New strategies for bioconjugation to quantum dots. Study of protein-nucleic acids and protein-protein interactions using fluorescence resonance energy transfer through quantum-dot-protein conjugates
Category
FP7 Project with U.S. partner
Short name and number
QDs (220292)
Area
Health
Description
Quantum Dots (QDs) are a relative new semiconductor nanoparticles made from Cd/Se or Cd/Te with a shell of ZnS that have very excellent spectroscopic properties: broad absorption spectra, low photobleaching levels, narrow and symmetric emission bands, high quantum yields and large stoke shifts, which make them very attractive for fluorescence applications and, principally, for research studies in the biomedical field.
Participating Countries
Spain and United States.
Name of US Partner
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Contact
UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (ES) / SEDANO ARNAEZ Fernando