Light-activated endosomal escape using upconversion nanoparticles for enhanced delivery of drugs

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8594, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gnanasammandhan, Muthu Kumara ^a   Bansal, Akshaya ^a,b   Zhang, Yong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

NIR; Photoactivation; Photochemical internalization; UCN; Upconversion nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

NIR; PHOTO ACTIVATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL INTERNALIZATION; UCN; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES;

CELL DEATH; COATINGS; INFRARED DEVICES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; TISSUE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84878187184     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2003720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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