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In vitro and in vivo studies of single-walled carbon nanohorns with encapsulated metallofullerenes and exohedrally functionalized quantum dots

  • Jianfei Zhang
  • , Jiechao Ge
  • , Michael D. Shultz
  • , Eunna Chung
  • , Gurpreet Singh
  • , Chunying Shu
  • , Panos P. Fatouros
  • , Scott C. Henderson
  • , Frank D. Corwin
  • , David B. Geohegan
  • , Alex A. Puretzky
  • , Christopher M. Rouleau
  • , Karren More
  • , Christopher Rylander
  • , Marissa Nichole Rylander
  • , Harry W. Gibson
  • , Harry C. Dorn

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Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) are new carbonaceous materials. In this paper, we report the first successful preparation of SWNHs encapsulating trimetallic nitride template endohedral metallofullerenes (TNT-EMFs). The resultant materials were functionalized by a high-speed vibration milling method and conjugated with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs). The successful encapsulation of TNT-EMFs and external functionalization with QDs provide a dual diagnostic platform for in vitro and in vivo biomedical applications of these new carbonaceous materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2843-2848
Number of pages6
JournalNano Letters
Volume10
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 11 2010

Keywords

  • Carbon nanohorns
  • in vitro
  • in vivo
  • peapods
  • quantum dots

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