Gold nanoparticles and quantum dots for bioimaging

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 592-604

  Hutter, Eliza ^a   Maysinger, Dusica ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRET; Cancer; FRET; Glia; In vivo imaging; Inflammation; Neurons; Neuroscience; PRET

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BRET; CANCER; GLIA; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PRET; PROPERTY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79959494450     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20928     Document Type: Review

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