The cadmium–mercaptoacetic acid complex contributes to the genotoxicity of mercaptoacetic acid-coated CdSe-core quantum dots
Weikun Tang,1 Junpeng Fan,1 Yide He,1 Bihai Huang,2 iPhone X/XS Huihui Liu,1 Daiwen Pang,2 Zhixiong Xie11College of Life Sciences, 2College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of ChinaAbstract: Quantum dots (QDs) have many potential clinical and biological applications because of their advantages