Quantum dots in bioanalysis: A review of applications across various platforms for fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-252

  Petryayeva, Eleonora ^a   Algar, W Russ ^a   Medintz, Igor L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; Flow cytometry; Fluorescence; F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); Imaging; Microscopy; Multiplexing; Quantum dot; Single molecule; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SINGLE MOLECULE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPIES;

ASSAYS; BIOSENSORS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTIPLEXING; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

LUMINESCENT AGENT; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPTICAL IMAGING; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84875421868     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06948     Document Type: Review

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