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Progress in Chemistry 2014, Vol. 26 Issue (11): 1781-1792 DOI: 10.7536/PC140739 Previous Articles   Next Articles

• Review •

Photo Properties and Applications of Single Quantum Dots

Shi Xingbo*1, Wen Chao1, Fu Zhaodi2, Deng Fangming1, Zheng Shu1, Liu Qiuyun1   

  1. 1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;
    2. Analytical Testing Laboratory, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy CO., LTD., Changsha 410012, China
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    The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31301484) and the Youth Foundation of Hunan Agricultural University(12YJ09)

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As novel fluorescent nanomaterials, quantum dots (QDs) have played important roles in many fields, such as chemical analysis, biology sensor, molecular imaging, owing to their excellent optical properties. Studies on the properties of single quantum dots can help to find new experimental phenomenology which can't be found in the ensemble-approach, provide a mentality to improve the properties of quantum dots, contribute to a better application of quantum dots in various fields. In this review, identifications criterion of single quantum dots, photo-properties (such as fluorescence enhancement, bleaching, blinking, bluing, etc.) of single quantum dots, and quantum dots application (such as single quantum dots tracking, single quantum dots biosensor, super-localization technology) at single nanoparticle levels are commented. The challenges and existing problems of application of single quantum dots are summarized. In the future, synthesis in quantum dots should simultaneously satisfy many excellent photo-properties, including small size, high quantum yield, non-blinking, lager blue shift range, no-biotoxicty. Meanwhile, plasmonic quantum dots that not only exhibit strong fluorescence, but also become excellent probes for surface plasmon scattering, are another significant research field.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Single molecule/nanoparticle detection
3 Photo-properties of single quantum dots
3.1 Fluorescence enhancement and bleaching
3.2 Blinking
3.3 Spectral blue shift
4 Application of quantum dots at single nanoparticle level
4.1 Single quantum dots tracking
4.2 Single quantum dots biosensor
4.3 Quantum dots in super-localization technology
4.4 Other application
5 Conclusion and outlook

Key words: single quantum dots, fluorescence enhancement and bleaching, spectral blue shift, biosensor, super-localization, single molecule tracking

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