Nanoscale
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2014
·Vol. 6
·期 21
·12580-12590
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IF 6.739
Haiyan Chen,Bowen Li,Min Zhang,Kang Sun,Yiran Wang,Kerui Peng,Mengdi Ao,Yiran Guo,Yueqing Gu
Nanomedicine platforms that have the potential to simultaneously provide the function of molecular imaging and therapeutic treatment in one system are beneficial to address the challenges of cancer heterogeneity and adaptive resistance. In this study, Cyclic RGD peptide (cRGD), a less-expensive active tumor targeting tri-peptide, and doxorubicin (DOX), a widely used chemotherapeutic drug, were covalently attached to Ag2S quantum dots (QDs) to form the nano-conjugates Ag2S-DOX-cRGD. The optical characterization of Ag2S-DOX-cRGD manifested the maintenance of QDs fluorescence, which suggested the potential of Ag2S for monitoring intracellular and systemic drug distribution. The low biotoxicity of Ag2S QDs indicated that they are promisingly safe nanoparticles for bio-applications. Furthermore, the selective imaging and favorable tumor inhibition of the nanoconjugates were demonstrated at both cell and animal levels. These results indicated a promising future for the utilization of Ag2S QDs as a kind of multi-functional nano platform to achieve imaging-visible nano-therapeutics.
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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生物材料学
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2020
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IF 4.019
Zhongwei Fan,Jingfei Luan,Changqing Zhu,Fuqiang Liu
The novel Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst g-C 3 N 4 /Ag 2 S/SnS 2 with Ag 2 S quantum dots as electron mediators was successfully synthesized by in-situ ion exchange reaction and self-peeling of g-C 3 N 4 . Compared with g-C 3 N 4 , SnS 2 or g-C 3 N 4 /SnS 2 , the photocatalyst g-C 3 N 4 /Ag 2 S/SnS 2 exhibited more excellent photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation. The removal rate of methyl orange was 96.8% after 30 minutes visible light irradiation and the reaction rate constant reached 0.10225 min -1 . The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the formation of Z-scheme heterojunction structure and the 2D layered structure. The electrochemical and photoelectric performance tests showed that the separation and transfer efficiency of the photogenic electron-hole pairs as well as the redox potential were significantly improved. Additionally, the quenching experiments showed that the superoxide radicals and holes were the primarily active species. Combined with other characterizations, the reaction mechanism of the g-C 3 N 4 /Ag 2 S/SnS 2 for degrading the target pollutant methyl orange under visible light irradiation was proposed.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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IF 8.3
Yaru Shi,Mingxiu Liu,Yuting Zou,Yahui Li,Xingyu Zhao,Junru An,Mengqi Che,Fan Tan,Xiaojuan Sun,Dabing Li,Shaojuan Li
Broadband photodetectors have drawn intensive attention owing to their wide application prospects in optical communication, imaging, astronomy, and so on. Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are considered as highly potential candidates for photodetection applications, benefiting from their excellent photoelectric properties. However, most of the photodetectors based on TMDs suffer from low performance in the near-infrared (NIR) region due to the weak optical absorption efficiency near their absorption band edge, which severely constrains their usage for broadband optoelectronics. Here, by taking advantage of the high absorption coefficient and environment-friendly property of Ag2S quantum dots (QDs), the hybrid of multilayer MoSe2/Ag2S QDs is demonstrated with a high-performance broadband photodetection capability (532–1270 nm). The favorable energy band alignment of MoSe2/Ag2S QDs facilitates effective separation and collection of photogenerated carriers, and the heterostructure device exhibits significant enhancement of performance compared to the bare MoSe2 device. High responsivity, detectivity, and external quantum efficiency of 25.5 A/W, 1.45 × 1011 Jones, and 1070% are obtained at a low working voltage of 1 V under 980 nm illumination. The responsivity of the device can reach up to 1.2 A/W at 1270 nm wavelength, which is competitive to the commercial NIR photodetectors. Meanwhile, broadband imaging capability is demonstrated. Our work may open up a facile and eco-friendly approach to construct high-performance broadband photodetectors for next-generation compact optoelectronic applications.
