Compact quantum dots for single-molecule imaging

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Andrew M ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Chemistry; Conjugation; Dynamics; Fluorescence; Imaging; Intracellular; Issue 68; Microscopy; Nanocrystal; Nanoparticle; Nanotechnology; Physics; Receptor; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868286252     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4236     Document Type: Article

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