Nanoparticle Transducers and Biosensors

Nanoparticle transducers include:
- Quantum dots
- Carbon dots
- Lanthanide nanoparticles
- Gold nanoparticles
Label-free transducers include:
- Nanowires
- Nanotubes
- Nanocantilevers

Quantum dots are semiconductor nanocrystals composed of 10-50 atoms with a diameter of 2-10 nm.
They are