Rapid transformation of protein-caged nanomaterials into microbubbles as bimodal imaging agents

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5111-5121

  Lin, Cheng An J ^a   Chuang, Wen Kai ^a   Huang, Zih Yun ^a   Kang, Shih Tsung ^b   Chang, Ching Yi ^a   Chen, Ching Ta ^a   Li, Jhih Liang ^a   Li, Jimmy K ^a,f   Wang, Hsueh Hsiao ^c   Kung, Fu Chen ^d   Shen, Ji Lin ^a   Chan, Wen Hsiung ^a   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^b   Yeh, Hung I ^c   Lai, Wen Fu T ^e   Chang, Walter H ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bimodal imaging; fluorescent gold nanoclusters; microbubbles; protein corona; quantum dots; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; GENERAL METHOD; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; IMAGING AGENT; IN-VITRO; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MICROBUBBLES; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLED NANOPARTICLES; SONOCHEMICAL; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

AMINO ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRASONICS;

PROTEINS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SYNTHESIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEINS;

EID: 84862875191     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300768d     Document Type: Article

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