PMID- 23862414
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130807
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 1533-4880 (Print)
IS  - 1533-4880 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Jun
TI  - Bioinspired inimitable cadmium telluride quantum dots for bioimaging purposes.
PG  - 3826-31
AB  - Synthesis of quantum nanoparticles of specific size, shape and composition are an 
      aspect important in nanotechnology research. Although these nanostructures are 
      routinely synthesized by chemical routes, the use of microorganisms has emerged 
      as a promising option. The synthesis of cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum dots by 
      two hitherto unreported marine bacteria (Bacillus pumilus and Serratia 
      marcescens) is reported here. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy indicated 
      the synthesis of CdTe nanoparticles and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns 
      implicated their crystalline face-centered cubic nature. The size of the 
      synthesized CdTe nanostructures estimated by XRD and dynamic light scattering 
      (DLS) analysis was found to be approximately 10 nm. Photoluminescence (PL) 
      studies were used to confirm the fluorescence properties of these semi-conducting 
      nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis showed the presence of 
      well-defined nanostructures and energy dispersive spectra (EDS) confirmed the 
      microbial synthesis of these nanoparticles. These bio-inspired CdTe 
      nanostructures could be effectively used in imaging of yeast and animal cells. 
      This work thus describes a cost-effective green method for synthesizing highly 
      fluorescent biocompatible CdTe nanoparticles suitable for bio-labeling purposes.
FAU - Pawar, Vinay
AU  - Pawar V
AD  - Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune 411007, 
      India.
FAU - Kumar, Ameeta Ravi
AU  - Kumar AR
FAU - Zinjarde, Smita
AU  - Zinjarde S
FAU - Gosavi, Suresh
AU  - Gosavi S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol
JT  - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
JID - 101088195
RN  - 0 (Cadmium Compounds)
RN  - NQA0O090ZJ (Tellurium)
RN  - STG188WO13 (cadmium telluride)
SB  - IM
MH  - Bacillus/metabolism
MH  - Cadmium Compounds/*chemistry
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - *Quantum Dots
MH  - Serratia marcescens/metabolism
MH  - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
MH  - Tellurium/*chemistry
MH  - X-Ray Diffraction
EDAT- 2013/07/19 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/08 06:00
CRDT- 2013/07/19 06:00
PHST- 2013/07/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1166/jnn.2013.7215 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2013 Jun;13(6):3826-31. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7215.