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Incorporation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots into Silica Microspheres

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2008

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Insin, Numpon, Joseph B. Tracy, Hakho Lee, John P. Zimmer, Robert M. Westervelt, and Moungi G. Bawendi. 2008. Incorporation of iron oxide nanoparticles and quantum dots into silica microspheres. ACS Nano 2(2): 197-202.

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We describe the synthesis of magnetic and fluorescent silica microspheres fabricated by incorporating maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) nanoparticles (MPs) and CdSe/CdZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) into a silica shell around preformed silica microspheres. The resultant 500 nm microspheres have a narrow size distribution and show uniform incorporation of QDs and MPs into the shell. We have demonstrated manipulation of these microspheres using an external magnetic field with real-time fluorescence microscopy imaging.

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