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材料科学
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光电子学
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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
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2023
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IF 8.4
Zongbo Zhang,Changbin Xu,Shiliang Song,Yan Ding,Nan Meng,Xuesheng Liu,Yuan Zhang,Liang Gong,Wenting Wu
Ag 2 S quantum dots (QDs) have aroused extensive concerns in intravital imaging field due to their merits of narrow bandgap, low biological toxicity and decent fluorescence emission properties in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window. However, low quantum yield (QY) and poor uniformity of Ag 2 S QDs are still main obstacles for its application. In this work, a novel strategy of utilizing ultrasonic field is presented, which can enhance the microdroplet-based interfacial synthesis of Ag 2 S QDs. The ultrasound increases the presence of ions at the reaction sites by enhancing the ion mobility in the microchennels. Therefore, the QY is enhanced from 2.33 % (optimal QY without ultrasound) to 8.46 %, which is the highest value of Ag 2 S ever reported without ion-doping. Also, the decrease of the corresponding full width at half maximum (FWHM) from 312 nm to 144 nm indicates the obvious uniformity improvement of the obtained QDs. Further mechanism exploration illustrates that ultrasonic cavitation significantly increases the interfacial reaction sites by splitting the droplets. Meanwhile, the acoustic flow field strengthens the ion renewal at the droplet interface. Consequently, the mass transfer coefficient increases by more than 500 %, which is favorable to improve both the QY and quality of Ag 2 S QDs. This work serves both fundamental research and practical production for the synthesis of Ag 2 S QDs.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2016
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IF 4.758
Dan Yan,Yu He,Yili Ge,Gongwu Song
A novel fluorescence “turn on-off” method for sensitive and selective detection of heparin and heparinase I was developed based on near infrared Polyethyleneimine Capped Ag 2 S Quantum Dots (PEI-Ag 2 S QDs). The fluorescence “turn-on” arose from aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) characteristics of PEI-Ag 2 SQDs induced by electrostatic interaction between PEI-Ag 2 SQDs and heparin. Heparinase I, which can specifically hydrolyze heparin into short fragments would de-aggregate PEI-Ag 2 S QDs/heparin system and lead to fluorescence “turn-off”. Under optimal conditions described, the fluorescence enhancement at 685 nm was linearly related to the concentration of heparin and heparinase I in the range of 0.069–2.275 μM and 0–103 ng mL −1 with the relative correlation coefficient of R 2 = 0.997 and 0.99 and detection limit as low as 6 nM and 0.5 ng mL −1 , respectively. The activity of the heparinase I was further investigated using steady-state kinetic for the reaction. In ddition, the proposed method was successfully utilized in serum samples, which presaged more opportunities for application in related biochemical and biomedical researches.
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生物化学
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医学检测
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2025
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IF 7.9
Hongge Cao,Yuhang Wu,Ruicai Gao,Peijie He,Qiang Wu,Jixiang Cui,Longyan Gu,Tuo Cai,Ping Peng,Yan Lei,Yuan Lin,Zhi Zheng
Ag 2 S colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are promising candidates for solution-processable and eco-friendly solar cell applications, but the power conversion efficiency is still far from its theoretical value (∼30 %). Where the migration of Ag ions in Ag 2 S CQDs may be responsible for this. In this work, to suppress the migration of Ag ions and further enhance the photoelectric properties of the Ag 2 S CQDs, Bi elements have been doped into the Ag 2 S CQDs via a facile route at low temperature. Without heat, the Bi content in the resulting Bi-doped Ag 2 S CQDs can be adjusted by adding raw BiI 3 in the reaction system. The photoelectric responsivity of Bi-doped Ag 2 S CQDs is about 6 times greater than that of the undoped Ag 2 S CQDs. Finally, solid-state solar cells have been constructed, and 1.5 % power conversion efficiency has been obtained. Current work may provide an avenue to produce high-quality Ag 2 S CQD-based photoelectric materials.
