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Synthesis of water-dispersible photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles and their use in biological fluorescent imaging

Wang, Qi ; Ni, Hongjun ; Pietzsch, Annette LU ; Hennies, Franz LU ; Bao, Yongping and Chao, Yimin (2011) In Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13(1). p.405-413
Abstract
Water-dispersible silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) are desirable for applications in biological techniques. A simplified method to synthesize such particles is reported here. The resulting Si-NPs are water-dispersible and luminescent. Under the excitation of UV light, the Si-NPs emit strong red light with a peak maximum at 606 nm and a quantum yield of 6%. They are highly stable, and remain so over several weeks. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy shows a visible Si-CH2 scissoring vibration mode. Furthermore, the surface chemical bondings were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In the Si2p and C1s core levels, Si-C components are observed. The diameters of the synthesized Si-NPS as measured by atomic force... (More)
Water-dispersible silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) are desirable for applications in biological techniques. A simplified method to synthesize such particles is reported here. The resulting Si-NPs are water-dispersible and luminescent. Under the excitation of UV light, the Si-NPs emit strong red light with a peak maximum at 606 nm and a quantum yield of 6%. They are highly stable, and remain so over several weeks. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy shows a visible Si-CH2 scissoring vibration mode. Furthermore, the surface chemical bondings were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In the Si2p and C1s core levels, Si-C components are observed. The diameters of the synthesized Si-NPS as measured by atomic force microscope (AFM) are approximately 5 nm. Furthermore, the nanoparticles can be taken up by cultured cells. Fluorescence images of Si-NPs within MCF-7 human breast cancer cells show they are distributed throughout the cell tissue. (Less)
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Silicon nanoparticles, Photoluminescence, X-ray photoelectron, spectroscopy, Bio-imaging, Nanobiology, Nanomedicine
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research
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13
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1
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405 - 413
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Springer
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1572-896X
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10.1007/s11051-010-0047-7
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English
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  author       = {{Wang, Qi and Ni, Hongjun and Pietzsch, Annette and Hennies, Franz and Bao, Yongping and Chao, Yimin}},
  issn         = {{1572-896X}},
  keywords     = {{Silicon nanoparticles; Photoluminescence; X-ray photoelectron; spectroscopy; Bio-imaging; Nanobiology; Nanomedicine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{405--413}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Journal of Nanoparticle Research}},
  title        = {{Synthesis of water-dispersible photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles and their use in biological fluorescent imaging}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-010-0047-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s11051-010-0047-7}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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