Multicolor conjugated polymer dots for biological fluorescence imaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2415-2423

  Wu, Changfeng ^a   Bull, Barbara ^a   Szymanski, Craig ^a   Christensen, Kenneth ^a   McNeill, Jason ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer dots; Fluorescence imaging; Fluorescent probes; Nanoparticle; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIOLOGICAL FLUORESCENCES; CELLULAR IMAGING; DEMANDING APPLICATIONS; EMISSION RATES; FIGURES OF MERITS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENT CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HIGH SPEEDS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; KINETIC STUDIES; LIVE CELLS; NEW FLUORESCENT PROBES; PHOTO STABILITIES; QUANTUM DOTS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SINGLE DYE MOLECULES; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE PARTICLES; SMALL PARTICLES; SUPER RESOLUTIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OPTICS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 58049209930     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800590n     Document Type: Article

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