Abstract:Semiconductor quantum
dots (QDs) possess outstanding optical properties
as fluorescent probes, but their applications in live cell intracellular
imaging are hindered by various cellular transport barriers. Inspired
by membrane proteins inserting their nanometer-scale hydrophobic surface
into biomembranes, the present work aims to investigate the possibility
that bare hydrophobic QDs could penetrate through live cell membranes
without disrupting the membrane integrity. We utilize live cell spinning
disk confoca… Show more
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