Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy

The rapidly developing field of quantum dots (QDs) provides researchers with more options for imaging modalities and therapeutic strategies. In recent years, QDs were widely used as multifunctional materials for tumor imaging and therapy due to their characteristic properties such as semiconductive,...

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Autores principales: Liu, Longfei, Miao, Qingqing, Liang, Gaolin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28809320
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma6020483
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Miao, Qingqing
Liang, Gaolin
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description The rapidly developing field of quantum dots (QDs) provides researchers with more options for imaging modalities and therapeutic strategies. In recent years, QDs were widely used as multifunctional materials for tumor imaging and therapy due to their characteristic properties such as semiconductive, zero-dimension and strong fluorescence. Nevertheless, there still exist the challenges of employing these properties of QDs for clinical diagnosis and therapy. Herein, we briefly review the development, properties and applications of QDs in tumor imaging and therapy. Future perspectives in these areas are also proposed as well.
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spelling pubmed-54520962017-07-28 Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy Liu, Longfei Miao, Qingqing Liang, Gaolin Materials (Basel) Review The rapidly developing field of quantum dots (QDs) provides researchers with more options for imaging modalities and therapeutic strategies. In recent years, QDs were widely used as multifunctional materials for tumor imaging and therapy due to their characteristic properties such as semiconductive, zero-dimension and strong fluorescence. Nevertheless, there still exist the challenges of employing these properties of QDs for clinical diagnosis and therapy. Herein, we briefly review the development, properties and applications of QDs in tumor imaging and therapy. Future perspectives in these areas are also proposed as well. MDPI 2013-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5452096/ /pubmed/28809320 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma6020483 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Liu, Longfei
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Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
title Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
title_full Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
title_fullStr Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
title_full_unstemmed Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
title_short Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28809320
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma6020483
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