Nanoparticles and their biological and environmental applications

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bioremediation; environmental microbiology; nanoparticles; public health; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; PHOTOEMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

DNA; NANOPARTICLE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUANTUM DOT; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COATED PARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIAL COATING; MICELLIZATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748631281     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.1     Document Type: Article

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