Quantum dots: Small 4/2010

✍ Scribed by Duane E. Prasuhn; Jeffrey R. Deschamps; Kimihiro Susumu; Michael H. Stewart; Kelly Boeneman; Juan B. Blanco-Canosa; Philip E. Dawson; Igor L. Medintz

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 543 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1613-6810
• DOI: 10.1002/smll.201090011

✦ Synopsis

The picture shows molecular models of semiconductor quantum dots functionalized with surface solubilizing ligands, a <20 residue peptide, myoglobin, mCherry, and a maltose binding protein that together cover a range of masses from <2.2to ≈44 kDa. The corresponding study reports on determining the number of proteins or peptides that can be attached to semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystals. This issue has intrigued materials scientists for years and is an important component of designing such bioconjugates.