Upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles as a potential tool for in-depth imaging

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 39, 2011, Pages

  Nagarajan, Sounderya ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CARDIAC CELL; DISPERSION IN WATER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETERS; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; GAP JUNCTIONS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NIR EMISSION; NIR REGIONS; POTENTIAL TOOL; TISSUE PHANTOM; UP-CONVERSION;

ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SILICA; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM;

NANOPARTICLES;

FLUORIDE; LANTHANIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; MYOBLAST; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLUORIDES; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOBLASTS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOPARTICLES; RATS; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; YTTRIUM;

EID: 80052571557     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/39/395101     Document Type: Article

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