Cucurbiturils: Molecular Nanocapsules for Time-Resolved Fluorescence-Based Assays

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Marquez, Cesar ^a,b   Huang, Fang ^a,b   Nau, Werner M ^a,b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assays; Fluorescence; Molecular containers; Nanocapsules; Peptides; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ASSAYS; BINDING ENERGY; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN; OLIGOMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSORS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER AERATION;

BINDING CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR CONTAINERS; NANOCAPSULES; PEPTIDES; QUENCHERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

2,3 DIAZABICYCLO(2.2.2)OCT 2 ENE; 2,3-DIAZABICYCLO(2.2.2)OCT-2-ENE; BRIDGED COMPOUND; CUCURBIT(6)URIL; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROCAPSULE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CAPSULES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 2342447320     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2004.824269     Document Type: Article

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