Sandwich-structured upconversion nanoparticles with tunable color for multiplexed cell labeling

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1722-1731

  Dou, Qingqing ^a   Idris, Niagara Muhammad ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL LABELS; CELL LABELING; EMISSION INTENSITY; FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLEXING APPLICATIONS; NEAR-INFRARED EXCITATION; RGB COLOR MODEL; SUBCELLULAR TARGETS; TUNABLE COLOR; UP-CONVERSION;

CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MULTIPLEXING; NANOPARTICLES;

COLOR;

NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84870808028     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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