Stability of quantum dots in live cells

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 963-968

  Zhu, Zheng Jiang ^a   Yeh, Yi Cheun ^a   Tang, Rui ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Tamayo, Joshua ^a   Vachet, Richard W ^a   Rotello, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE;

CELL SURVIVAL; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 82055176701     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1177     Document Type: Article

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