Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy
Quantum dots are the serendipitous outcome of materials research. It is the tiny carbonaceous nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 1 to 10 nm. This review is a brief discussion of the synthesis, properties, and biomedical applicability of quantum dots, especially in herbal therapy. As quantum d...
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| author | Mirza Shahed Baig Ravikiran Maheshrao Suryawanshi Mehrukh Zehravi Hitendra S. Mahajan Ritesh Rana Ahemadi Banu Muthukumar Subramanian Amit Kumar Kaundal Sachin Puri Falak A. Siddiqui Rohit Sharma Sharuk L. Khan Kow-Tong Chen Kow-Tong Chen Talha Bin Emran Talha Bin Emran |
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| description | Quantum dots are the serendipitous outcome of materials research. It is the tiny carbonaceous nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 1 to 10 nm. This review is a brief discussion of the synthesis, properties, and biomedical applicability of quantum dots, especially in herbal therapy. As quantum dots are highly polar, they can be surface decorated with several kinds of polar functionalities, such as polymeric molecules, small functional molecules, and so on. The review also consists of the basic physical and optical properties of quantum dots and their excitation―dependent properties in the application section. We focus on therapeutics, where quantum dots are used as drugs or imaging probes. Nanoprobes for several diagnostics are quite new in the biomedical research domain. Quantum dot―based nanoprobes are in high demand due to their excellent fluorescence, non-bleaching nature, biocompatibility, anchoring feasibility for several analytes, and fast point―of―care sensibility. Lastly, we also included a discussion on quantum dot―based drug delivery as phytomedicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-791367ecf6d840179622246b4088afef2023-03-21T05:39:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology2296-634X2023-03-011110.3389/fcell.2023.11396711139671Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapyMirza Shahed Baig0Ravikiran Maheshrao Suryawanshi1Mehrukh Zehravi2Hitendra S. Mahajan3Ritesh Rana4Ahemadi Banu5Muthukumar Subramanian6Amit Kumar Kaundal7Sachin Puri8Falak A. Siddiqui9Rohit Sharma10Sharuk L. Khan11Kow-Tong Chen12Kow-Tong Chen13Talha Bin Emran14Talha Bin Emran15Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Y. B. Chavan College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy Girls Section, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Himachal Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (HIPER), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacology, Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Narsapur, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, Himachal Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (HIPER), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaShobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, Mumbai, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, N.B.S. Institute of Pharmacy, Ausa, Maharashtra, India0Department of Rasa Shastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, N.B.S. Institute of Pharmacy, Ausa, Maharashtra, India1Department of Occupational Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital, managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation, Tainan, Taiwan2Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan3Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong, Bangladesh4Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, BangladeshQuantum dots are the serendipitous outcome of materials research. It is the tiny carbonaceous nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 1 to 10 nm. This review is a brief discussion of the synthesis, properties, and biomedical applicability of quantum dots, especially in herbal therapy. As quantum dots are highly polar, they can be surface decorated with several kinds of polar functionalities, such as polymeric molecules, small functional molecules, and so on. The review also consists of the basic physical and optical properties of quantum dots and their excitation―dependent properties in the application section. We focus on therapeutics, where quantum dots are used as drugs or imaging probes. Nanoprobes for several diagnostics are quite new in the biomedical research domain. Quantum dot―based nanoprobes are in high demand due to their excellent fluorescence, non-bleaching nature, biocompatibility, anchoring feasibility for several analytes, and fast point―of―care sensibility. Lastly, we also included a discussion on quantum dot―based drug delivery as phytomedicine.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1139671/fullquantum dotsnanoprobenanomaterialsbiomedicalnanotechnologyherbal medicines |
| spellingShingle | Mirza Shahed Baig Ravikiran Maheshrao Suryawanshi Mehrukh Zehravi Hitendra S. Mahajan Ritesh Rana Ahemadi Banu Muthukumar Subramanian Amit Kumar Kaundal Sachin Puri Falak A. Siddiqui Rohit Sharma Sharuk L. Khan Kow-Tong Chen Kow-Tong Chen Talha Bin Emran Talha Bin Emran Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology quantum dots nanoprobe nanomaterials biomedical nanotechnology herbal medicines |
| title | Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy |
| title_full | Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy |
| title_fullStr | Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy |
| title_short | Surface decorated quantum dots: Synthesis, properties and role in herbal therapy |
| title_sort | surface decorated quantum dots synthesis properties and role in herbal therapy |
| topic | quantum dots nanoprobe nanomaterials biomedical nanotechnology herbal medicines |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1139671/full |
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