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Current methods of the synthesis of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals for biomedical applications

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The most widespread methods for the colloidal synthesis of highly luminescent CdSe, CdS, ZnSe and other AIIBVI core-shell colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are reviewed. Advantages and disadvantages of the currently developed one-pot QD synthesis as compared to the classical multistage approaches are discussed. The noninjection one-pot method starts with the growth of metastable magic-size seeds; their subsequent recrystallization ensures slow, controllable growth of highly monodisperse, defect-free core nanocrystals of desired sizes and shapes. Subsequent formation of a shell out of a semiconductor with a wider bandgap yields gradient core-shell QDs with a smooth potential barrier for electrons and holes, without strains or interfacial defects, and, as a consequence, a luminescence quantum yield (QY) approaching 100%. This approach can also be applied to other semiconductor systems to cover the broad spectral range from the near-ultraviolet (UV) to infrared (IR) regions of the optical spectrum. These nanocrystals may replace fluorescent organic dyes and rare-earth luminophores in their current applications.

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Samokhvalov, P.S., Artemyev, M.V. & Nabiev, I.R. Current methods of the synthesis of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals for biomedical applications. Nanotechnol Russia 8, 409–422 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078013030166

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