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Application of surface chemical modification methods for development of water dispersible and biocompatible fluorescent nanoprobes in the near-infrared window.

2013/11/B/ST4/02181

Keywords:

nanoparticles nanofluorides quantum dots surface modification SiO2 fluorescence bio-imaging cytotoxicity.

Descriptors:

  • ST4_2: Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques
  • ST4_11: Coordination and supramolecular chemistry
  • ST5_3: Surface modification

Panel:

ST4 - Chemistry: physical chemistry/chemical physics, theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, method development

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Chemii

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Mirosław Karbowiak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 797 640 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-09-24

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-09-23

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Kostki filtrów do mikroskopu fluorescencyjnego. (2 szt.) (30 000 PLN)
  2. Analizator wielkości cząstek nanometrycznych i potencjału zeta. (150 000 PLN)
  3. Przystawka do mikroskopu fluorescencyjnego do charakterystyki stabilności roztworów koloidalnych. (30 000 PLN)
  4. Waga laboratoryjna.
  5. Mieszadło magnetyczne z termoparą (3 293 PLN)
  6. Detektor na zakres NIR. (90 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Towards biocompatible NIR-II nanoprobes - transfer of hydrophobic Ag2S quantum dots to aqueous solutions using phase transfer catalysed hydrolysis of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)
    Authors:
    Grzegorz Rotko, Jakub Cichos, Edyta Wysokińska, Mirosław Karbowiak, Wojciech Kałas
    Academic press:
    Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (rok: 2019, tom: 181, strony: 119), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  2. Growth of silica shell on hydrophobic upconverting nanocrystals - mechanism and control of porosity.
    Authors:
    K. Wiercigroch-Walkosz, J. Cichos, M. Karbowiak
    Academic press:
    Colloids and Surfaces A (rok: 2019, tom: 572, strony: 45300), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  3. Near-Infrared Ag2S Quantum Dots Loaded in Phospholipid Nanostructures: Physical Properties, Stability and Cytotoxicity
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Wiercigroch-Walkosz, Jakub Cichos, Edyta Wysokińska, Grzegorz Rotko, Wojciech Kałas, Mirosław Karbowiak
    Academic press:
    Colloids and Surfaces A (rok: 2019, tom: 579, strony: 123631), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  4. Toxicity Mechanism of Low Doses of NaGdF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Upconverting Nanoparticles in Activated Macrophage Cell Lines
    Authors:
    Edyta Wysokińska, Jakub Cichos, Agnieszka Kowalczyk, Mirosław Karbowiak, Leon Strządała, Artur Bednarkiewicz, Wojciech Kałas
    Academic press:
    Biomolecules (rok: 2019, tom: 9, strony: 14), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/biom9010014 - link to the publication
  5. Dithiocarbamates - reliable surface ligands for NIR emitting quantum dots
    Authors:
    Jakub Cichos, Edyta Wysokińska, Wojciech Kałas, Mirosław Karbowiak
    Academic press:
    Langmuir (rok: 2019, tom: 35, strony: 5509-5516), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published