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Quantum Dot-Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Biosensing

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Quantum Dots for DNA Biosensing

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Besides excellent optical and electrochemiluminescence properties of quantum dots, their electrochemical and photoelectrochemical behaviors have also been discovered and well employed in DNA biosensing. This chapter presents a general description of the electrochemical and photoelectrochemical properties of QDs with their applications in DNA biosensing.

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

    Jun-Jie Zhu & Fang-Fang Cheng

  2. Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Hai-Ping Huang

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Zhu, JJ., Huang, HP., Cheng, FF. (2013). Quantum Dot-Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Biosensing. In: Quantum Dots for DNA Biosensing. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-44910-9_5

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