Quantum Dots: Applications in Biology

<p>Quantum Dots as Biophotonics Tools.- Photoligation Combined with Zwitterion-Modified Lipoic Acid Ligands Provides Compact and Biocompatible Quantum Dots.- Analysis of Quantum Dots and Their Conjugates by Capillary Electrophoresis with Detection of Laser-Induced Luminescence.- Advanced Procedure for Oriented Conjugation of Full-Size Antibodies with Quantum Dots.- Quantum Dots-Antibody Conjugates via Carbodiimide-Mediated Coupling for Cellular Imaging.- Measuring the Hydrodynamic Radius of Quantum Dots by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.- Quantum Dots Fluorescence Quantum Yield Measured by Thermal Lens Spectroscopy.- Semiquantitative Fluorescence Method for Bioconjugation Analysis.- Assembly, Characterization and Delivery of Quantum Dot Labeled Biotinylated Lipid Particles.- Oriented Conjugation of Single-Domain Antibodies and Quantum Dots.- Functional Integration of Quantum Dot Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Cardiac Microenvironment.- In Vitro Approaches to Assessing the Toxicity of Quantum Dots.- Basics for the Preparation of Quantum Dots and their Interactions with Living Cells.- In Vivo Approaches to Assessing the Toxicity of Quantum Dots.- Quantum Dots for Imaging Neural Cells In Vitro and In VivoA Short-Term Inhalation Study Protocol – Designed for Testing of Toxicity and Fate of Nanomaterials.- Quantitative Measurement of Proteolytic Rates with Quantum Dot-Peptide Substrate Conjugates and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer.- Solid-Phase Supports for the in situ Assembly of Quantum Dot-FRET Hybridization Assays in Microfluidics.</p>