Quantum dot cytotoxicity and ways to reduce it

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 672-680

  Winnik, Françoise M ^a,b   Maysinger, Dusica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84875319057     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar3000585     Document Type: Article

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