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ReviewMicromachines2020

Quantum Dots: An Emerging Tool for Point-of-Care Testing.

Suchita Singh, Aksha Dhawan, Sonali Karhana, Madhusudan Bhat, Amit Kumar Dinda

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Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Suchita SinghDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Aksha DhawanDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Sonali KarhanaDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Madhusudan BhatDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0472-8966
Amit Kumar DindaDepartment of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0681-1635

Funding

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India SR/NM/NT-1062/2015 (G)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor crystals in the nanodimension having unique optical and electronic properties that differ from bulk material due to quantum mechanics. The QDs have a narrow emission peak, size-dependent emission wavelength, and broad excitation range which can be utilized for diverse biomedical applications such as molecular imaging, biosensing, and diagnostic systems. This article reviews the current developments of biomedical applications of QDs with special reference to point-of-care testing.

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microsystempoint-of-care testingquantum dots

Identifiers

PMID33260478
PMCPMC7761335

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