Application of gold nanoparticles as contrast agents in confocal laser scanning microscopy

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Lemelle, A ^a   Veksler, B ^a   Kozhevnikov, I S ^b   Akchurin, G G ^b   Piletsky, S A ^a   Meglinski, I ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Contrast agent; Gold nanoparticles; Optical clearing; Skin tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349101490     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200810091     Document Type: Article

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