Formulation, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of quantum dots loaded in poly(Lactide)-Vitamin E TPGS nanoparticles for cellular and molecular imaging

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-633

  Pan, Jie ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Feng, Si Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Cancer nanotechnology; Fluorescence; Nanobiotechnology; Nanomedicine

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIELD EMISSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLYCOLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTORESISTS; PLASMA STABILITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SCANNING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHERYL POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 1000 SUCCINATE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYLACTIDE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENCAPSULATION; EVAPORATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STAINING AND LABELING; VITAMIN E;

EID: 53549118598     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21924     Document Type: Article

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