Glucose‐Mediated Assembly of Phenylboronic Acid Modified CdTe/ZnTe/ZnS Quantum Dots for Intracellular Glucose Probing

Abstract

Effective, if dotty: Quantum-dot (QD) emission was modulated through the reversible covalent bonding of glucose to boronic acids on the surface of the QDs (see picture). The highly selective ratiometric probe was sensitive to glucose in the physiologically important concentration range of 0.4–20.0 mM and was used to determine the amount of glucose within living cells. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.