Stable water-soluble CdSe/ZnS quantum dots with higher quantum efficiency as fluorescent biological label

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Song, Z ^a   Shen, Y ^a   Yan, H ^a   You, C ^a   Yu, B ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Zhang, X ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Bio probe; Biological label; CdSe ZnS; Fluorescent quantum dots; Semiconductor QDs

Indexed keywords

BIO-PROBE; BIOLOGICAL LABEL; CDSE/ZNS; FLUORESCENT QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QDS;

BODY FLUIDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; LABELS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78651535977     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/17403499JNN133     Document Type: Article

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