<i>In Vitro</i> Imaging and <i>in Vivo</i> Liver Targeting with Carbohydrate Capped Quantum Dots

Abstract

PEGylated quantum dots (QDs) capped with d-mannose, d-galactose, and d-galactosamine have been synthesized. The stable, high quantum yield fluorescence of QDs was exploited to study specific carbohydrate-protein interactions in vitro and in vivo.