Preparation of liposomes loaded with quantum dots, fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies, and near-infrared in-vivo imaging of mouse tissue

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Ye, Chao ^a,b   Wang, Yunqing ^a,b   Li, Chengui ^a,b   Yu, Jie ^a,b   Hu, Yuzhu ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Hydrophilic QDs; Lipid QDs; NIR imaging in vivo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872036123     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-012-0907-1     Document Type: Article

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