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Cover Feature: Safe‐by‐Design Ligand‐Coated ZnO Nanocrystals Engineered by an Organometallic Approach: Unique Physicochemical Properties and Low Toxicity toward Lung Cells (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2018)
Author(s) -
WolskaPietkiewicz Małgorzata,
Tokarska Katarzyna,
Grala Agnieszka,
Wojewódzka Anna,
Chwojnowska Elżbieta,
Grzonka Justyna,
Cywiński Piotr J.,
Kruczała Krzysztof,
Sojka Zbigniew,
Chudy Michał,
Lewiński Janusz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201706012
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , ligand (biochemistry) , photoluminescence , nanotechnology , materials science , cover (algebra) , chemistry , optoelectronics , engineering , biochemistry , receptor , mechanical engineering
One‐pot self‐supporting organometallic (OSSOM) method was successfully extended towards an efficient “safe‐by‐design” strategy for the preparation of bio‐friendly quantum‐sized ZnO crystals coated by densely packed ligand shell. The observed unique physicochemical properties, such as ultra‐long photoluminescence decay, EPR silence under standard condition, inertness in biological environment, and negligible negative impact on the selected mammalian cell lines, clearly demonstrated that the OSSOM approach gives ZnO nanocrystals with exceptional nanocrystal–ligand interface and facilitates their use in biology. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. Lewiński et al. on page 4033.