Folic acid modified gelatine coated quantum dots as potential reagents for in vitro cancer diagnostics

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gérard, Valérie A ^a   Maguire, Ciaran M ^a   Bazou, Despina ^a   Gun'ko, Yurii K ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bio imaging; Cancer; Folic acid; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DISEASES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIO-IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANCER; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FOLIC ACIDS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; GELATIN; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUANTUM DOT; REAGENT; TELLURIUM; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TARGET CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM;

CACO-2 CELLS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FOLATE RECEPTORS, GPI-ANCHORED; FOLIC ACID; GELATIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 80755143030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-9-50     Document Type: Article

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