Semiconductor quantum dots that are engineered to have both fluorescent and paramagnetic properties offer great potential as biological probes for imaging cellular activity. However, before such probes can be used in vivo, several challenges need to be overcome.
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Bakalova, R., Zhelev, Z., Aoki, I. et al. Designing quantum-dot probes. Nature Photon 1, 487–489 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.150
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