Mapping microbubble viscosity using fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9225-9230

  Hosny, Neveen A ^a   Mohamedi, Graciela ^b   Rademeyer, Paul ^b   Owen, Joshua ^b   Wu, Yilei ^a   Tang, Meng Xing ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^c,d   Stride, Eleanor ^b   Kuimova, Marina K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FLIM; Microviscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; LIFESPAN; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

FLIM; MICROVISCOSITY;

MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OPTICAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84878737536     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301479110     Document Type: Article

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