Biomedical and Sensor Applications of Silicon Nanoparticles

Silicon Nanocrystals: Fundamentals, Synthesis and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 507-536

  Borsella, Elisabeeta ^a   Falconieri, Mauro ^b   Herlin, Nathalie ^c   Loschenov, Victor ^d   Miserocchi, Guiseppe ^e   Nie, Yaru ^g   Rivolta, Iparia ^e   Ryabova, Anastasiya ^d   Wang, Dayang ^f  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Bioconjugation; Fluorophore; Hydrosilylation; Photobleaching; Pyrolysis; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888749035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629954.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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