Sized controlled synthesis, purification, and cell studies with silicon quantum dots

Nanoscale

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3364-3370

  Shiohara, Amane ^a   Prabakar, Sujay ^a   Faramus, Angelique ^a   Hsu, Chia Yen ^b   Lai, Ping Shan ^b   Northcote, Peter T ^a   Tilley, Richard D ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL AMINE; BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; CANCER CELLS; CELLULAR UPTAKE; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; MICROEMULSION TECHNIQUE; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; PURE SILICON; PURIFICATION PROTOCOL; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE CONTROL SYNTHESIS; STRONG CONFINEMENT; TIME-SCALES; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

CATALYSTS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PLATINUM; PURIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ALLYLAMINE; QUANTUM DOT; REDUCING AGENT; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMULSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLYLAMINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EMULSIONS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; REDUCING AGENTS; SILICON; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80051589068     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10458f     Document Type: Article

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