Nanoparticles in biomolecular detection

Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots

A. Paul Alivisatos · Science · 1996 · 11.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +17

Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Biological Labels

Marcel P. Bruchez, Mario M. Moronne, Peter Gin et al. · Science · 1998 · 8.6K citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +16

Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Ultrasensitive Nonisotopic Detection

Warren C. W. Chan, Shuming Nie · Science · 1998 · 7.2K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +17

A DNA-based method for rationally assembling nanoparticles into macroscopic materials

Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger, Robert C. Mucic et al. · Nature · 1996 · 6.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Materials Science +14

Selective Colorimetric Detection of Polynucleotides Based on the Distance-Dependent Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles

Robert Elghanian, James J. Storhoff, Robert C. Mucic et al. · Science · 1997 · 4.4K citations

Engineering, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology +17