The influence of stabilizing agents and reaction time on the luminescent properties of water-soluble CdTe quantum dots(QDs) was discussed.The thioglycolic acid(TGA)-CdTe ODs were characterized by TEM,XRD and FTIR.It i...The influence of stabilizing agents and reaction time on the luminescent properties of water-soluble CdTe quantum dots(QDs) was discussed.The thioglycolic acid(TGA)-CdTe ODs were characterized by TEM,XRD and FTIR.It is found that larger-size QDs can be synthesized more easily when L-cysteine(Cys) or golutathione(GSH) is chosen as stabilizing agent and TGA is proper to prepare highly luminescent QDs because of the effect between Cd2+ and sulfhydryl group.Furthermore,the absorption wavelength,full width at half maximum(FWHM),stokes shift,photoluminescence(PL) quantum yield and PL stability of TGA-CdTe are strongly dependent on reaction time,in which the absorption wavelength changes against reaction time with an exponential function.The TGA-CdTe QDs prepared at 2 h possess more excellent luminescent properties.展开更多
Semiconductor quantum dots(QDs) were used for labeling many biomacromolecules and small molecules,but it remains a challenge to couple it with short active peptides without any limitation,which play critical roles in ...Semiconductor quantum dots(QDs) were used for labeling many biomacromolecules and small molecules,but it remains a challenge to couple it with short active peptides without any limitation,which play critical roles in many physiological processes.Several coupling methods known about QDs and short peptides have some limitations.In this research,we report a method for the synthesis of QDs labeled peptides to be appropriate to any short peptide.The QDs(CdTe)-labeled short peptides were verified and characterized by RP-HPLC.The result shows that the surface of the T cell treated with QDs-TP5 emits yellow fluoresence.These results indicate that QDs-TP5 tends to aggregate on the surface of T cells.They were applied to monitoring the specific binding between the immune peptides and T cell surface receptors.The binding and the resultant fluorescence were observed and monitored by fluorescence microscope in vitro.The QDs-labeled immune peptides provide a powerful method for studying the immune modulating activity of TP5 in vivo.展开更多
基金Projects(10805069,10405034) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The influence of stabilizing agents and reaction time on the luminescent properties of water-soluble CdTe quantum dots(QDs) was discussed.The thioglycolic acid(TGA)-CdTe ODs were characterized by TEM,XRD and FTIR.It is found that larger-size QDs can be synthesized more easily when L-cysteine(Cys) or golutathione(GSH) is chosen as stabilizing agent and TGA is proper to prepare highly luminescent QDs because of the effect between Cd2+ and sulfhydryl group.Furthermore,the absorption wavelength,full width at half maximum(FWHM),stokes shift,photoluminescence(PL) quantum yield and PL stability of TGA-CdTe are strongly dependent on reaction time,in which the absorption wavelength changes against reaction time with an exponential function.The TGA-CdTe QDs prepared at 2 h possess more excellent luminescent properties.
文摘Semiconductor quantum dots(QDs) were used for labeling many biomacromolecules and small molecules,but it remains a challenge to couple it with short active peptides without any limitation,which play critical roles in many physiological processes.Several coupling methods known about QDs and short peptides have some limitations.In this research,we report a method for the synthesis of QDs labeled peptides to be appropriate to any short peptide.The QDs(CdTe)-labeled short peptides were verified and characterized by RP-HPLC.The result shows that the surface of the T cell treated with QDs-TP5 emits yellow fluoresence.These results indicate that QDs-TP5 tends to aggregate on the surface of T cells.They were applied to monitoring the specific binding between the immune peptides and T cell surface receptors.The binding and the resultant fluorescence were observed and monitored by fluorescence microscope in vitro.The QDs-labeled immune peptides provide a powerful method for studying the immune modulating activity of TP5 in vivo.
