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Quantum Dots for Single Bio-Molecule Imaging

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The emerging nanomaterial, quantum dots or QDs, offers numerous potential applications in the biological area. As cell labeling probes, QDs become now an alternative of existing organic fluorescent dyes and fluorescent proteins. In this short review, we cover typical and successful applications of QDs as fluorescent probes in cell labeling and genomic diagnosis. As a future important application, biomolecular detection at a single molecule level utilizing QDs is also discussed.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

    Noritada Kaji, Manabu Tokeshi & Yoshinobu Baba

  2. MEXT Innovative Research Center for Preventive Medical Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

    Noritada Kaji, Manabu Tokeshi & Yoshinobu Baba

  3. Plasma Nanotechnology Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

    Yoshinobu Baba

  4. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, 761-0395, Japan

    Yoshinobu Baba

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Kaji, N., Tokeshi, M. & Baba, Y. Quantum Dots for Single Bio-Molecule Imaging. ANAL. SCI. 23, 21–24 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.23.21

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