Plasmonic nanoprobes for intracellular sensing and imaging Optical Nanosensing in Cells

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6165-6180

  Yuan, Hsiangkuo ^a   Register, Janna K ^a   Wang, Hsin Neng ^a   Fales, Andrew M ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Cellular imaging; Nanoparticle; Plasmonic; Surface enhanced Raman scattering; Two photon photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSING; CELLULAR IMAGING; PLASMONIC; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); TWO-PHOTON PHOTOLUMINESCENCES;

NANOPROBES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; CELLS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84880119095     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6975-1     Document Type: Review

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