Recent advances in nanoparticle-based förster resonance energy transfer for biosensing, molecular imaging and drug release profiling

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 16598-16623

  Chen, Nai Tzu ^a,b   Cheng, Shih Hsun ^a,c   Liu, Ching Ping ^a   Souris, Jeffrey S ^c   Chen, Chen Tu ^c   Mou, Chung Yuan ^b   Lo, Leu Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Drug controlled release; F rster resonance energy transfer; FRET; Gold nanoparticles; Mesoporous silica nanoparticles; Molecular imaging; Nanoparticle; Quantum dots; Upconversion nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; APTAMER; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CHITOSAN; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION;

BIOMEDICINE; BIOSENSOR; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84871699112     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131216598     Document Type: Review

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