Cytotoxicity and fluorescence studies of silica-coated CdSe quantum dots for bioimaging applications

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2587-2596

  Vibin, Muthunayagam ^a   Vinayakan, Ramachandran ^b   John, Annie ^c   Raji, Vijayamma ^a   Rejiya, Chellappan S ^a   Vinesh, Naresh S ^a   Abraham, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^c SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; EHS; Health safety; Luminescence; Quantum dots; Semiconductors; Silica coating

Indexed keywords

AMINOPROPYL-SILANES; BIO-IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL LABELING; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CERVICAL CANCER CELLS; EHS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; FLUORESCENCE STUDIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HEALTH SAFETY; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; IN-VITRO ANALYSIS; IN-VIVO; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ASSAYS; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; MICROMOLAR LEVEL; NEUTRAL RED; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPES; QUANTUM DOT; SILICA PRECURSORS; SILICA-COATING; STRONG LUMINESCENCE; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; TRYPAN BLUE DYE; WATERSOLUBLE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; MAMMALS; SILANES; SILICA; TISSUE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMINOPROPYL SILANE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUANTUM DOT; SILANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80052602348     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0151-8     Document Type: Article

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