Ultrasensitive, Biocompatible, Self-Calibrating, Multiparametric
Temperature Sensors

Year: 2015

Authors: Zhao HG., Vomiero A., Rosei F.

Autors Affiliation: CNR INO SENSOR Lab, I-25123 Brescia, Italy; Inst Natl Rech Sci, Ctr Energy Mat & Telecommun, Varennes, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada; Lulea Univ Technol, Dept Engn Sci & Math, S-97198 Lulea, Sweden; Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Inst Fundamental & Frontier Sci, Chengdu 610054, Peoples R China; McGill Univ, Ctr Self Assembled Chem Struct, Montreal, PQ H3A 2K6, Canada.

Abstract: Core–shell quantum dots serve as self‐calibrating, ultrasensitive, multiparametric, near‐infrared, and biocompatible temperature sensors. They allow temperature measurement with nanometer accuracy in the range 150–373 K, the broadest ever recorded for a nanothermometer, with sensitivities among the highest ever reported, which makes them essentially unique in the panorama of biocompatible nanothermometers with potential for in vivo biological thermal imaging and/or thermoablative therapy.

Journal/Review: SMALL

Volume: 11 (43)      Pages from: 5741  to: 5746

More Information: F.R. acknowledges the FQRNT for funding through team projects and MDEIE for an international collaboration grant in collaboration with the European Network WIROX. A.V. is thankful to the European Union for partial salary support under Contract No. 299490, MCIOF, and for partial funding under Contract No. 295216, IRSES. F.R. is grateful to NSERC for a EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowship and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for an FW Bessel Award and Elsevier for a grant from Applied Surface Science.
KeyWords: Cdte Quantum Dots; Semiconductor Nanocrystals; Suppressed Blinking; 2-color Quantum; Charge-transfer; Energy-transfer; Dual Emission; Thermometry; Nanothermometers; Nanoparticles
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201502249

Citations: 45
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