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能源科学
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JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2018
·Vol. 16
·期 1
·1-15
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IF 5.294
Zhang Xiao-Shuai,Xuan Yang,Yang Xiao-Quan,Cheng Kai,Zhang Ruo-Yun,Li Cheng,Tan Fang,Cao Yuan-Cheng,Song Xian-Lin,An Jie,Hou Xiao-Lin,Zhao Yuan-Di
Background Ag 2 S has the characteristics of conventional quantum dot such as broad excitation spectrum, narrow emission spectrum, long fluorescence lifetime, strong anti-bleaching ability, and other optical properties. Moreover, since its fluorescence emission is located in the NIR-II region, has stronger penetrating ability for tissue. Ag 2 S quantum dot has strong absorption during the visible and NIR regions, it has good photothermal and photoacoustic response under certain wavelength excitation. Results 200 nm aqueous probe Ag 2 S@DSPE-PEG 2000 -FA (Ag 2 S@DP-FA) with good dispersibility and stability was prepared by coating hydrophobic Ag 2 S with the mixture of folic acid (FA) modified DSPE-PEG 2000 (DP) and other polymers, it was found the probe had good fluorescent, photoacoustic and photothermal responses, and a low cell cytotoxicity at 50 μg/mL Ag concentration. Blood biochemical analysis, liver enzyme and tissue histopathological test showed that no significant influence was observed on blood and organs within 15 days after injection of the probe. In vivo and in vitro fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging of the probe further demonstrated that the Ag 2 S@DP-FA probe had good active targeting ability for tumor. In vivo and in vitro photothermal therapy experiments confirmed that the probe also had good ability of killing tumor by photothermal. Conclusions Ag 2 S@DP-FA was a safe, integrated diagnosis and treatment probe with multi-mode imaging, photothermal therapy and active targeting ability, which had a great application prospect in the early diagnosis and treatment of tumor.
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生物医学工程
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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TALANTA
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2020
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IF 5.339
Yun Shu,Jinlong Gao,Jingyuan Chen,Jing Yan,Jiawei Sun,Dangqin Jin,Qin Xu,Xiaoya Hu
Near−infrared (NIR) emitting Ag 2 S quantum dots (QDs) are excellent fluorescent nanoprobes for bioassays with low toxicity. A novel fluorescent sensing platform which employing NIR fluorescent Ag 2 S QDs and MnO 2 2D nanosheets as NIR emitters and quenchers is designed for rapid and selective determination of glutathione (GSH). A facile and efficient approach was demonstrated for the synthesis of NIR fluorescent Ag 2 S QDs with the emission of 845 nm. Then the NIR fluorescent nanoprobe of Ag 2 S QDs−MnO 2 nanosheets is obtained by adsorbing Ag 2 S QDs onto the surface of MnO 2 nanosheets which have atomically thick two−dimensional structure and high specific surface area. And the NIR fluorescence of Ag 2 S QDs is quenched by the MnO 2 nanosheets. The presence of GSH could reduce MnO 2 to Mn 2+ that results in the restoration of NIR fluorescence for Ag 2 S QDs. The NIR fluorescent nanoprobe could be used for highly selective detection of GSH. Also a low detection limit of 60 μmol/L was obtained. Because NIR fluorescence of the Ag 2 S QDs can efficiently reduce the interferences from background scattering and autofluorescence. The NIR fluorescent nanoprobe was directly applied to monitor the GSH level in human serum sample with high accuracy and precision.
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生物传感
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纳米医学
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE
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2016
·Vol. 27
·期 1
·227-233
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IF 1.601
Yan Dan,He Yu,Ge Yili,Song Gongwu
A novel fluorescence method for sensitive and selective detection of phosphate was developed based on near infrared emission Ag 2 S QDs/ Metal − Organic Shell Composite via the deposition of metal-organic (zinc-nitrogen) coordination shell around Ag 2 S QDs . Under optimal conditions described, the fluorescence intensity of the composite was decreased at 685 nm in the presence of phosphate, which was linearly related to the concentration of phosphate in the range of 0. 7 to 4.2 μM and 11.2 to 88.2 μM with the relative correlation coefficient of R 2 = 0.998 and 0.987 respectively and detection limit as low as 6 nM. In addition, the proposed method was successfully utilized in serum samples, tap water and Yangtze River water samples with the recoveries ranged from 94.76 to 100.86 %, which presaged more opportunities for application in related bioassay and water sample researches.
