Transfection of aqueous CdS quantum dots using polyethylenimine

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 47, 2008, Pages

  Li, Hui ^a   Shih, Wei Heng ^a   Shih, Wan Y ^b   Chen, Linyi ^c   Tseng, S Ja ^c   Tang, Shiue Cheng ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SILANES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; MERCAPTOPROPYLTRIMETHOXY SILANES; MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITIES; NEURONAL CELLS; POLYETHYLENIMINE; TRANSFECTED CELLS; UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOCARRIER; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; QUANTUM DOT; SILANE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERNALIZATION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTHESIS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 58149252199     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/47/475101     Document Type: Article

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