Dextran-Assisted Biomimetic Fabrication of CdSe:Eu QDs With Enhanced Biocompatibility and Stability.

ABSTRACT: A dextran templated biomimetic synthetic approach was applied for the preparation of Cadmium Selinium:Europium Quantum Dots (CdSe:Eu QDs). The present work examines synthetic variables including the effect of increasing Europium concentration during QDs' synthesis and the use of different coating agents (citrate versus APTES) to improve the QDs' colloidal stability and ameliorate their cytotoxic behavior. All samples were subjected to structural and morphological characterizations via Fourier Transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). Subsequently, biological evaluation of all the synthesized samples of bare and APTES coated CdSe:Eu QDs was conducted on epithelial HaCaT and brea

SUBMITTER: Margariti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272029 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature