Figure 7.

(a) CD and UV spectra of ZnS NPs. (b) CD and UV spectra of ZnS SPs including Au. Adapted from [71], based on open access. Copyright 2019, Springer Nature. (c) Schematic illustration of the structure and synthesis process of MSDNc. (d) Schematic illustration of the process of MSDNc degrading MDM2 and fluorescence images of p53 protein in cells. Quantitative comparison of p53 is also shown. * and *** indicate that p-values are less than 0.05 and 0.001, respectively. Reproduced under the terms of the CC-BY license [72]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (e) Generation of ROS from QDs under various light sources and detection of hydroxyl radical via electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) under various light sources. (f) Results of SDS-PAGE analysis for BSA degradation under LCP irradiation (1: molecular marker, 2: BSA control, 3: BSA + QD, 4: BSA + QD + KI, 5: BSA + QD + ethanol, 6: BSA + QD + NaN₃). (g) Recyclability assessment of QD for BSA cleavage. Reprinted from [73] with permission from John Wiley and Sons.