TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrophobin-encapsulated quantum dots
AU - Taniguchi, Shohei
AU - Sandiford, Lydia
AU - Cooper, Margaret
AU - Rosca, Elena V.
AU - Ahmadkhanbeigi, Raha
AU - Fairclough, Simon M.
AU - Thanou, Maya
AU - Dailey, Lea Ann
AU - Wohlleben, Wendel
AU - von Vacano, Bernhard
AU - T. M. de Rosales, Rafael
AU - Dobson, Peter J.
AU - Owen, Dylan M.
AU - Green, Mark
PY - 2016/2/10
Y1 - 2016/2/10
N2 - The phase transfer of quantum dots to water is an important aspect of preparing nanomaterials that are suitable for biological applications, and although numerous reports describe ligand exchange, very few describe efficient ligand encapsulation techniques. In this report, we not only report a new method of phase transferring quantum dots (QDs) using an amphiphilic protein (hydrophobin) but also describe the advantages of using a biological molecule with available functional groups and their use in imaging cancer cells in vivo and other imaging applications.
AB - The phase transfer of quantum dots to water is an important aspect of preparing nanomaterials that are suitable for biological applications, and although numerous reports describe ligand exchange, very few describe efficient ligand encapsulation techniques. In this report, we not only report a new method of phase transferring quantum dots (QDs) using an amphiphilic protein (hydrophobin) but also describe the advantages of using a biological molecule with available functional groups and their use in imaging cancer cells in vivo and other imaging applications.
U2 - 10.1021/acsami.5b11354
DO - 10.1021/acsami.5b11354
M3 - Article
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 8
SP - 4887
EP - 4893
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 7
ER -
