Abstract
superstructures has enormous potential in material sciences and engineering. Despite the potential, controlled assembly of different kinds of NPs into spatially addressable hybrid configurations still remains a formidable challenge. Herein, we report a simple and universal strategy for DNA-mediated assembly of CdTe quantum dots (QDs) and lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). Such DNA-QD/UCNPs heterostructures not only maintains both fluorescent properties of QDs and upconversion luminescence behaviors of UCNPs, but also offers a polyvalent DNA surface, allowing for targeted dual-modality imaging of cancer cells using an aptamer. The hetero-assembly mediated by the DNA − inorganic interfacial interaction may provide a scalable way to fabricate hybrid superstructures of both theoretical and practical interests.
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