Fluorescence Protection of CdTe Quantum Dots and Usages in Cellular and in vivo Imaging

Analytical Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 518-531

  Dou, Xing Ru ^a   Zhang, Dan Dan ^a   Xie, Lian ^a   Tang, Jian Hua ^a   Xie, Hong Ping ^a   Guo, Li Ping ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CdTe quantum dots; Cellular imaging; Fluorescence stability; In vivo imaging; Nanocomposites; Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 84873109183     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.721102     Document Type: Article

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50. Xing-ru Dou and Dan-dan Zhang contributed equally to this paper.