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Rhizopus stolonifer mediated biosynthesis of biocompatible cadmium chalcogenide quantum dots.

Enzyme and microbial technology (2016-11-22)
P Mareeswari, J Brijitta, S Harikrishna Etti, C Meganathan, Gobi Saravanan Kaliaraj
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We report an efficient method to biosynthesize biocompatible cadmium telluride and cadmium sulphide quantum dots from the fungus Rhizopus stolonifer. The suspension of the quantum dots exhibited purple and greenish-blue luminescence respectively upon UV light illumination. Photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy confirms the formation of the quantum dots. From the photoluminescence spectrum the emission maxima is found to be 424 and 476nm respectively. The X-ray diffraction of the quantum dots matches with results reported in literature. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay for cell viability evaluation carried out on 3-days transfer, inoculum 3×10

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Tellurium tetrachloride, 99%