Solvothermal exfoliation assisted synthesis of transition metal dichalcogenide based tungsten disulphide quantum dots (WS2 QDs) and cellular QD-bio interaction in LN-229 human glioblastoma cells

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology Vol. 284; p. 115907
• Main Authors: Surendranath, Anju, Mohanan, P.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 01.10.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; Biological effects; Chalcogenides; Characterisation; Cytotoxicity; Exfoliation; Fluorescence; Glioblastoma cells; Graphene; In vivo methods and tests; Optoelectronics; Photoluminescence; Quantum confinement; Quantum dots; Synthesis; Toxicity; Transition metal compounds; Tungsten disulfide; Tungsten disulphide Quantum dots; Cytotoxicity; Tungsten disulphide Quantum dots; Glioblastoma cells; Synthesis; Characterisation; Photoluminescence

•WS2 QDs of bright cyan-green fluorescence was synthesized by solvothermal exfoliation strategy.•QDs showed excellent water dispersibility, typical emission at 500 nm, spherical morphology and 3–4 nm dot size.•XRD depicted the effective exfoliation and FTIR, XPS confirmed the chemical composition an...