Cytotoxicity of cadmium-containing quantum dots based on a study using a microfluidic chip

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Xiannuo ^a   Tian, Jing ^b   Weng, Lixing ^a   Wu, Lei ^c   Jin, Qinghui ^c   Zhao, Jianlong ^c   Wang, Lianhui ^b,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CDTE/CDS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR EVENTS; CORE-SHELL; CULTURED CELL; DOSE-DEPENDENT; HEK293 CELLS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHELL STRUCTURE;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM; QUANTUM DOT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; QUANTUM DOTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84855805103     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/5/055102     Document Type: Article

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