Review: Biofunctionalized Quantum Dots in Biology and Medicine

<table>Synthesis of water-soluble QDs with associated ligand conjugation chemistry. (a) Carboxylic acid functionalized QDs for conjugation to ligands through EDAC coupling. (b) Amine-functionalized QDs for conjugation to thiol-containing ligands through bifunctional cross-linkers [<a href="/journals/jnm/2009/815734/#B53">37</a>].</table>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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