Fluorescence imaging of single molecules in polymer microspheres

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Barnes, M D ^a   Ng, K C ^a,e   McNamara, K P ^a,d   Kung, C Y ^a,c   Ramsey, J M ^a   Hill, S C ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Selectide Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microparticles; Polymer; Single molecule imaging

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0033168379     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990701)36:3<169::AID-CYTO4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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