Functional double-shelled silicon nanocrystals for two-photon fluorescence cell imaging: spectral evolution and tuning

Tunable Ultrasmall Visible-to-Extended Near-Infrared Emitting Silver Sulfide Quantum Dots for Integrin-Targeted Cancer Imaging

(2015) Rui Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Ligand Passivation

(2015) Fatemeh Sangghaleh et al.   ACS Nano

Peptide-Conjugated Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles Enabling Simultaneous Tracking and Specific Destruction of Cancer Cells

(2015) Chongxi Song et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Evolution of the Ultrafast Photoluminescence of Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals with Changing Surface Chemistry

(2015) Zhenyu Yang et al.   ACS Photonics

Solution Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Bioimaging Applications of Silicon Nanocrystals

(2014) Benjamin F. P. McVey et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Silicon Nanomaterials Platform for Bioimaging, Biosensing, and Cancer Therapy

(2014) Fei Peng et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Highly Colloidally Stable Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Grafted Red Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticle as Bioimaging Probe

(2014) Pradip Das et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mild Two-Step Method to Construct DNA-Conjugated Silicon Nanoparticles: Scaffolds for the Detection of MicroRNA-21

(2014) Xiaoye Su et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Versatile “Click Chemistry” Approach to Functionalizing Silicon Quantum Dots: Applications toward Fluorescent Cellular Imaging

(2014) Xiaoyu Cheng et al.   LANGMUIR

Colloidal silicon quantum dots: synthesis and luminescence tuning from the near-UV to the near-IR range

(2014) Batu Ghosh et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Size-Dependent Oxidation of Monodisperse Silicon Nanocrystals with Allylphenylsulfide Surfaces

(2014) Julia Rinck et al.   Small

Nanoparticle exposure in animals can be visualized in the skin and analysed via skin biopsy

(2014) Edward A. Sykes et al.   Nature Communications

Silica Cross-linked Micelles Loading with Silicon Nanoparticles: Preparation and Characterization

(2013) Guo-Hui Pan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Chemical Insight into the Origin of Red and Blue Photoluminescence Arising from Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals

(2013) Mita Dasog et al.   ACS Nano

Assessing Clinical Prospects of Silicon Quantum Dots: Studies in Mice and Monkeys

(2013) Jianwei Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Caspase-1 Activity in Microglia Stimulated by Pro-Inflammagen Nanocrystals

(2013) Alexandre Moquin et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Luminescent Covalently Linked Silicon Nanocrystal/Polystyrene Hybrid Functional Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Processability

(2013) Zhenyu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Dual-Modal NIR-to-NIR Emission of Rare Earth Ions Co-doped Nanocrystals for Biological Fluorescence Imaging

(2013) Jiajia Zhou et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Surface-Induced Alkene Oligomerization: Does Thermal Hydrosilylation Really Lead to Monolayer Protected Silicon Nanocrystals?

(2013) Zhenyu Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Vivo Whole Animal Fluorescence Imaging of a Microparticle-Based Oral Vaccine Containing (CuInSexS2–x)/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots

(2013) Matthew G. Panthani et al.   NANO LETTERS

Surface brightens up Si quantum dots: direct bandgap-like size-tunable emission

(2013) Kateřina Dohnalová et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Quantum Dot Cytotoxicity and Ways To Reduce It

(2012) Françoise M. Winnik et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ensemble Brightening and Enhanced Quantum Yield in Size-Purified Silicon Nanocrystals

(2012) Joseph B. Miller et al.   ACS Nano

Short Ligands Affect Modes of QD Uptake and Elimination in Human Cells

(2011) Noura A. Al-Hajaj et al.   ACS Nano

Water-Dispersed Near-Infrared-Emitting Quantum Dots of Ultrasmall Sizes for In Vitro and In Vivo Imaging

(2011) Yao He et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-Step Melt Synthesis of Water-Soluble, Photoluminescent, Surface-Oxidized Silicon Nanoparticles for Cellular Imaging Applications

(2011) Beth A. Manhat et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis of Ligand-Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystals with Size-Dependent Photoluminescence Spanning Visible to Near-Infrared Wavelengths

(2011) Colin M. Hessel et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Size-Dependent Absolute Quantum Yields for Size-Separated Colloidally-Stable Silicon Nanocrystals

(2011) Melanie L. Mastronardi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Colloidal Si nanocrystals: a controlled organic–inorganic interface and its implications of color-tuning and chemical design toward sophisticated architectures

(2011) Naoto Shirahata   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Responsive Pluronic F127−Chitosan Nanocapsules for Controlled Release and Intracellular Delivery of Small Molecules

(2010) Wujie Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

In Vivo Targeted Cancer Imaging, Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Multi-Channel Imaging with Biocompatible Silicon Nanocrystals

(2010) Folarin Erogbogbo et al.   ACS Nano

Interfacial-related color tuning of colloidal Si nanocrystals

(2010) Naoto Shirahata et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Paramagnetic, Silicon Quantum Dots for Magnetic Resonance and Two-Photon Imaging of Macrophages

(2010) Chuqiao Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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(2010) Monya Baker   NATURE METHODS

Alkyl Passivation and Amphiphilic Polymer Coating of Silicon Nanocrystals for Diagnostic Imaging

(2010) Colin M. Hessel et al.   Small

Highly Fluorescent Silica-Coated Bismuth-Doped Aluminosilicate Nanoparticles for Near-Infrared Bioimaging

(2010) Hong-Tao Sun et al.   Small

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(2009) Andrew M Smith et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

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(2009) Andrew M. Smith et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Biocompatible Luminescent Silicon Quantum Dots for Imaging of Cancer Cells

(2008) Folarin Erogbogbo et al.   ACS Nano

Two- and Three-Photon Absorption and Frequency Upconverted Emission of Silicon Quantum Dots

(2008) Guang S. He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Two-photon excitation of luminescence in pyrolytic silicon nanocrystals

(2008) M. Falconieri et al.   PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

Si-nanocrystals/SiO2 thin films obtained by pyrolysis of sol–gel precursors

(2007) G. Das et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS