Will QDs make way for ‘CU dots’?

• Book ID: 104367821
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 155 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0961-1290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0961-1290(05)71145-5

✦ Synopsis

By surrounding fluorescent dyes with a protective silica shell, Cornell University researchers have created fluorescent nano particles, with possible applications in displays, biological imaging, optical computing, sensors and microarrays such as DNA chips.

Courtesy of Ulrich Wiesner

Schematic representation of a Cornell Dot, with several molecules of a fluorescent rhodamine dye encapsulated in the center. The dye has been modified with a group that links to the encapsulating silicon.