Ultra-photostable, non-cytotoxic, and highly fluorescent quantum nanospheres for long-term, high-specificity cell imaging

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2133-2140

  He, Yao ^c   Lu, Haoting ^a   Su, Yuanyuan ^b,c   Sai, Liman ^a   Hu, Mei ^a   Fan, Chunhai ^b   Wang, Lianhui ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biological probes; Cell imaging; Quantum nanospheres

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOLOGICAL PROBES; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; CELL IMAGING; CELLULAR IMAGING; CELLULAR LABELING; CORE-SHELL-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; CYTOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOTOXIC; CYTOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-POWER; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; K562 CELLS; MULTI-COLORS; ONE POT; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOSTABLE; QUANTUM NANOSPHERES; SHARP CONTRAST; UV IRRADIATION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOSPHERES; PROBES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; FOLATE BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART INJURY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSPHERES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78651434930     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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