Magnetic/upconversion fluorescent NaGdF4:Yb,Er nanoparticle-based dual-modal molecular probes for imaging tiny tumors in vivo

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7227-7240

  Liu, Chunyan ^a   Gao, Zhenyu ^b   Zeng, Jianfeng ^a   Hou, Yi ^a   Fang, Fang ^c   Li, Yilin ^d   Qiao, Ruirui ^a   Shen, Lin ^d   Lei, Hao ^c   Yang, Wensheng ^b   Gao, Mingyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dual modal molecular probes; in vivo tumor imaging; magnetic upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles; pharmacokinetics; tiny tumor

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOMETER-SIZED PARTICLES; PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES; TUMOR IMAGING; ULTRA-SENSITIVE IMAGING; UPCONVERSION FLUORESCENCE;

ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROBES; YTTERBIUM;

TUMORS;

ERBIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORINE; GADOLINIUM; LIGAND; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; OLEIC ACID; SODIUM; YTTERBIUM; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FECES; MAGNETISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERBIUM; FECES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUORINE; GADOLINIUM; LIGANDS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OLEIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SODIUM; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84883220363     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4030898     Document Type: Article

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