FeO/Ag core/shell nanoparticles functionalized with the free amino (NH) functional groups (FeO/Ag-NH) were conjugated with fluorescent electron coupled dye (ECD)-antiCD34 antibody using the 1-ethyl-3-(3'-dimethyl-aminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) catalyst (ECD - Electron Coupled Dye or R Phycoerythrin-Texas Red is a fluorescent organic dye attached to the antibody). The characteristic fluorescence of ECD in the antibody was investigated and was used as a good indicator for estimating the percentage of the antibodies that were successfully conjugated with the nanoparticles. The conjugation efficiency was found to increase depending on the V:V ratio, where V and V are the volumes of the nanoparticle solution (concentration of 50 ppm) and the as-purchased antibody solution, respectively. The conjugation efficiency rapidly increased from approximately 18% to approximately 70% when V:V was increased from 2:1 to 100:1, and it gradually reached the saturated state at an efficiency of 95%, as the V:V was equal to 300:1. The bioactivity of the abovementioned conjugation product (denoted by FeO/Ag-antiCD34) was evaluated in an experiment for the collection of stem cells from bone marrow samples.
a b s t r a c tZnS:MneFe 3 O 4 bifunctional nanoparticles were synthesized by inverse microemulsion method for biomedicine applications. The bifunctional nanoparticles were combined from prepared ZnS:Mn and Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles in a SiO 2 cover matrix. Results show that bifunctional nanoparticles, apart from exhibiting magnetism, have photoluminescence properties, which support the applications targeting biomedicine fluorescent diagnostics as well as magnetic cell sorting or drug delivery.
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