Gold nanostars: Surfactant-free synthesis, 3D modelling, and two-photon photoluminescence imaging

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Hsiangkuo ^a   Khoury, Christopher G ^a   Hwang, Hanjun ^a   Wilson, Christy M ^b   Grant, Gerald A ^b   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BRANCH LENGTH; BRANCH NUMBER; BREAST CANCER CELLS; CONTRAST AGENT; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; PLASMON BAND; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; SURFACTANT-FREE; SYNTHESIS METHOD; THEORETICAL MODELLING; TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS; TWO PHOTON; VASCULATURE; WINDOW CHAMBERS;

ASPECT RATIO; GOLD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUDE MOUSE; SYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 84856163980     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/7/075102     Document Type: Article

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