Molecular imaging and darkfield microspectroscopy of live cells using gold plasmonic nanoparticles

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 146-158

  Wax, Adam ^a   Sokolov, Konstantin ^b,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell imaging; Darkfield microscopy; Microscpectroscopy; Plasmonic nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449606320     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810011     Document Type: Article

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