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分析化学
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环境科学
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生物医学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2021
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IF 4.098
Hualai Wang,Fubin Pei,Chun Liu,Yue Ni,Mingzhu Xia,Shasha Feng,Qingli Hao,Tinghai Yang,Wu Lei
In the paper, a novel fluorescent probe based on Ag 2 S QDs/g-C 3 N 4 composite was synthesized by loading Ag 2 S quantum dots (Ag 2 S QDs) on the surface of g-C 3 N 4 through in-situ synthesis method and developed to detect Nitrofurazone (NFZ) sensitively. The results showed that the linear detection range of Ag 2 S QDs/g-C 3 N 4 to NFZ was 0–30 μM, with a low detection limit of 0.054 μM. The results of time-fluorescence-resolved spectroscopy and UV–vis absorption spectroscopy exhibited that the possible detection mechanism of Ag 2 S QDs/g-C 3 N 4 to NFZ was proposed to be Internal Filtration Effect (IFE). Moreover, Multiwfn wavefunction analysis was employed to uncover the possible interaction between the Ag 2 S QDs/g-C 3 N 4 and NFZ, thereby further revealing the fluorescence detection mechanism from the scale of atoms. Combining experiments and theoretical calculations, we proposed the sensing mechanism of the formation of non-fluorescent ground state complex linked by hydrogen bonds. This work indicated that the Ag 2 S QDs/g-C 3 N 4 composite processed the ability to detect NFZ efficiently and sensitively.
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分析化学
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环境科学
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食品科学
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ANALYST
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2021
·Vol. 146
·期 20
·6245-6251
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IF 4.616
Qianqian Zhao,Wenrong Cai,Baozhu Yang,Zheng-Zhi Yin,Datong Wu,Yong Kong
Well-dispersed chiral Ag2S quantum dots (Ag2S QDs) were facilely synthesized by using N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC) as the chiral ligand and loaded onto nanosheets of two-dimensional (2D) few-layer carbon nitride (C3N4). The resultant nanocomposite (Ag2S QDs/few-layer C3N4) shows enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) while maintaining the chirality of Ag2S QDs, which can be used for the chiral discrimination of the enantiomers of tyrosine (Tyr). Due to the higher affinity of chiral Ag2S QDs toward L-Tyr than toward its enantiomer, the ECL intensity of Ag2S QDs/few-layer C3N4 is significantly decreased after its incubation with L-Tyr, and thus the Tyr enantiomers can be discriminated. The developed ECL chiral sensor exhibits high stability and reproducibility. The universality of the ECL chiral sensor for the discrimination of other chiral amino acids is also studied, and the results indicate that it can work only in the case of chiral aromatic amino acids.
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分析化学
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ACS Omega
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2025
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IF 4.3
Wenwen Chen,Rong Chen,Yutong Sun,Han Wang,Zhenyu Chen,Liqun Chen,Guoming Huang,Guifang Lin,Dengke Hong
The gut bacteria not only play a crucial role in maintaining human health but also exhibit close associations with the occurrence of numerous diseases. Understanding the physiological and pathological functions of gut bacteria and enabling early diagnosis of gut diseases heavily relies on accurate knowledge about their in vivo distribution. Consequently, there is a significant demand for noninvasive imaging techniques capable of providing real-time localization information regarding gut bacteria. In this work, we developed a second near-infrared (NIR-II) fluorescent nanoprobe labeling-based visualization strategy for real-time tracking of the biodistribution of Gram-negative bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of mice. By utilizing positively charged silver sulfide quantum dots (Ag2S QDs) as NIR-II nanoprobes and exploiting electrostatic interactions to efficiently label the Gram-negative probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 with negative surface charges, we have achieved rapid and effective labeling. Leveraging the exceptional NIR-II fluorescent performance of Ag2S QDs, our approach enables high spatiotemporal resolution visualization via NIR-II imaging in mouse gastrointestinal areas where Ag2S QD-labeled probiotics are present, facilitating real-time in vivo tracking capabilities for these labeled probiotics. This work not only establishes a powerful intestinal bacterial imaging strategy but also introduces novel concepts for constructing nanomaterial-bacteria hybrid systems.
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