosensors2023

Recent Advances in Silicon Quantum Dot-Based Fluorescent Biosensors.

Yanan Zhang, Ning Cai, Vincent Chan

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Review in Biosensors, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Optical bio/chemical sensors for vitamin BBeilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2025
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  11. Quantum Dot-Based Nanosensors for In Vitro Detection ofNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Application of Nanostructures in Biology and Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yanan ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7784-6694
Ning CaiKey Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Advanced Fine Chemicals, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor & Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1552-9030
Vincent ChanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-2149-4479

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the development of nanotechnology, fluorescent silicon nanomaterials have been synthesized and applied in various areas. Among them, silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are a new class of zero-dimensional nanomaterials with outstanding optical properties, benign biocompatibility, and ultra-small size. In recent years, SiQDs have been gradually utilized for constructing high-performance fluorescent sensors for chemical or biological analytes. Herein, we focus on reviewing recent advances in SiQD-based fluorescent biosensors from a broad perspective and discussing possible future trends. First, the representative progress for synthesizing water-soluble SiQDs in the past decade is systematically summarized. Then, the latest achievement of the design and fabrication of SiQD-based fluorescent biosensors is introduced, with a particular focus on analyte-induced photoluminescence (fluorescence) changes, hybrids of SiQDs with other materials or molecules, and biological ligand-modification methods. Finally, the current challenges and prospects of this field are highlighted.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesNanostructuresQuantum DotsFluorescent DyesSiliconFluorescent DyesSiliconbioimagingbiosensorsfluorescence detectionphotoluminescentsilicon quantum dot

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PMID36979523
PMCPMC10046568

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