Nature Communications (Aug 2018)
Quantum confined peptide assemblies with tunable visible to near-infrared spectral range
- Kai Tao,
- Zhen Fan,
- Leming Sun,
- Pandeeswar Makam,
- Zhen Tian,
- Mark Ruegsegger,
- Shira Shaham-Niv,
- Derek Hansford,
- Ruth Aizen,
- Zui Pan,
- Scott Galster,
- Jianjie Ma,
- Fan Yuan,
- Mingsu Si,
- Songnan Qu,
- Mingjun Zhang,
- Ehud Gazit,
- Junbai Li
Affiliations
- Kai Tao
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Zhen Fan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Leming Sun
- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Pandeeswar Makam
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Zhen Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mark Ruegsegger
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Shira Shaham-Niv
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Derek Hansford
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Ruth Aizen
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Zui Pan
- College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington
- Scott Galster
- Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and Department of Neuroscience, WVU School of Medicine
- Jianjie Ma
- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Fan Yuan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
- Mingsu Si
- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of MOE, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University
- Songnan Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mingjun Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Ehud Gazit
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Junbai Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05568-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Quantum confined (QC) materials have favorable photoluminescent properties, yet are less bioavailable. Here, the authors developed aromatic cyclo-dipeptides that assemble into quantum dots and organize into biocompatible QC supramolecular structures suitable for in vivo imaging and optoelectronics.
