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Nature Materials 2, 575 - 576 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat972

Quantum dots: Resonant energy-transfer sensor

Dale M. Willard1 & Alan Van Orden1

  1. Dale M. Willard and Alan Van Orden are at the Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, USA. e-mail: vanorden@lamar.colostate.edu


The potential uses of inorganic quantum dots in biolabelling and sensing could be expanded through their ability to function as resonant energy-transfer donors. Novel quantum dot–protein sensors may be the way ahead.

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