Luminescent gold nanoparticles: A new class of nanoprobes for biomedical imaging

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1199-1209

  Zhou, Chen ^a   Yang, Shengyang ^a   Liu, Jinbin ^a   Yu, Mengxiao ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

bioimaging; gold; Luminescent; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DENDRIMER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPROBE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SYNTHESIS;

BIOIMAGING; GOLD; LUMINESCENT; NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84887168901     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370213505825     Document Type: Article

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