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A systematic investigation of the thermal and photo stability of chemically stabilized cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum dots (QDs) under various storage conditions either in solution or as dried nanoparticles has not been published. Here we report experiments involving chemically synthesized glutathione-capped CdTe QDs whose photoluminescence spectra were examined initially and then periodically during storage times up to 76 days.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Samples of dried QDs or QDs in solution (water or buffered) were examined under different light conditions including complete darkness, constant 12,000 lux incident light, and under diurnal sunlight; at temperatures ranging from -80\u00b0C to room temperature.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Though QDs stored in solution in the dark at -80\u00b0C lost only 50% of peak fluorescence (FL\n                      <jats:sub>510<\/jats:sub>\n                      ) within 2 weeks, solution-stored QDs exposed to sunlight at room temperature showed FL\n                      <jats:sub>510<\/jats:sub>\n                      drops of 85% in the first 24 hours. In contrast, QDs precipitated from aqueous solution, dried and stored in time course experiments in the presence of atmospheric oxygen \u2013 when resuspended in water \u2013 lost an average of only 12% FL\n                      <jats:sub>510<\/jats:sub>\n                      over 76 days under all conditions tested, even in direct sunlight.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Glutathione-capped CdTe particles can be stored as dried nanoparticles for extended periods of time, enhancing their viability in biomedicine, biological labeling and cancer marker targeting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5301\/jabfm.5000221","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,5]],"date-time":"2015-06-05T06:18:24Z","timestamp":1433485104000},"page":"248-252","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Thermal and Photo Stability of Glutathione-Capped Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Poorna T.","family":"Wansapura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas - USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Waldo A.","family":"D\u00edaz-V\u00e1squez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University of Santiago, Santiago - Chile"},{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, San Sebasti\u00e1n University, Santiago - Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Claudio C.","family":"V\u00e1squez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University of Santiago, Santiago - Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 M.","family":"P\u00e9rez-Donoso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bionanotechnology and Microbiology Lab, Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology (CBIB), Andr\u00e9s Bello University, Santiago - Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas G.","family":"Chasteen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas - USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0030741"},{"key":"bibr2-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1039\/b001563f"},{"key":"bibr3-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.matlet.2009.05.003"},{"key":"bibr4-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.matlet.2008.03.039"},{"key":"bibr5-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bios.2013.08.014"},{"key":"bibr6-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jlumin.2013.05.007"},{"key":"bibr7-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jlumin.2005.03.001"},{"key":"bibr8-jabfm.5000221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1021\/ja016424q"}],"container-title":["Journal of Applied Biomaterials &amp; Functional Materials"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.5301\/jabfm.5000221","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.5301\/jabfm.5000221","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.5301\/jabfm.5000221","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]],"date-time":"2026-04-29T19:55:10Z","timestamp":1777492510000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.5301\/jabfm.5000221"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]},"references-count":8,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.5301\/jabfm.5000221"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5301\/jabfm.5000221","relation":{},"ISSN":["2280-8000","2280-8000"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2280-8000","type":"print"},{"value":"2280-8000","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]}}}