Optical oxygen sensing with quantum dot conjugates

Abstract: The ability to track and quantify changes in oxygen concentration as a function of disease progression or therapy is crucial to advance targeted chemotherapeutics. New non-invasive sensors must be developed that are small enough to penetrate into tissue and monitor dynamic changes with high resolution in real time. One way to address this challenge is with the use of nanoparticle-based sensors. This review details the design, synthesis, and characterization of optical oxygen sensors that combine a fluorescent semiconductor quantum dot (QD) with an oxygen-responsive phosphorescent molecule. The QD may have multifaceted roles in these constructs, serving as an internal standard for ratiometric sensing, as an antenna for multiphoton absorption, and as an energy transfer donor for the attendant phosphorescent molecule. Solid-state devices may be prepared by embedding the two components in a polymer matrix. Alternatively, solution-phase sensors can be synthesized by covalent conjugation, self-assembly in organic solvents, or micelle encapsulation in aqueous media. Several sensors have been used for biological imaging and oxygen sensing, demonstrating that these constructs can quantify oxygen in biological systems.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Optical oxygen sensing with quantum dot conjugates ; volume:90 ; number:9 ; year:2018 ; pages:1359-1377 ; extent:19
Pure and applied chemistry ; 90, Heft 9 (2018), 1359-1377 (gesamt 19)

Urheber
Lemon, Christopher M.

DOI
10.1515/pac-2018-0303
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024030513290301859919
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:54 MESZ

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  • Lemon, Christopher M.

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