Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Externally Tunable, Hydrogel Encapsulated Quantum Dot Nanospheres in Escherichia coli
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Synthesis of CdTe-PNIPAM Nanospheres
2.2. Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM and TEM)
2.3. Bacterial Cell Culture
2.4. Transformation of E. coli with pGLO
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physicochemical characterization of CdTe-PNIPAM Nanospheres
3.2. Microbial Growth Experiments and GFP Expression
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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GhoshMitra, S.; Cai, T.; Diercks, D.; Hu, Z.; Roberts, J.; Dahiya, J.; Mills, N.; Hynds, D.; Ghosh, S. Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Externally Tunable, Hydrogel Encapsulated Quantum Dot Nanospheres in Escherichia coli. Polymers 2011, 3, 1243-1254. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3031243
GhoshMitra S, Cai T, Diercks D, Hu Z, Roberts J, Dahiya J, Mills N, Hynds D, Ghosh S. Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Externally Tunable, Hydrogel Encapsulated Quantum Dot Nanospheres in Escherichia coli. Polymers. 2011; 3(3):1243-1254. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3031243
Chicago/Turabian StyleGhoshMitra, Somesree, Tong Cai, David Diercks, Zhibing Hu, James Roberts, Jai Dahiya, Nathaniel Mills, DiAnna Hynds, and Santaneel Ghosh. 2011. "Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Externally Tunable, Hydrogel Encapsulated Quantum Dot Nanospheres in Escherichia coli" Polymers 3, no. 3: 1243-1254. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3031243