Ultrastable, Highly Fluorescent, and Water‐Dispersed Silicon‐Based Nanospheres as Cellular Probes

Abstract

In silico to in vivo: The design strategy for silicon-based fluorescent nanospheres with controllable sizes was based on the results of theoretical calculations. These nanospheres are fully water dispersible, highly photoluminescent, extremely photostable, and suitably biocompatible. Cell imaging results further demonstrate the nanospheres are remarkably efficacious for real-time and long-term cell monitoring (see picture). 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.