Abstract
Highly luminescent organic nanoparticles were formed by embedding hydrophobic and hydrophilic (CdSe)ZnS quantum dots with core/shell structure into ethyl cellulose nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were prepared from oil-in-water nanoemulsions by a phase inversion process at constant temperature, followed by a solvent evaporation. The obtained fluorescent ethyl cellulose nanoparticles were functionalized by immobilization of a specific antibody, and applied in rapid agglutination test for detection of Yersinia pestis F1-antigen.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-64 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects |
Volume | 342 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Jun 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work was financially supported by the EU Sixth frame Work Program ( “ Novel and Improved Nanomaterials, Chemistries and Apparatus for Nano-Biotechnology” NACBO, project 500804-2), by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Projects 07-04-01421 a, 07-04-12081 obi). In addition, the authors want to thank Prof. Sveshnikov P.G., RCMDT, Moscow, for generous supply of pair antigen–antibody which were used in this work.
Keywords
- EIP method
- Ethyl cellulose nanoparticles
- Fluorescent nanoparticles
- Nanoemulsions
- Particle agglutination
- Quantum dots
- Semiconductor nanocrystals