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Based on the reverse microemulsion technique, luminescent quantum dots doped core-shell nanoparticles have been prepared by employing silica as the shell and CdTe quantum dots as the core of the nanoparticles, which have an excellent solubility and dispersibility, especially amine and phosphonate groups have been modified on their surface synchronously. In comparison with CdTe quantum dots, these nanoparticles show superiority in chemical and photochemical stability. The quantum dots doped core-shell nanoparticles were successfully linked with lactobionic acid by amine group on it, which was used to recognize living liver cells.
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Li, Z., Wang, K., Tan, W. et al. Preparation of luminescent CdTe quantum dots doped core-shell nanoparticles and their application in cell recognition. Chin.Sci.Bull. 50, 1703–1707 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1360/982005-58
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