Table 2.
Surface linker | Attached moiety | Quantum dots | Analytical application | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
TOPO + MES | – | CdSe | Free cyanide highly sensitive determination | [148] |
Suitable amphiphilic Polymer | Streptavidin | CdSe/ZnS | Detection of E. Coli O157:H7 cells | [149] |
Thioglycerol | – | CdS | Fe3+, Cu2+ | [150] |
Bovine serum albumin | – | CdSe/ZnS | Cu2+ | [151] |
Terbutyl-N-(2-merccaptoethyl)carbamate | – | CdSe | Cyanide | [152] |
TOPO | NIR luminescent squaraine dye | CdSe/ZnS | pH modulated FRET | [153] |
Dithiolane anchoring group | [1,3]oxazine ligands | CdSe-ZnS | pH sensitive QD | [154] |
TOPO: trioctyl-phosphine oxid.