Engineering luminescent quantum dots for in vivo molecular and cellular imaging

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Smith, Andrew M ^a   Ruan, Gang ^a   Rhyner, Matthew N ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconjugation; Cationic peptides; Cytotoxicity; Dynamic light scattering; Fluorescence; Living animals; Living cells; Molecular imaging; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIOCONJUGATION; CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CYTOTOXICITY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVING ANIMALS; LIVING CELLS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES;

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

LUMINESCENT AGENT; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33645154491     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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