Luminescent nanoparticles and their use for in vitro and in vivo diagnostics

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-64

  Probst, Jörn ^a   Dembski, Sofia ^a   Milde, Moritz ^a,b   Rupp, Sabine ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SILICATE RESEARCH ISC   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

imaging; in vitro and in vivo diagnostics; luminescent nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSHELL; QUANTUM DOT; SCANDIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; YTTRIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAB ON A CHIP; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUMINESCENCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROEMULSION; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOMEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 82955247093     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.11.86     Document Type: Review

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