Abstract
Semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots (QDs), are exciting new fluorescent probes useful in imaging at the single molecule to the whole animal level. Some recent applications of QDs are reviewed here and the reader is directed to the original literature for further details.
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Arndt-Jovin, D.J., Jovin, T.M., Lidke, D.S. (2005). Quantum Dots, a New Tool for Real-Time in Vivo Imaging. In: Evangelista, V., Barsanti, L., Passarelli, V., Gualtieri, P. (eds) From Cells to Proteins: Imaging Nature across Dimensions. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3616-7_12
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