Gold-silver alloy nanoshells: A new candidate for nanotherapeutics and diagnostics

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-12

  Gheorghe, Dana E ^a   Cui, Lili ^a   Karmonik, Christof ^b   Brazdeikis, Audrius ^c   Penaloza, Jose M ^a   Young, Joseph K ^d   Drezek, Rebekah A ^d   Bikram, Malavosklish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; GOLD AND SILVER; GOLD-SILVER ALLOY; ICP-AES; IMAGING AGENT; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANOSHELLS; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; PROTON SIGNALS; RENAL CLEARANCE; SEM/EDS; SPINEL STRUCTURE; TUMOR CELLS; XRD;

ALLOYS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; IONS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SILVER;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 84856026668     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-554     Document Type: Article

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